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The capacity to generate a whole plant from any cell or explant is:

ASomaclonal
BHybrid vigour
CTotipotency
DPropagation
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Totipotency
1. Explants grow in sterile nutrient media. 2. This capacity is totipotency. 3. It enables micropropagation. _Source: syllabus Biology, Chapter 9, Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production._
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