Cloning of Plant Cells

Plant cell cloning and tissue culture are techniques of growing plant cells, tissues, and organs on semisolid media in a growth chamber. It is helpful in the basic studies for developing plants, which are pure in species. Besides that, it is useful for business purposes too. Cultivation of single cells or tissues in controlled conditions is used to achieve these goals. Culturing methods are commonly utilized both for industrial plant production and to study the physiology and biomolecular mechanisms of plants. Explant culture has the advantage of maintaining a near in vivo environment in the laboratory for a short period of time. The present chapter has described the various methods of plant cell cloning or plant cell and tissue culture. The useful aspects of plant cell culturing, different nutrient media used for culturing, and finally, the advantages and disadvantages of plant cell and tissue culturing.