Question

Somatic hybrids are useful in introducing genes for

• A. Male sterility
• B. Disease resistance
• C. Herbicidal resistance
• D. All of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

All of the above

Somatic cell fusion leads to recombination of the different parental genome which mainly helps to introduce the useful genes and modify the character. Somatic cell fusion is useful in the study of cytoplasmic genes and their activities and this information can be applied in plant breeding experiments. It is useful in introducing genes for male sterility, disease resistance and herbicidal resistance.

Thus, the correct answer is option D.