NEETZoologyBiotechnology and Its Applications
Read the following Assertion and Reason and choose the correct option. Assertion: The method of producing thousands of plants through tissue culture is called megapropagation. Reason: Each of these plants will be genetically identical to the original plant from which they were grown, i.e., they are homoclones.
Options
- ABoth Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion
- BBoth Assertion and Reason are true but the Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion
- CAssertion is true but the Reason is false
- DBoth Assertion and Reason are false
Correct answer
D. Both Assertion and Reason are false
Step-by-step solution
The method of producing thousands of plants through tissue culture is called micropropagation. Each of these plants will be genetically identical to the original plant from which they were grown, i.e., they are somaclones.