Question

Pomato is a hybrid of?
A. Potato
B. Tomato
C. Wheat
D. Both (a) & (b)

Answer 1

Hint: The qualities of two organisms of different breeds, varieties, species, or genera through sexual reproduction is joined together to form a complete new offspring known as a hybrid.

Complete answer:
By grafting together a tomato and a potato plant, both of which are members of the Solanaceae (nightshade) family a new grafted plant is produced called the pomato. In this hybrid plant, cherry tomatoes grow on the vine, while white potatoes grow in the soil from the same plant.
To grow a pomato plant, we need to cut the end of the tomato plant into a wedge shape so that it fits into the V shape cut of the potato stem. After this, we carefully slide the tomato plant stem onto the potato rootstock and wrap the graft location with grafting tape so that it holds the two plants together.

Additional Information:
- The process of breeding an animal or plant with a specimen of another species or variety is named hybridization. The offspring produced by this process is called a hybrid.
- Hybrid plants cannot grow from seeds.
- The concept of grafting related to potatoes and tomatoes so that both are produced on the same plant dates back to at least the early 19th century.
- The potato may be a vegetable native to the Americas, a starchy tuber of the plant potato, and therefore the plant itself may be a perennial within the nightshade family, Solanaceae.
- Wheat may be a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain that may be a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together structure the genus Triticum; the foremost widely grown is Triticum aestivum.

So, the correct answer is.’ both potato and tomato’

Notes:
Solanum Lycopersicum -. A taxonomic species within the Solanaceae family— the garden tomato, native to and domesticated in Mexico. Dictionary definition and meaning for word Solanum tuberosum. (noun)- belongs to South America bearing edible starchy tubers having underground stolons; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous.
Grafting does not work with monocots, because of the absence of vascular cambium in them. It can be done only with dicots and gymnosperms.
Mitosis is used in vegetative propagation, the new plant is the same as the parent cell or it can also be called a clone. It is largely used in agriculture to grow trees that are of great value to the economy.