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Who among the following is credited with starting the work on plant tissue culture?
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- F.C. Steward
- P. Maheshwari
- P.R. White
- Haberlandt
- F.C. Steward
Correct Option: D
G. Haberlandt, a German botanist, in 1902 cultured fully differentiated plant cells isolated from different plants. This was the very first step for the beginning of plant cell and tissue culture. Further contributions were made by the Cell Doctrine which admitted that a cell is capable of showing totipotency.
