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Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
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Reproducing new plants by cells, instead of seeds, is known as :

  • Mutation

  • antibiotics

  • biofertilizer

  • tissue culture

Answer

D.

tissue culture

Tissue Culture is the term generally used for artificial growth. The plant tissue culture  refers to the growth of plant cells, tissues and organs on artificial nutrient media. Haberlandt, a German botanist gave the term Plant Tissue Culture.

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