NEET Solved Paper 2014 Question 84
Question: To obtain virus-free healthy plants from a diseased one by tissue culture technique, which part/parts of the diseased plant will be taken? [AIPMT 2014]
Options:
A) Apical meristem only
B) Palisade parenchyma
C) Both apical and axillary meristems
D) Epidermis only
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Answer:
Correct Answer: C
Solution:
- Both apical and axillary meristems are free of virus for the healthy plant cultivation because of strong interferon activity in this region. These tissues form a protective impermeable covering around themselfs, which is: non-peretrable by any pathogen. Hence, these tissue are used in the production of diseased free plants by tissue culture.
