With reference to plant tissue culture select the matching pair: (1) Sterile triploid—banana and seedless fruit (2) Somaclonal variations—differences appearing (3) Embryoids—non-zygatic embryo produced from somatic cells (4) Pulses—belong to cruciferae

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Ans. ((a))

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