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tissue culture The separation of cells from each other and their growth in a container of liquid nutrients.
problems occur when cultures are crossed to many time. the embryo developed is a major problem, sometimes an immature embryo is extracted and tried to grow to its full growth.
the meristem is the plant tissue in which cells are still undifferentiated, the cells are cut away from the plant, multiply, plant hormones taken from the very end of the stem and root
cloned plants have a short life span
the best clones are multiplied and monitored regularly
there are over four million plants dispatched to facilities
vitro culture- in glass, sterile minerals, nutrients and hormones transferred to other containers
another name for tissue culture is micropropaqation
in the 1970's George Morel developed commercial exploitation for technology. in the 1980's he entered the developing world.
tissue cultures can be used to make millions of plants from one plant
trees were marked as in where they should be planted and also the traits that are in the trees.
a small amount of tissue from one plant is used to grow another plant. only a tiny piece is used so a larger number of identical plants can be produced
Plant Cloning
the culture medium that is used contains a gel (agar) with a mixture of nutrients, sugars, vitamins and hormones, that cause the plant parts to grow very quickly
in france in the mid 1960's a french scientist named George Morell was trying to make orchards disease free and he discovered that a very tiny part of the plant can be used to grow a completely new plant
What is micropropagation?
Plant cloning has developed alot over the years and thanks to George Morel and other great scientists we now have a way to make millions of different disease free and better quality plants.
