Question

Raju is working in an Agricultural Research station and is directed to provide large number of plants like banana, orchids, haploid varieties of water melon and two medicinal plants whose leaves and roots are used as medicines.

1. Write the most suitable method that Raju can adopt.

2. Give any two advantages of this method.

Answer 1

1. Micro propagation

It is the tissue culture method used to produce large no. of plants within a short period.

2. advantages of this method:

• The plants are genetically identical to the original plant from which they grown (soma clones).
• The plants must be virus free as meristems are used as explants.