why are plants obtained by protoplast culture called somatic hybrids?

1.somatic hybridisation is the synonym of protoplast fusion.

2.protoplats are cells without a cell wall but bound by a plasma membrane. A hybrid produced by fusion of somatic cells or protoplasts of two varieties or two species is called a somatic hybrid.

3.The process of producing somatic hybrids is called somatic hybridisation.Protoplast technology involves the isolation, culture and fusion of plant protoplasts.Isolated protoplasts are totipotent.