Question

The tip of a plant is used for tissue culture as it is:

• A. easily accessible and can be cut easily
• B. rich in dead cells
• C. rich in undifferentiated cell mass
• D. rich in sclerenchyma cells

Answer 1

The correct option is C

rich in undifferentiated cell mass

Tips of plants are generally used for tissue culture as they are rich in a group of undifferentiated cells that are capable of rapid division. These cells divide when transferred to a nutrient medium to give rise to an unorganised mass of cells called the callus.
They do not posses sclerenchyma cells as they are dead cells that do not divide.