Question : Give the meaning of the following terms : a) Explant b) Totipotency c) Somaclones d) Somatic hybrids e) Micropropagation

Question : Give the meaning of the following terms : a) Explant b) T

1.	Question : Give the meaning of the following terms : a) Explant b) Totipotency c) Somaclones d) Somatic hybrids e) Micropropagation
Answer» SOLUTION :a) Explants:- Any part of a plant taken out and grown in a test tube under sterile conditions in a special nutrient media used in tissue culture are called explants b) Totipotency:- The capacity of a plant cell to develop in to a COMPLETE plant is called totipotency. c) Somaclones:- Plantlet obtained during micro propagation are genetically IDENTICAL to the ORIGINAL plant from which it is derived, are called somaclones. d) Somatic hybrids:- The plants obtained by fusion of protoplats of two different plants are called somatic hybrids. e) Micro propagation:- The method of production of thousand of plants using explant through tissue culture technique is called micro propagation