Plant Tissue Culture Practice Questions
20 free Plant Tissue Culture practice questions for the Botany, each with the correct answer and a detailed explanation. Open any question below, or take the full set as an interactive quiz.
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All Plant Tissue Culture questions
- Q1. The ability of a single plant cell to grow and develop into a complete, mature plant is referred to as:
- Q2. Which of the following is the most commonly used solidifying agent in plant tissue culture media?
- Q3. What is the primary function of surface sterilization of an explant?
- Q4. An undifferentiated, disorganized mass of proliferating parenchyma cells in culture is known as:
- Q5. In organogenesis, a high concentration of cytokinin relative to auxin typically promotes the development of:
- Q6. Which specific technique is used to obtain virus-free plants from an infected mother plant?
- Q7. Somatic embryos are distinct from zygotic embryos because they:
- Q8. Which enzyme mixture is typically used to isolate protoplasts from plant tissues?
- Q9. The production of haploid plants is most effectively achieved through the culture of:
- Q10. What is the purpose of adding activated charcoal to some tissue culture media?
- Q11. Which of the following describes the 'Vitrification' (or Hyperhydricity) physiological disorder in culture?
- Q12. Cybrids (Cytoplasmic hybrids) are produced by the fusion of:
- Q13. Which chemical is most commonly used for the induction of polyploidy in tissue culture?
- Q14. Secondary metabolites like alkaloids and steroids are often commercially produced using:
- Q15. In 'Hairy Root Culture', which bacterium is used to infect the plant tissue?
- Q16. What is 'Hardening' in the context of plant tissue culture?
- Q17. The formation of 'Synthetic Seeds' involves the encapsulation of somatic embryos or axillary buds in:
- Q18. Which of the following is a disadvantage of micropropagation compared to traditional methods?
- Q19. Somaclonal variation refers to the genetic variability that arises during:
- Q20. Which gas is often responsible for the 'senescence' or leaf drop of plantlets within a sealed culture vessel?