Question

Which is used in tissue culture

• A. Explant
• B. Somaclones
• C. Hybridization
• D. None

Answer 1

The correct option is A Explant

- Explant is referred to as the cell or tissue which is taken from a particular body and then placed in a culture medium for growth. It is Transfer (living cells, tissues, or organs) from animals or plants to a nutrient medium. In terms of plants, the explant is the small pieces of plant part and issues that are aseptically cut and then they are kept in a nutrient medium. For the culture, this can be taken from different plant parts which can dedifferentiate into totipotent cells. The explants are placed in the aseptic condition and the nutrient medium.

- The plants produced from tissue culture are genetically identical to the original plant from which they are grown, so they are called somaclones.

- SOMATIC HYBRIDIZATION Development of hybrid plants through the fusion of somatic protoplasts of two different plant species/varieties is called somatic hybridization.
So, the correct option is option A.