BotanyNEET 2024Phases of growth and differentiation

Plant Growth and Development

The capacity to generate a whole plant from any cell of the plant is called:

A.Micropropagation
B.Differentiation
C.Somatic hybridisation
D.Totipotency✓

Solution

The capacity of any plant cell to regenerate a whole plant is totipotency, the basis of tissue culture.

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