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Agriculture · Q632

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 632

Q632

A virus free clone from a virus infected plant can be obtained by

A.
Tissue
B.
Leaf
C.
Stem
D.
Meristem culture
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
A virus-free clone from a virus infected plant can be obtained by Meristem culture.
Meristem culture is a plant tissue culture technique in which a plant's fastest growing tissue is cultured, and it is very helpful to produce virus-free plants, as the rate of meristem growth is always higher than virus cell to cell transmission.