The scientific process by which crop plants are enriched with certain desirable nutrients is called
crop protection
breeding
biofortification
bioremediation
The term 'Totipotency' refers to the capacity of a
cell to generate whole plant
bud to generate whole plant
seed to germinate
cell to enlarge in size
Given below are a few statements regarding somatic hybridisation. Choose the correct statements.
I. Protoplasts of different cells of the same plant are fused .
II. Protoplasts from cells of different species can be fused.
III. Treatment of cells with cellulase and pectinase is mandatory.
IV. The hybrid protoplast contains characters of only one parental protoplast.
I and II
I and II
I and IV
IV and III
An explant is
dead plant
part of the plant
part of the plant used in tissue culture
part of the plant that expresses a specific gene
The biggest constraint of plant breeding is
availability of desirable gene in the crop and its wild relatives
infrastructure
trained manpower
transfer of genes from unrelated sources