Fill in the blanks in the following statements ($A$ to $C$):
$(A)$ The capacity to generate a whole plant from any cell/explant is called ......$(i)$ .......
$(B)$ The transfer of resistance genes occurs through ........$(ii)$ ........ . Subsequently,......$(iii)$ ....... occurs between the target and the source plant.
$(C)$ The rice variety $IR8$ was developed in the country ........$(iv)$ .

  • A
    $(i)$ Cellular growth,$(ii)$ Mutation,$(iii)$ Selection
  • B
    $(ii)$ Sexual hybridization,$(iii)$ Selection,$(iv)$ India
  • C
    $(iii)$ Selection,$(iv)$ Philippines,$(ii)$ Totipotency
  • D
    $(iv)$ India,$(i)$ Totipotency,$(ii)$ Somatic hybridization

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