In this chapter we learn about tissue and its benefits and its uses.

The production of new plant from a small piece of plant tissue or cell removed from the growing tips of a plant in a suitable growth medium in called tissue culture. The tissue culture technique is being used increasingly for the production of ornamental plants like orchilds, dahlia, etc

Application of tissue culture:-

1) Shortening of breeding cycle.

2) Propagation of rare plants.

3) Obtaining rare hybrids.

4) Clonal propagation of exceedingly homozyqa.

5) Gene manipulating for better yield and disease reasetance.

Advantage of Tissue Culture:

Tissue culture is very fact technique thousand of plantlets can be produced in a few weeks time from  a small amount of plant tissue.

The new plants produced by tissue culture are decrease free.

In a little space is needed for developing new plants by tissue culture.

Tissue Culture Questions Answers:-

Quetion1) who is the father of tissue culture?

1) Banner   2) Haberlandt

3) Laibach   4) none of these

Answer :- (2) Haberlandt

Question(2):- Part of plant used for culturing is called?

1) Scion      2) Explant

3) Stock       4) none of these

Answer:- (2) Explant

Question (3) :- To  obtain haploid plant we culture?

1) Entire anther      2)nucleus

3) Embryo                4) none of these

Answer:- Entire anther

Question (4):- A medium which is composed of chemically defined compound is called?

1) Natural media      2) Synthetic media

3) Artificial media     4) none of these

Answer :- Synthetic media