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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?   [AIPMT 2014]

    A)  Apical meristem only

    B)  Palisade parenchyma

    C)  Both apical and axillary meristems

    D)  Epidermis only

    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.


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