Question

During somatic hybridisation

• A. somaclones are produced in large numbers
• B. the apical meristems are cultured to get virus-free plants
• C. the cell walls and the middle lamella are digested before fusing the cells
• D. crop plants with higher levels of vitamins, proteins and minerals are hybridised

Answer 1

The correct option is C the cell walls and the middle lamella are digested before fusing the cells

Somatic hybridisation is a technique used in laboratories in which protoplasts of two different plant species are fused together in a suitable nutrient medium to develop a hybrid known as somatic hybrid. The cell walls and the middle lamella have to be digested for the cells to fuse.