About Lesson
- The technique of hybrid production through the fusion of protoplast from different genetic backgrounds takes place is known as somatic hybridization or parasexual hybridization or protoplast fusion.
- Significance for the improvement of vegetatively propagated plants such as banana, cassava, potato, sweet potato, and sugarcane.
- It includes:
a) Isolation
b) Fusion of protoplasm
c) Selection
d) Culture of hybrid cells
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