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Plant Tissue Culture Project
What is Plant Tissue Culture?
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Plant tissue culture is a form of asexual
propagation of plants under laboratory
conditions.
Why Plant Tissue Culture
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It has made significant contributions in:
The production of plant material
 Plant breeding
 Gene banks
 The production of chemical compounds
 True to parent plant
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How is Plant Tissue Culture
Done?
It is grown on a special culture medium
(that is not a soil mix) which supports its
growth and development.
 The medium can be either semisolid,
such as agar, or liquid, such as purified
water.
 Get the most plants in short time
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Microorganisms and Plant Tissue Culture
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In the practice of plant tissue culture,
microorganisms are called “contaminants”
because of their harmful effects on plant
growth in vitro.
 Six potential sources of contamination in the
plant tissue culture lab are:
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Air
Water
Growth Media
People
Equipment
Plant Material
Growing plants without soil???
Tissue Culture uses a
small portion of the
plant and grows
it in a nutrient rich,
sterile environment.
Agar – the gel that plants are
grown in
Once the small
plants have begun
growing, they can be
transplanted into
soil.
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All of the small
plants will
eventually
become larger
and salable
producing profit.