What is micropropagation? Explain its advantages.
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Meaning of Micropropagation:
Tissue culture serves as an alternative to vegetative propagation by conventional methods, such as by rooting of cuttings. This is particularly valuable in the case of difficult-to-root species and those species like the palms which can neither be rooted by cuttings nor grafted because they lack a cambium. Recently, genetically uniform oil palms (Elaeis guineensis) have been produced by tissue culture.
Advantages of Micropropagation:
Micro-propagation, an essential component of plant biotechnology, has been proved to be means of producing millions of identical plants by culturing plant tissues or organs under aseptic conditions.
The advantages of micro-propagation over conventional methods, of a sexual reproduction are as follows:
(i) Greater output,
(ii) Economy of time and space,
(iii) Freedom from seasonal constraints,
(iv) Multiplication under disease-free conditions.
Hence, this technique is ideal for the species where:
(i) Traditional methods of propagation are inadequate to meet the demand for planting material.
(ii) Marked variability exists in the natural population and productivity can be significantly increased by cloning of superior individuals.
(iii) Virus can be eliminated by culturing the shoot meristem, thus pathogen-free stock can be maintained by routine micro-propagation.
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Meaning of Micropropagation:
Tissue culture serves as an alternative to vegetative propagation by conventional methods, such as by rooting of cuttings. This is particularly valuable in the case of difficult-to-root species and those species like the palms which can neither be rooted by cuttings nor grafted because they lack a cambium. Recently, genetically uniform oil palms (Elaeis guineensis) have been produced by tissue culture.
Advantages of Micropropagation:
Micro-propagation, an essential component of plant biotechnology, has been proved to be means of producing millions of identical plants by culturing plant tissues or organs under aseptic conditions.
The advantages of micro-propagation over conventional methods, of a sexual reproduction are as follows:
(i) Greater output,
(ii) Economy of time and space,
(iii) Freedom from seasonal constraints,
(iv) Multiplication under disease-free conditions.
Hence, this technique is ideal for the species where:
(i) Traditional methods of propagation are inadequate to meet the demand for planting material.
(ii) Marked variability exists in the natural population and productivity can be significantly increased by cloning of superior individuals.
(iii) Virus can be eliminated by culturing the shoot meristem, thus pathogen-free stock can be maintained by routine micro-propagation.
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Microtubule In a culture medium controlled environment
Microtubule In a culture medium controlled environmentThe plant is obtained on growth in the laboratory.
Advantages of Micropropagation-
1. By this process an extremely large amount of time and space
Plant amplification can be done.
2. Plants developed by this method are free from virus-borne diseases.
3, In unicorn bearing plants, the female plant is developed by this method.
Is, like papaya.
4. All plants are of the same genotype.
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