A PLANT TISSUE CULTURE LABORATORY
Superior disease-free plant selections and new varieties
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WHAT IS TISSUE CULTURE
Tissue culture is the in-vitro aseptic culture of cells, tissues, organs or whole plant under controlled nutritional and environmental conditions conducive for their growth and multiplication.
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Plant tissue culture technology is being widely used for large scale plant multiplication, disease elimination, plant improvement and production of secondary metabolites.
TISSUE CULTURE IN AGRICULTURE
STAGE
1
PRODUCTION & PROPAGATION
Large scale propagation of plants
Virus/ disease-free plant cultures
Preservation of rare & endangered species
Embryo rescue
2
STAGE
BREEDING
Somaclonal variation
Haploid & polyploid breeding
Crosses via protoplast fusion
In-vitro hybridization
Faster multiplication of new plantlets
Requires small amount of initial plant tissue
New plantlets and plants are disease and virus-free
Year-round propagation, no seasonality
Development of new subspecies and varieties
WHY TISSUE CULTURE
