TISSUE CULTURE AS A PLANT PRODUCTION TECHNIQUE FOR FRUIT CROPS AND PLANT PART USED FOR PROPAGATION

The culture of plant tissue refers to the growth and multiplication in aseptic and regulated environments of cells, tissues and plant organs on specified solid or liquid media. In the fields of agriculture, horticulture, forestry and plant breeding, plant tissue culture has been commonly employed. it is an applied biotechnology used for mass proliferation, extinction of viruses, development of secondary metabolites and In-vitro cloning of plants. Plant tissue culture, slow growth and cryopreservation, also known as long-term preservation are also known as, has been extensively used for the preservation of endangered plant species., through short and medium-term conservation. In a suitable culture medium, a whole plant may be regenerated from a small tissue or plant cell. under controlled environment. Commercial technology is mostly based on micro propagation, where rapid proliferation is performed from process cuttings, axillary buds, somatic embryos, cell clumps in suspension cultures, and bioreactors to a small degree.