Question

Pomato is
a. Somatic hybrid
b. Allopolyploid
c. Natural mutant.
d. Both A and B

Answer 1

Hint: By using the grafting together tomato and potato plant produced the pomato which is part of the Solanaceae family. The pomato seed is not found in nature but grown by using the process of grafting. The plants strapped together after the incision made in the both stems of the plant.

Complete answer:
First time the process of grafting to generate pomato that is genetically different types were launched in the U.K 2013. Allopolyploid is the process in which polyploidy offspring generate from single parents as did in the grafting technique. The potatoes and tomatoes are a kind of hybrid food in the form of pomato. But this grafting is not very successful because of the low rate of the nutrients present in it. Both the plants are genetically different and cannot be grown from seed and depend upon each other for nourishment and growth. The leafy top of potato plant cut away and root from tomato also removed after the cut healed and plants are joined together.

The grafting used in the pomato is beneficial to produce the new technology in the agriculture science and this technology is widely used in the most developing countries like Kenya where farmers can save space, time and labor without affecting the plants. Virus, fungi and bacteria improve the resistance in the technique of grafting.

Hence, the correct answer is option (D).

Note: Grafting is very useful from a commercial point of view because with this technique we can grow various kinds of varieties in the plants and save space and labor. The first time grafted plant sold by name “Tomatoes” by Thompson and Morgan by a horticulture mail order company. And then also grown the other plant by this technology known as “DoubleUP Potato Tom”.