Ans. The growing plant cells, tissue,
organ in an artificial prepared nutrient medium in a suitable container under controlled conditions. The part which is cultured is called explant.
The method of producing a number
of plants by this way is known as micropropagation. Each of the plant produced by this technique will be genetically identical to the original
plant and known as somaclones.
Many of the food plants like banana, tomato and apple are produced in commercial scale using this technique.
As far as the various components of the medium used for the propagation the liquid medium or semisolid medium.
In case of liquid medium, plant aterial
is immersed partially or completely.
A favourable nutrient media consists
of inorganic salts, carbon source,
tamins specially the nicotinic acid, thiammine pyridoxine, amino acids rginine) and growth regulators.
Plant hormones play an important
role in growth nd differentiation of cultured cells and tissues.
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