HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
PLANT BIOLOGY
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Which of the following uses are made of micropropagation? I Growth of plantlets for use as crop plantsII Bulking up of stocks of new plant varietiesIII Conservation
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I only
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1 and II only
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I and III only
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I, II, and III
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Micropropagation is a method of plant propagation using extremely small pieces of plant tissue taken from a carefully chosen and prepared mother plant, and growing these under laboratory conditions to produce new plants. It is widely used in commercial horticulture.
Detailed explanation-2: -The explant is a part which is used in micropropagation.
Detailed explanation-3: -Micropropagation is the practise of rapidly multiplying stock plant material to produce a large number of progeny plants, using modern plant tissue culture methods. Micropropagation is used to multiply novel plants, such as those that have been genetically modified or bred through conventional plant breeding methods.
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