Question

What do you mean by micropropagation?

Answer 1

Micropropagation:

1. Micropropagation is the artificial process of vegetative production of plants through tissue culture or cell culture techniques.
2. In this artificial propagation process, plants are produced in vitro by asexual reproduction or vegetative propagation.
3. Plants can be produced both asexually, i.e., by propagating vegetative parts, and sexually, i.e., by seed production.
4. One means of asexual reproduction is the propagation of genetic replicas of plants, termed clonal propagation, whereby plants can be colonized by a single individual through asexual reproductive means.
5. For the in vivo propagation of certain plants, asexual propagation by propagation of vegetative parts is the only way out since they do not produce functional seeds, as with figs, grapes, bananas, etc.
6. Successful application of clonal propagation to the following is observed: potato, apple, and many other ornamental plants.