NEET 2014 · Class 12

Biotechnology and its Applications

To obtain virus-free healthy plants from a diseased one by tissue culture technique, which part/parts of the diseased plant will be taken?

  1. (A)Apical meristem only
  2. (B)Palisade parenchyma
  3. (C)Both apical and axillary meristems
  4. (D)Epidermis only

The NCERT line that answers it

Verbatim line

Even if the plant is infected with a virus, the **meristem** (apical and axillary) is free of virus.

Chapter
Biotechnology and its Applications
Section
10.1 BIOTECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURE
Page
1
Words matched
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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that both apical and axillary meristems are virus-free, which directly matches the correct answer and distinguishes it from the wrong options.

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