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Hybrid of Potato and Tomato is

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Somatic hybrid of potato and tomato
The tomato and potato plant belong to the Solanaceae family. A technique called somatic hybridisation, that involves the formation of a hybrid plant, is used for the formation of the pomato plant. The pomato plant is a somatic hybrid, produced by the protoplast fusion of tomato and potato.


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