Question

Assertion (A): Protoplast culture is an important technique of genetic engineering.

Reason (R): Protoplast culture technique results in the production of somatic-hybrid plants.

Options

• Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true, and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

• Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true, but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

• Assertion (A) is true but reason (R) is false.

• Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are false.

Answer 1

Both assertion (A) and reason (R) are true, and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

Explanation:

Protoplasts can be fused or genetically manipulated and then cultured to regenerate plants. This makes protoplast culture useful for producing somatic-hybrid plants and transferring useful genetic traits.