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Agriculture · Q587

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 587

Q587

A major use of embryo culture is in

A.
Iriduction of somaclonal variations
B.
Overcoming hybridisation barriers
Answer
C.
Production of alkaloids
D.
Clonal propagation

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
A major use of embryo culture is in overcoming hybridization barriers.
Embryo culture is a technique for cultivating an embryo under aseptic conditions on a nutrient medium.
It is performed with mature embryos and helps mainly in shortening the period of germination by overcoming seed dormancy and any barriers to overcoming hybridization.