ISHS Acta Horticulturae 350: I International Symposium on Education and Training in Horticulture
PLANT TISSUE CULTURE EDUCATION IN INDIA |
| Author: | H. K. Cheema |
| Abstract:
India with its vast flora is in a unique position to exploit the technique of tissue culture. Various institutions have made significant contributions to the knowledge of plant form, structure, development and reproduction. In the beginning was the seed then came the plant. Not any more, "In the beginning was the cell, any cell from the stem, root, anther or leaf not necessarily a seed. From it we can regenerate the entire plant". So we have coconut palms being grown from a tiny clump of cells in the test tube, rice being grown in brackish water by unconventional methods, newer super varieties of tomatoes grown in frost --- New crops, New trees, New strains due to revolutionary technique of tissue culture. The method is no more an academic exercise. It has already reached the industry and several government institutions are engaged in developing methods for the propagation of indigenous crop plants. | |
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