Q.

Which of the following is not true for callus culture?

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a

It can be used for micropropagation

b

Parenchyma tissue increases by continuous mitotic divisions

c

Somaclonal variation is generated

d

Meiotic divisions are frequent

answer is C.

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Meiotic divisions are not observed in callus culture. Genetic variations among plant cells of culture is called somaclonal variations. Beneficial somaclonal variations are used for plant breeding. Large scale propagation of plants under aseptic conditions by tissue culture is named as micropropagation. Usually parenchyma cells are used as explants and they divide continuously to form callus.

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