A(n) __________ is an excised piece of leaf or stem tissue used in micropropagation. scion microshoot explant medium TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which of the following is considered as the disadvantage of conventional plant tissue culture for clonal propagation? Less multiplication of disease free plants Storage and transportation of propogates Both (b) and (c) Multiplication of sexually derived sterile hybrids TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
When plated only in nutrient medium, how much time is required for the protoplast to synthesize new cell wall? 5-10 days 10-15 days 2-5 days 15-17 days TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The phenomenon of the reversion of mature cells to the meristematic state leading to the formation of callus is known as either (a) or (b) redifferentiation none of these dedifferentiation TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
In a callus culture only auxin is required for root and shoot formation increasing level of cytokinin to a callus induces shoot formation and increasing level of auxin promote root formation increasing level of auxin to a callus induces shoot formation and increasing level of cytokinin promote root formation auxins and cytokinins are not required TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Agrobacterium based gene transfer is efficient with majority monocots and few dicots with both monocots and dicots only with monocots only with dicots TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
The ability of the component cells of callus to form a whole plant is known as dedifferentiation redifferentiation either (a) or (b) none of these TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Which of the following is used in the culture of regenerating protoplasts, single cells or very dilute cell suspensions? Nurse medium Both (a) and (b) Nurse or feeder culture None of these TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Protoplasts are the cells devoid of none of these cell membrane both cell wall and cell membrane cell wall TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?
Cell fusion method includes the preparation of large number of plant cells stripped of their cell wall single plant cell stripped of their cell wall cells from different species plant cells with cell wall TRUE ANSWER : ? YOUR ANSWER : ?