Plant Tissue Culture

Class 12 · Bio Technology · 16 Questions

1beginner🧠 Remember2 marksShort Answer

What is plant tissue culture?

2intermediate💡 Understand5 marksLong Answer

Describe the various components of plant tissue culture media.

3intermediate💡 Understand3 marksShort Answer

What are the general steps of plant tissue culture?

4intermediate💡 Understand5 marksLong Answer

Describe various applications of plant tissue culture.

5intermediate💡 Understand3 marksShort Answer

How are somatic hybrids developed?

6beginner🧠 Remember2 marksShort Answer

What are somaclonal variations?

7beginner🧠 Remember3 marksShort Answer

Define explant and list five most commonly used explants for plant tissue culture.

8intermediate💡 Understand5 marksLong Answer

Describe somatic embryogenesis and their application for the development of synthetic seeds.

9intermediate💡 Understand2 marksShort Answer

Describe briefly the role of pH in nutrient media.

10intermediate💡 Understand5 marksLong Answer

Describe the method of somatic hybridization and its advantages.

11intermediate💡 Understand5 marksLong Answer

What are somaclonal variations and discuss their role for improving crops.

12beginner🧠 Remember1 markMCQ

Which of the following tissues can be used as explant for regenerating complete plant through tissue culture?

13intermediate💡 Understand1 markMCQ

Which of the following explants are suitable for the production of virus free plants?

14intermediate🧠 Remember1 markMCQ

The process of combining the nuclear genomes of one parent with the cytoplasmic genome of the other parent is called as:

15intermediate💡 Understand1 markMCQ

Which of the following components is not essential for Murashige and Skoog media?

17intermediate💡 Understand1 markMCQ

Somatic clonal variation can be present in which of the following plants?