In this process the growth medium or culture solution ... used for growing plant tissue because it contains various plant nutrients in the form of ‘jelly’ known as agar and plant hormones ...

Tissue culture allows for a short cut. Plant cells exhibit totipotency ... There was some nutrient agar in the bottom, and a bunch of little, tiny plants. Some of the plant packets had rotting ...

Do you wonder why orchid plants have only become generally available for purchase in the last few years? Tropical orchids are very difficult to grow from seeds outside of their natural environment.

Prolonged exposure to high temperatures can lower gel strength. Agar is also used in plant tissue culture-based techniques to improve cellular cultivation. It helps grow virus-free clones of plants.

Their findings were published in the journal Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture. Triploid plants are quite unique among polyploid plants. Their most significant advantage is also their most ...

It was here that Mitchell continued her research on the tissue culture propagation and physiology of tropical yams. In 1999, she set up her Medicinal Plant Biotechnology Research Group at the ...