HORTICULTURE

HORTICULTURE SCIENCE

ULTRA STRUCTURE OF PLANT CELLS AND ORGANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In Plant Tissue Culture, Totipotency means
A
Flowering in culture medium
B
Development of Organ from Tissue under medium
C
Development of fruit
D
None
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct option is C Development of an organ from a cell in culture medium. Totipotency is the ability of a single cell to divide and produce all of the differentiated cells in an organism.

Detailed explanation-2: -For a differentiated cell, to express its totipotency, it first undergoes dedifferentiation followed by redifferentiation. The phenomenon of a mature cell reverting to the meristematic state and forming undifferentiated callus tissue is termed ‘dedifferentiation’.

Detailed explanation-3: -The process of initiation and development of an organ is called organogenesis. In plant tissue culture, inducing organogenesis is an important way to regenerate plants from the culture. Organogenesis in plant.

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