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Name the technology and the procedure involved which can help a scientist recover virus free sugarcane plants from diseased canes for his crop breeding experiments.

Tissue culture is the technology involved in helping a scientist recover virus free sugarcane plants from diseased canes for his crop breeding experiments.

In the virus infected cane, the apical and the axillary meristems are free of virus. Hence, it can be cut and grown in vitro in special nutrient medium and in suitable conditions to obtain virus free sugarcane from the diseased cane.


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