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A tissue, of a tobacco plant, infected with TMV was used to obtain a new plant. Identify the technique used and reason out the possibility of obtaining a new healthy plant.

Virus free plant can be obtained from meristematic tissue by using tissue culture technique. It is technique that is widely used to raise new plants from a small piece of tissue taken from a plant. This is done in a culture medium using nutrients and hormone.


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