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Question : Tissue culture is a fast and efficient system for crop improvement. Scientists in a research institution wants to produce a hybrid of potato and tomato. Is it possible to make such a hybrid? If possible, explain how. |
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Answer» Solution :Yes. It is possible by somatic hybridisation. ISOLATED PROTOPLASTS from plant cells of POTATO and TOMATO can be fused to GET hybrid protoplast, which can be further grown to form a new plant.These hybrids are called somatic hybrids. |
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