Biotechnology - Media Required for Plant Cell Culture

Exercise : Media Required for Plant Cell Culture - Section 1
  • Media Required for Plant Cell Culture - Section 1
16.
Which of the following is not true about nurse or conditioned medium?
It is liquid removed from the suspension of fast growing cells
It contains uncharacterized growth factor released by growing cells
It is used in the culture of regenerating protoplast
it is removed aseptically from the culture and is autoclaved before use
Answer: Option
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17.
Very high sugar concentration (40-100 g/l) have been used
in specialized secondary metabolite production
to adjust the osmotic potential of the media in short term treatment for regeneration
Both (a) and (b)
none of these
Answer: Option
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18.
What is 'nurse' or conditioned medium?
It is the media full of growth factors used for the growth of cells
It is the medium added to nurse the callus culture
Both (a) and (b)
It is the liquid medium removed from the suspension of fast growing cells
Answer: Option
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19.
What are the macronutrients used in plant cell culture medium?
N, P, K, S, Na
N, P, K, Ca, Cl
N, P, K, S, Ca
N, P, Ca, Na, Cl
Answer: Option
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20.
Neutralized activated charcoal is occasionally added to young regenerating cultures to
remove toxic phenolics produced by the stressed plant cell
help to remove plants growth regulators introduced at an earlier stage
both (a) and (b)
maintain the pH of the medium
Answer: Option
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