Importance of Plant Tissue Culture in Modern Botany
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Plant tissue culture is one of the crucial techniques used in modern botany and is the process of growing cells, tissues, organs, or explants of plants in a sterile, controlled laboratory environment. It is based on the principle of totipotency which states that a single living plant cell, when given proper nutrients, hormones and conditions can grow into a full grown plant. This method is used in mass propagation of plants, disease-free plants, conservation of rare and endangered plants, germplasm storage and genetic engineering and development of improved crop varieties. The plant tissue culture also is very useful for modern biotechnology and for the transfer of genes, selection of transformed cells, regeneration of transgenic plants, somatic hybridization and production of useful secondary metabolites. Hence, plant tissue culture is an effective tool for plant improvement, conservation of biodiversity, sustainable agriculture and future food security.
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Sahil Dehraj. (2026). Importance of Plant Tissue Culture in Modern Botany. International Journal of Advanced Research and Multidisciplinary Trends (IJARMT), 3(1), 1474–1492. Retrieved from https://www.ijarmt.com/index.php/j/article/view/1044
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