Vidyalelo
Agriculture · Q969

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 969

Q969

Micrografting is used to produce plants free from

A.
Virus
Answer
B.
RLO's
C.
MLO's
D.
Bacteria

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Micrografting is used to produce plants free from viruses.
An innovative technique of micrografting was developed by Murashige et al. (1972) for the production of uniform virus-free plants on a commercial scale in a controlled environment.
They grafted a small apical shoot of citrus to the top of a decapitated seedling grown in vitro. Micropropagation can be used to produce disease-free plants. It produces rooted plantlets ready for growth, and saves time for the grower, instead of seeds or cuttings.