HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -(a) The method of growing or producing thousands of plants through tissue culture is called micropropagation. The plants produced from tissue culture are genetically identical to the original plant from which they are grown, so they are called somaclones.

Detailed explanation-2: -Micropropagation is the artificial process of producing plants vegetatively through tissue culture or cell culture techniques. In this artificial process of propagation, plants are produced invitro by asexual means of reproduction or by vegetative propagation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Micropropagation is a method of plant propagation using extremely small pieces of plant tissue taken from a carefully chosen and prepared mother plant, and growing these under laboratory conditions to produce new plants. It is widely used in commercial horticulture.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tissue culture involves the use of small pieces of plant tissue (explants) which are cultured in a nutrient medium under sterile conditions. Using the appropriate growing conditions for each explant type, plants can be induced to rapidly produce new shoots, and, with the addition of suitable hormones new roots.