What is Tissue culture? Explain in detail tissue culture technique in Banana.
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Tissue culture is the growth of tissues or cells in an artificial medium separate from the organism. This is typically facilitated via use of a liquid, semi-solid, or solid growth medium, such as broth or agar.
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What is Tissue culture ? Explain in detail.
Tissue culture :-
The method of growing a plant cell, tissue or an organ in an artificial nutrient medium under aseptic conditions provided with controlled conditions of light and temperature. Plants grown by micro propagation are genetically identical called soma clones, because they are produced by somatic cells.
Types of tissue culture are :-
◾ Seed Culture.
◾ Embryo Culture.
◾ Meristem Culture.
◾ Bud Culture.
◾ Callus Culture.
◾ Cell Suspension Culture.
◾ Anther Culture.
◾ Protoplast Culture.