Question

Assertion (A): Isolated single cells can be fused to produce somatic hybrids.
Reason (R): Cells selected for somatic hybridisation have desirable characters.

• A. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).
• B. Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).
• C. (A) is true, but (R) is false.
• D. (A) is false, but (R) is true.

Hint:

Somatic hybrids are made by fusing selected desirable plant cells.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Somatic hybridisation involves the fusion of isolated protoplasts from different plant species or varieties with desirable traits to produce hybrids. Therefore, the Reason correctly explains the Assertion.