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Agriculture · Q214

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 214

Q214

Cellular totipotency was demonstrated by

A.
Theodore Schwann
B.
A. V. Leeuwenhoek
C.
F. C. Steward
Answer
D.
Robert Hooke

Answer: Option C

Solution

Answer: Option C
Solution:
Cellular totipotency was demonstrated by F. C. Steward.
Cellular totipotency is the inherent potentiality of a plant cell to give rise to a whole plant, a capacity that is retained even after a cell has undergone final differentiation in the plant body.
The more cell types a cell can differentiate into, the greater its potency. Steward conducted experiments on carrot root tissues and was the first to demonstrate totipotency.