The technique of producing many identical copies of a plant from a single tissue is: MCQ with Answer and Explanation

The technique of producing many identical copies of a plant from a single tissue is:
A. Hybridization
B. Cross-pollination
C. Selective breeding
D. Tissue culture (micropropagation)
Answer: Option D
Solution (By JKExamLibrary)
Tissue culture (micropropagation) involves growing plant cells/tissues on a sterile nutrient medium to regenerate whole plants, producing clones. Hybridization is crossing varieties, cross-pollination is natural or artificial pollination, selective breeding chooses parents.

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