Question

What are the application of cell and tissue culture?

Answer 1

Some of the applications of the cell and tissue culture are:

1. Tissue culture is an important technique useful for the vegetative propagation of plants. It is quick and easy method also possible to obtain the virus free plants.
2. The tissue culture gave way for the production of the Para sexual hybrids by the process of para sexual hybridization.
3. The biochemical mutant cells can be easily isolated from a cell culture.
4. The culture cells can be frozen and stored at -196⁰C for long term storage of germplasm.
5. The variation induced by tissue culture helps to broaden the genetic variation of the crops.