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What is tissue culture? What are its advantages?

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Tissue culture is an artificial method of culturing plants. In this method, a small part of the plant is used to grow cells in a nutrient solution in the sterile condition of the laboratory. Tissue culture is a very fast technique.

Advantages of Tissue Culture

  1. The new plantlets can be grown in a short period of time.
  2. The new plantlets and plants are more likely to be free of viruses and diseases.
  3. The process can be performed throughout the year.


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