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Questions Related to plant breeding for food production

Plant medium used widely in preparation of culture medium is got from ____________.

  1. Cycas revoluta

  2. Cocos nucifera

  3. Pinus roxburghii

  4. Borassus flabellifera


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Option $B$ is correct.

Plant medium used widely in the preparation of culture medium is got from Cocos nucifera milk of coconut or coconut water is widely used for culture preparation as it contains several growth substances and can be extracted easily. It provides the growth hormone known as cytokinin. Cytokinins promote cell division and induce morphogenesis. The first natural cytokinin known as zeatin was obtained from the coconut plant.

Banana can be rapidly multiplied by ____________.

  1. Multiple shoot production

  2. Embryoid formation

  3. Shoot tip culture

  4. Callus formation


Correct Option: A

Who is known as father of plant tissue culture?

  1. Haberlandt

  2. Steward

  3. White

  4. Skoog.


Correct Option: A

Haploids are useful for ________________.

  1. Production of callus

  2. Production of homozygous diploids

  3. Microdensitometer studies

  4. Induction of giant cells


Correct Option: A

Which of the following statements are correct?
a. Callus is the disorganised mass of cells formed under in vitro condition.
b. Totipotency is the ability of a plant organ to regenerate an entire organism when cultured in a suitable medium.
c. Embryoid is the embryo-like structure formed under in vitro condition which has the potentiality to develop into a plantlet.
d. Explant is the excised portion of plant tissue or organ which is used in tissue culture study.
Select the correct answer using the codes given Codes.

  1. $1, 2$ and $4$

  2. $1, 3$ and $4$

  3. $1, 2$ and $3$

  4. $2, 3$ and $4$


Correct Option: A

The callus is defined as ________________.

  1. Decaying cells

  2. Differentiated cells

  3. Sterile mass of cells

  4. Undifferentiated mass of cells


Correct Option: A

Electroporation is a technique commonly used in ________________.

  1. Tissue culture

  2. Somatic hybridization

  3. Radioimmuno assay

  4. Electrophoresis


Correct Option: A

Consider the following statements.
Tissue culture is recommended for.
a. Multiplication of elite genotypes
b. Developing virus-free plants
c. Production of secondary metabolites
d. Induction of polyploidy
e. Of useful trees
Of this statements.

  1. $1, 2$ and $4$ are correct

  2. $1, 2$ and $3$ are correct

  3. $1, 3$ and $4$ are correct

  4. $2, 3$ and $4$ are correct


Correct Option: A

Somaclones are obtained by : -

  1. Genetic engineering

  2. Tissue culture

  3. Plant breeding

  4. Irradiation Genetic engineering


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is not a common procedure in tissue culture of plants?

  1. Shoot tip culture for the purpose of micropropagation

  2. Leaf, stem, and root culture for the purpose of cell suspension cultures

  3. Protoplast culture for the purpose of genetic engineering of plants

  4. Culture of hybridized mature plant cells


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

A) Shoot tip culture may be described as the culture of terminal portion of a shoot comprising the meristem together with primordial and developing leaves and adjacent stem tissue. It is a common process used for micropropagation

B) Suspension culture is a type of culture in which single cell or small aggregates of cells mul­tiply while suspended in agitated liquid medium. It is the process done in tissue culture using plant part such as leaf, stem, roots etc.
C) Protoplasts are naked plant cells without the cell wall, but they possess plasma membrane and all other cellular components. Protoplasts of different species can be fused to generate a hybrid and this process is referred to as somatic hybridization. Genetic transformations can be achieved through genetic engineering of protoplast DNA
D) After hybridization or suspension culture, a new mature plant is produced. This plant is identical to its parent plant
So, the correct answer is 'culture of hybridized mature plant cells'