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Agriculture · Q441

Genetics And Plant Breeding

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 441

Q441

'Colchicine' is generally used for

A.
Chromosome doubling
Answer
B.
Hybridization
C.
Mutation
D.
All of the above

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
'Colchicine' is generally used for Chromosome doubling.
Colchicine is an important mutagen that works by preventing the formation of microtubules and doubles the number of chromosomes.
It is commonly used to develop polyploid plants and functions as a mitotic poison by producing many mutagenic effects on plants.