Which of the following statements is not true about somatic embryogenesis?
Correct answer: B. Somatic embryos can develop from microspores.
- A. The pattern of development of a somatic embryo is comparable to that of a zygotic embryo.
- B. Somatic embryos can develop from microspores.
- C. Somatic embryo is induced usually by an auxin such as 2, 4D.
- D. A somatic embryo develops from a somatic cell.
Explanation
Somatic embryos develop from somatic cells. Their development is comparable to that of a zygotic embryo. They are just like a normal embryo except that their development is induced from a diploid somatic cell. Somatic embryo culture is induced by a high concentration of an auxin. Microspores are haploid cells that do not give rise to somatic embryo.
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