Question

how to get healthy plant from infected plants and what are its advantages ​

Answer 1

The plant roots cannot reach all the nutrients (water and minerals) in the soil themselves. The fungi and bacteria help the roots reach and absorb the nutrients. They are also able to make phosphate available to the plant

Answer 2

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◆ Healthy crop plants can be grown from infected crop plant through meristem culture. This is because meristem remains free from any infection.

◆ Meristem can be removed from shoot apex, root apex, or axillary areas of plant and then can be used to propagate virus free plants.

◆ Many of the crop plants such as banana, sugarcane, potato, etc have been successfully produced through meristem culture.

Advantages : Micropropagation helps in the production of disease free plants.

◆ Production of plants that are genetically and structurally similar that is they are clone.