Plant Tissue Culture
Plant tissue culture involves growing plant cells,
tissues or organs in artificial nutrient media
under sterile conditions in a controlled growth
environment and it is widely used in plant science
research with several commercial applications.
The IITA Bioscience Centre’s plant tissue culture
facility, various tissue culture techniques are
utilized for micropropagation and in vitro prebreeding of vegetatively propagated crops.
Embryo rescue is being used to produce the
progeny from crosses where seeds are difficult to
germinate. Another culture is also being
Plant Tissue Culture
Plant tissue culture involves growing plant cells,
tissues or organs in artificial nutrient media
under sterile conditions in a controlled growth
environment and it is widely used in plant science
research with several commercial applications.
The IITA Bioscience Centre’s plant tissue culture
facility, various tissue culture techniques are
utilized for micropropagation and in vitro prebreeding of vegetatively propagated crops.
Embryo rescue is being used to produce the
progeny from crosses where seeds are difficult to
germinate. Another culture is also being
Plant Tissue Culture
Plant tissue culture involves growing plant cells,
tissues or organs in artificial nutrient media
under sterile conditions in a controlled growth
environment and it is widely used in plant science
research with several commercial applications.
The IITA Bioscience Centre’s plant tissue culture
facility, various tissue culture techniques are
utilized for micropropagation and in vitro prebreeding of vegetatively propagated crops.
Embryo rescue is being used to produce the
progeny from crosses where seeds are difficult to
germinate. Another culture is also being
explored to generate haploid plants for
the production of doubled haploids. In
vitro polyploid induction using anti mitotic
agents is employed for the conversion of
banana/plantain diploids to tetraploids for
use in the breeding program. Particularly
for banana/plantain which has a very
low propagation rate (5-10 suckers per
year), micropropagation offers a rapid
means of generating ‘clean’ plantlets (over
1000 plantlets from a single shoot tip in 8
months) (Pillay et al. 2011).
explored to generate haploid plants for
the production of doubled haploids. In
vitro polyploid induction using anti mitotic
agents is employed for the conversion of
banana/plantain diploids to tetraploids for
use in the breeding program. Particularly
for banana/plantain which has a very
low propagation rate (5-10 suckers per
year), micropropagation offers a rapid
means of generating ‘clean’ plantlets (over
1000 plantlets from a single shoot tip in 8
months) (Pillay et al. 2011).
explored to generate haploid plants for
the production of doubled haploids. In
vitro polyploid induction using anti mitotic
agents is employed for the conversion of
banana/plantain diploids to tetraploids for
use in the breeding program. Particularly
for banana/plantain which has a very
low propagation rate (5-10 suckers per
year), micropropagation offers a rapid
means of generating ‘clean’ plantlets (over
1000 plantlets from a single shoot tip in 8
months) (Pillay et al. 2011).
Tissue culture techniques are also useful
for genetic transformations; a method
used for incorporating traits into the
breeding populations, when such traits
are not available in the genetic resources
pool of the crop. At IITA, transgenic
technologies are used in the improvement
of vegetatively propagated crops (Tripathi,
2012). The tissue culture facility is also
backed by a cell biology facility for
microscopy, cytogenetics and physiology
research.
Tissue culture techniques are also useful
for genetic transformations; a method
used for incorporating traits into the
breeding populations, when such traits
are not available in the genetic resources
pool of the crop. At IITA, transgenic
technologies are used in the improvement
of vegetatively propagated crops (Tripathi,
2012). The tissue culture facility is also
backed by a cell biology facility for
microscopy, cytogenetics and physiology
research.
Tissue culture techniques are also useful
for genetic transformations; a method
used for incorporating traits into the
breeding populations, when such traits
are not available in the genetic resources
pool of the crop. At IITA, transgenic
technologies are used in the improvement
of vegetatively propagated crops (Tripathi,
2012). The tissue culture facility is also
backed by a cell biology facility for
microscopy, cytogenetics and physiology
research.
CONTACT US:
CONTACT US:
CONTACT US:
Amah Delphine
Tissue Culture Specialist
Amah Delphine
Tissue Culture Specialist
Amah Delphine
Tissue Culture Specialist
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Melaku Gedil, PhD
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