a. Name the technology that has helped the scientists to propagate on large scale the desired crops in short duration. List the steps carried out to propagate the crops by the said technique.
b. How are somatic hybrids obtained ?
a. Tissue culture / micro propagation.
Explants grown in a test-tube, under sterile condition, in special nutrient medium / culture medium.
b. Isolated single cells, digests cell walls, to obtain protoplast from two different varieties, fusion of protoplast.