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What is micropropagation?

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Micropropagation is the method of large production of plantlets in a less time. In this method, a small piece of plant tissue (explant) is cultured in a sterile medium which later develops into new plantlets. The offsprings produced by this methods are the exact copy of their parent plant. Thus, the offsprings are called as somaclones.
Advantages of micropropagation are:
  • The large production of plants in less time.
  • Offspring can be with the desired character of parent plants.

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