Q.
Choose the chemical used in artificial polyploidy
A) Polyethylene glycol
B) Sodium alginate
C) Acenaphthene
D) Sodium hypochlorite
Explanation
Many chemicals such as acenaphthene, chloral hydrate, colchicine, sulphanil amide, mercury chloride, hexachlorcyclohexane, etc, are used to induce polyploidy. Polyethyl glycol is used in protoplast fusion.
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