Plant Cell Culture - Medical Science

Q1:

A(n) __________ is an excised piece of leaf or stem tissue used in micropropagation.

A microshoot

B medium

C explant

D scion

ANS:C - explant

The explant is a part of a plant used which is placed in an artificial medium for the regeneration of an entire plant. Explant can be any part of the part, e.g., meristem, a section of a leaf, stem, etc.