Question

A plant cell has a potential to develop into the full plant. This property of the plant cell is called as ______.

• A. Tissue culture
• B. Totipotency
• C. Pleuripotency
• D. Gene cloning

Answer 1

The correct option is B Totipotency

• A plant cell has the potential to develop into a complete plant. This property of the plant cell is called as totipotency.
• The basis of tissue culture is to grow a large number of cells in a sterile controlled environ­ment.
• The cells are obtained from the stem, root or other plant parts and are allowed to grow in culture medium containing mineral nutrients, vi­tamins and hormones to encourage cell division and growth.
• As a result, the cells in culture will produce an unorganised proliferative mass of cells which is known as callus tissue, which can be further stimulated to differentiate into embryo, a process called embryogenesis.

So, the correct answer is option B.