HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
ULTRA STRUCTURE OF PLANT CELLS AND ORGANS
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I and II
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II and III
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I, II and III
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All of the above.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Plant tissue culture is applied in the area of plant physiological and biochemical research to study the cell cycle, metabolism in cells, nutritional, morphogenetical and developmental studies in plants.
Detailed explanation-2: -Tissue culture has been used to study characteristics of the growth, metabolism, reproduction, physiology and nutritional necessities of the plants under controlled circumstances. Embryos which normally do not survive inside seeds can be developed in tissue culture to produce new plants.
Detailed explanation-3: -ADVERTISEMENTS: The five applications of the tissue culture are: (1) Rapid Clonal Propagation (2) Soma-clonal Variation (3) Transgenic Plants (4) Induction and Selection of Mutations and (5) Resistance to Weedicides.