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- Question
Which of the following is considered as the disadvantage of conventional plant tissue culture for clonal propagation?
Options- A. Multiplication of sexually derived sterile hybrids
- B. Less multiplication of disease free plants
- C. Storage and transportation of propogates
- D. Both (b) and (c)
- Correct Answer
- Storage and transportation of propogates
- 1. Cell fusion method includes the preparation of large number of
Options- A. plant cells stripped of their cell wall
- B. single plant cell stripped of their cell wall
- C. plant cells with cell wall
- D. cells from different species Discuss
- 2. Phloem is composed of
Options- A. vessel elements and companion cells
- B. tracheids and vessel elements
- C. sieve-tube elements and companion cells
- D. tracheids and sieve-tube elements Discuss
- 3. The evaporation of water from leaves is called
Options- A. transpiration
- B. cohesion
- C. tension
- D. pressure flow Discuss
- 4. The cohesion-tension theory of water movement helps to explain how water moves from soil into root?
Options- A. Through the phloem
- B. From leaf to root
- C. Through the xylem
- D. Into the guard cells Discuss
- 5. When guard cells swell
Options- A. stomata close
- B. stomata open
- C. photosynthesis stops
- D. evaporation stops Discuss
- 6. Protoplasts can be produced from suspension cultures, callus tissues or intact tissues by enzymatic treatment with
Options- A. cellulotyic enzymes
- B. pectolytic enzymes
- C. both cellulotyic and pectolytic enzymes
- D. proteolytic enzymes Discuss
- 7. The ability of the component cells of callus to form a whole plant is known as
Options- A. redifferentiation
- B. dedifferentiation
- C. either (a) or (b)
- D. none of these Discuss
- 8. When plated only in nutrient medium, how much time is required for the protoplast to synthesize new cell wall?
Options- A. 2-5 days
- B. 5-10 days
- C. 10-15 days
- D. 15-17 days Discuss
- 9. Which method of plant propagation involves the use of girdling?
Options- A. Grafting
- B. Cuttings
- C. Layering
- D. Micropropagation Discuss
- 10. Subculturing is similar to propagation by cuttings because
Options- A. it separates multiple microshoots and places them in a medium
- B. it uses scions to produce new microshoots
- C. they both use in vitro growing conditions
- D. all of the above Discuss
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Correct Answer: single plant cell stripped of their cell wall
Correct Answer: sieve-tube elements and companion cells
Correct Answer: transpiration
Correct Answer: Through the xylem
Correct Answer: stomata open
Correct Answer: both cellulotyic and pectolytic enzymes
Correct Answer: redifferentiation
Correct Answer: 5-10 days
Correct Answer: Layering
Correct Answer: it separates multiple microshoots and places them in a medium
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