CMC Medical CMC-Medical Ludhiana Solved Paper-2010

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    Tissue culture technique can produce indefinite number of new plants from a small parental tissue. The economic importance of the technique is in raising

    A)  genetically uniform population of an elite species

    B)  homozygous diploid plants

    C)  development of new species

    D)  variants through picking up somaclonal variations

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                    Plant tissue culture is a technique used to grow plants under sterile conditions, often to produce clones of a plant. Some points of is significance are: (i) The production of genetically uniform population of plants producing good flowers, fruits or have other desirable traits, (ii) Quickly produce mature plants. (iii) Regeneration of whole plant from plain cells that have been genetically modified. (iv) Produces rapid vegetative multiplication of plant material as well as for production of disease free and pest resistant plants.


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