A piece of plant tissue used in tissue culture is called as ______

Explant

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Somaclone

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Inoculant

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Clone

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The correct option is A Explant
Plant tissue culture is a technique used to produce clones of plants through micropropagation. The process of tissue culture makes use of various techniques to grow the tissues and plants cells under sterile conditions and nutrient medium. The cells or pieces of tissue that are isolated for the process are called explants.

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