Question

Assertion : Somatic embryos can be induced from any cell in plant tissue culture.

Reason : Any living plant cell is capable of differentiating into somatic embryos.

• A. If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
• B. If both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
• C. If assertion is true but reason is false
• D. If both assertion and reason are false

Answer 1

The correct option is A If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion

Somatic embryos are non- zygotic embryo like structures that develop from any type of tissue in plant tissue culture. Plant cells are totipent and hence can dedifferentiate. Therefore any cell can form a somatic embryo.