Question

discuss the role of tissue culture technique in growing plants ​

Answer 1

Plant Tissue Culture

It is the process of growing an isolated plant cells or organs in an artificial nutrient media outside the parent organism.

In other words, it is an in vitro culture of plant cells or tissues on artificial nutrient media under aseptic conditions, in glass containers.

This is a technique by which new plants can be raised on artificial nutrient media by use of plant parts or cells. These small parts can be pollen, leaves, seed, root tip, embryo etc.

Since all the above organs or cells contain the same genetic material as that of parent plant, a new plant can be grown.

Answer 2

Answer:

Many plant cells have the ability to divide and differentiate into an entire new plant. This

property of plant cells is used in growing new plants under sterile or germ-free conditions is

known as the tissue culture technique.

Advantages of Tissue Culture:

• They produce exact copies of plants required tha t have desirable traits.

• They produce mature plants quickly.

• Multiple plants are produced in the absence of seeds or necessary pollinators to

produce seeds.

• Whole plants are produced regenerated from plant cells tha t are genetically

modified.

• Diseases resistant plants are produced by micro propagation.

• This method is useful in plants which produce seeds in insufficient amounts, or when

plants are sterile and they do not produce viable seeds or when the seeds cannot be stored.

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