Question

What is Somaclonal variation?

Answer 1

Somaclonal variation is a valuable tool in plant breeding, wherein variation in tissue culture regenerated plants from somatic cells can be used in the development of crops with novel traits.

Answer 2

What is Somaclonal variation?

In this process, plants are generated by presenting Genetic variation from tissue culture and this process is known as somaclonal variation.

Special Points:-

➨ These variations originated by minor chromosomal aberration, by gene mutation.

➨ The variation which are Stable and have agronomic characters like resistance to diseases and pests, stress to tolerance, early maturaion, better yields are useful only.