AIIMS 201925 May
- Exam
- AIIMS
- Year
- 2019
- Date
- 25 May
- Subject
- Zoology
- Chapter
- Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
AIIMS 2019 · 25 May · Zoology · Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
Assertion : Somaclonal variations produce differences in plants....
Assertion : Somaclonal variations produce differences in plants.
Reason : Somaclones are genetically dissimilar plants developed from any part of a plant by tissue culture.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false.
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
D. If both assertion and reason are false.
Step-by-step solution
The genetically identical plants developed from any part of a plant by tissue culture/ micropropagation are called somaclones. The members of a single somaclone have the same genotype. This micropropagation is also known as somaclonal propagation. It is the only process adopted by Indian plant biotechnologists in different industries mainly for the commercial production of ornamental plants like lily, orchids, Eucalyptus, Cinchona, Blueberry, etc. and fruit trees like tomato, apple, banana, grapes, potato, citrus oil palm, etc.