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Q. In crop improvement programmes, virus-free clones can be obtained through

ManipalManipal 2009

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Tissue culture technique can be utilized for the production of vims-free plants either by meristem culture chemotherapy or selective chemotherapy of larger explants from donor plants. Shoot apex consists of meristematic cells, thus, shoot apex culture is successful to obtain virus-free clones in crop improvement programmes.