Breeding crops with higher levels of minerals, vitamins or higher protein and healthier fats is called

Micropropagation

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Somatic hybridization

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Biofortification

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Biomagnification

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Solution

The correct option is C
Biofortification

Biofortification is the idea of breeding crops to increase their nutritional value. This can be done either through conventional selective breeding, or through genetic engineering.

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	I		II
1.	Totipotency	(a)	Breeding crops with higher levels of nutrients
2.	Micropropagation	(b)	Plant grown from hybrid protoplast
3.	Somaclone	(c)	Producing large number of plants through tissue culture
4.	Somatic hybrid	(d)	Capacity to gene rate a whole plant from an explant
5.	Biofortification	(e)	Plants genetically identical to original plant

Write the functions for carbohydrates,proteins,fats,vitamins and minerals.

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