Question

The capacity to generate a whole plant from any cell of the plant is called ______.

Options

• Differentiation hybridization

• Somatic

• Totipotency

• Micropropagation

Answer 1

The capacity to generate a whole plant from any cell of the plant is called totipotency.

Explanation:

The ability of a cell to evolve into a whole organism is known as totipotency. Totipotent cells in plants are able to grow a whole plant from a single cell. This characteristic serves as the foundation for methods like somatic embryogenesis, which creates embryos from somatic cells, and micropropagation, which propagates plants from tiny bits of tissue culture.