Question

Difference between organogenesis and somatic embryogenesis in plants

Answer 1

Organogenesis involves inducing the vegetative tissue to form organs (shoot or root) which eventually develop into a complete plantlet (small but whole plant), while, somatic embryogenesis is to induce a piece of somatic (vegetative) tissue to develop an embryogenic callus, leading to the formation of a somatic embryo

Answer 2

Organogenesis is a process of formation of organs in plants such as roots stems and leaves. This process continues until plant dies. For example in shoot, there is shoot apical meristem that continuously produce new lateral organs like roots leaves and lateral branches.

whereas

Somatic embryogenesis is a mean of developing embryos from somatic cells . The resultant embryos are called somatic embryos. Nowadays bio technologist are also conducting in-vitro somatic embryo genesis for genetic improvement and mass propagation.