Plant Tissue Culture
CBSE · Class 12 · Biotechnology
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What to Focus On
- Plant tissue culture means growing plant cells, tissues, or organs in vitro on artificial medium.
- Totipotency is the basis of plant tissue culture.
- An explant is any plant part used to start the culture.
- Haberlandt laid down several principles in 1902.
- Went discovered IAA in 1926.
- White formulated the first synthetic plant tissue culture medium in 1937.
- Surface sterilisation prevents microbial contamination.
- Dedifferentiation comes before redifferentiation in organogenesis.
- Somatic embryogenesis follows the embryogenic pathway of zygotic embryogenesis.
Common Mistakes to Avoid
Plant tissue culture means growing any plant part in normal soil under good care.
Totipotency means only the whole plant can divide and form new cells.
Haberlandt was regarded as the Father of Plant Tissue Culture because he successfully grew fully differentiated plant cells into complete plants himself.
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Meaning of plant tissue culture and totipotency
Haberlandt as Father of Plant Tissue Culture
Major historical sequence in plant tissue culture
Role of auxin and kinetin in organ formation
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- National Education Policy 2020 — education.gov.in
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