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NEET Biology NEET PYQ-Morphology Of Plants

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    To obtain virus-free healthy plants from a diseased one by tissue culture technique, which part/parts of the diseased plant will be taken?                                       [NEET 2014]

    A) Apical meristem only

    B) Palisade parenchyma

    C) Both apical and axillary meristems

    D) Epidermis only

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    [c] 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 themselves which is: non-peretrable by any pathogen.
    Hence these tissue are used in the production of diseased free plants by tissue culture.


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