Which of the following statements about plant tissue culture is false?
A. Virus-free crop species can be propagated by culturing meristems.
B. Individual cells can give rise to whole plants through tissue cultures.
C. Synthetic hormones can be used to selectively promote root or shoot formation.
D. Callus tissue can only form roots, not shoots.
E. A callus is a mass of undifferentiated cells.
D. Callus tissue can only form roots, not shoots.
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