Isolated protoplasts from two different varieties of plants each having a desirable character can be fused to get hybrid protoplasts, which can be further grown to form a new plant. These hybrids are

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Isolated protoplasts from two different varieties of plants each having a desirable character can be fused to get hybrid protoplasts, which can be further grown to form a new plant. These hybrids are called:

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Plant cells without cell wall are called protoplast. Protoplasts of two different plant can be fused to obtain a hybrid protoplast and grown into a new plant. Such process is called as somatic hybridization since somatic cells are used for fusion and not gametic cells. The hybrids formed from such technique are called somatic hybrid. Totipotency is the ability of a cell to grow into a complete organism. Embryo cells are totipotent. SCP-Single cell proteins are the proteins obtained from culture of single-celled organisms.

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