Class 12
Zoology :-Additional Questions - Set - 1 - Strategies For Enhancement In Food
Pomato is a somatic hybrid. Write how this is developed?
Answer:
- Single cells from selected plants are isolated (from potato and tomato)
- The cell walls of cells are digested by enzymes like pectinase and cellulose to expose the maked protoplasts.
- Isolate the protoplast.
- The isolated protoplasts are fused to obtain hybrid protoplasts under sterile condition. This can be grown to from a new plant.