Question

Difference between pollen culture and anther culture

Answer 1

Pollen culture (microspore culture) is a technique in which haploid plants are obtained from isolated pollen grains while in anther culture those are obtained from pollens, by placing anthers on a suitable, synthetic culture medium. The technique was discovered by Guha and Maheshwari (1964).

Answer 2

Pollen culture is also known as microspore culture is a procedure in which haploid seedlings are collected from separate pollen grains while in another culture those are received from pollens, by installing anthers on a proper, artificial culture medium.

Anther culture is a method by which the developing anthers at a specific and important stage are extracted aseptically from the unopened bud of flowers and are cultivated on a nutrient medium where the microspores inside the sensitive anther manifest into callus tissue or embryoids that give beginning to haploid plantlets either through.