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Tissue Culture as a Bioscience Enterprise

Paul Teng

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AbstractThe following sections are included:IntroductionThe Science and Technology Behind the Tissue Culture BusinessWhat is tissue culture?MicropropagationMeristem cultureEmbryo cultureTissue culture techniquesInitiating tissue cultureTissue culture mediaMaintaining culturesSubculturingPhysical facilities and equipmentGeneral requirements for a tissue culture laboratoryProduct RangeApplications of tissue cultureSelection of superior plants by tissue cultureSelection and multiplication of pathogen-free plantsSomatic hybridizationPlant propagationSeed material produced using tissue cultureHerbaceous ornamentalsPlants producing bulbs and cormsCactiFerns and club mossesOrchidsWoody ornamentalsTree speciesFruit and nut cropsCereals, bamboo and grassesRoot and tuber cropsStorage and grain legumesTropical and subtropical cropsVegetablesExemplifying Costs for Establishing and Operating a Biobusiness Based on Tissue CultureSWOT AnalysisStrengthsWeaknessesOpportunitiesThreatsThe Value Chain in Tissue Culture EnterprisesRange of enterprisesMarketing propagated plantsPatents on tissue culture productsMarket Size in Various Geographic RegionsPlayers in the Tissue Culture BusinessGrowth PotentialReferences

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Key concepts: Tissue culture, Bamboo, Plant tissue culture, Biology, Botany, In vitro, Biochemistry