Question
Biology Question on Strategies For Enhancement in Food Production
Virus free plants can be generated through
A
callus culture
B
somatic hybridisation
C
meristem culture
D
anther culture.
Answer
meristem culture
Explanation
Solution
Virus free plants can be generated through meristem culture. Cultivation of axillary or apical shoot meristems is called meristem culture. The apical and axillary meristems of the infected plant is virus free because rate of division of meristematic cells is higher than the rate at which virus multiplies hence virus cannot invade newly formed meristematic cell.