The technique to generate whole plant from an explant with in vitro condition on a suitable synthetic medium is called tissue culture. We can produce several plants. Genetic constitution of all plants is same, leading to identical population to the original parent. Disease free plants can be produced in large number. Related Theory In Tissue culture, culture of an excised part in an aseptic culture medium to form a callus, in which differentiation of root and shoot buds is induced by providing suitable combination of auxins and cytokinin then the plantlets are transferred to the soil to develop into mature plants. The technique is based on the property of totipotency of plant cell which means that any cell from any part of the plant can be used to generate a whole new plant.
Tissue culture technique can produce infinite number or new plants from a small parental tissue. The economic importance of the technique is in…
NEET UG 2013 — Botany Plant - Growth and Development
Tissue culture technique can produce infinite number or new plants from a small parental tissue. The economic importance of the technique is in raising:
Held on 30 Apr 2013 · Verified 9 Jul 2026.
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- A
genetically uniform population identical to the original parent.
- B
homozygous diploid plants.
- C
new species.
- D
variants through picking up somaclonal variations
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