The capacity to generate a whole plant from any cell is known as:

The correct answer is Option (1) → Totipotency

Option (1) Totipotency — Correct. Of the options, totipotency is the only term for this capacity of a plant cell or explant. Biofortification, mutation and apiculture have nothing to do with regenerating plants.

Note: A similar question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2026 on 15-05-2026 (Slot 1), and in CUET (UG) 2025 on 02-06-2025 (Slot 2).

NCERT Extract:
Biotechnological Applications in Agriculture – “… As traditional breeding techniques failed to keep pace with demand and to provide sufficiently fast and efficient systems for crop improvement, another technology called tissue culture got developed. … It was learnt by scientists, during 1950s, that whole plants could be regenerated from explants, i.e., any part of a plant taken out and grown in a test tube, under sterile conditions in special nutrient media. This capacity to generate a whole plant from any cell/explant is called totipotency.”