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In late 1950s, F.C Steward experimented on the following plant and confirmed the principal of totipotency.

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Carrot
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Orange
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Tobacco
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Brinjal
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Solution

The correct option is A Carrot
totipotency is the ability of a plant to use all its genes and form a new plant. to prove this F.C Steward did an experiment on the root cells of the carrot plant with which he produced a whole new carrot plant.
So the correct option is A.

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