Assertion: A major advantage of tissue culture is protoplast fusion.
Reason: A hybrid is formed by the fusion of naked protoplasts of two plants.
(a) If both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation of Assertion.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
(c) If Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
(d) If both the Assertion and Reason are incorrect.
(b) If both Assertion and Reason are correct, but Reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
Explanation:
An important technique of tissue culture, somatic hybridization results in the production of somatic hybrid plants. Two different plant varieties each with a desirable character can be made to undergo protoplast fusion, which further can be grown into a new plant.