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Somatic Embryogenesis: Meaning, History, Principles, Protocols and Importance

Let us make an in-depth study of the meaning, history, principles, protocols and importance of somatic embryogenesis. About Somatic Embryogenesis: What is Somatic Embryogenesis? In plant tissue culture, the developmental pathway of numerous well-organised, small embryoids resembling the zygotic embryos from the embryo genic potential somatic plant cell of the callus tissue or cells of suspension culture is known as [...]

By |2015-10-26T17:52:13+00:00October 20, 2015|Somatic Embryogenesis|Comments Off on Somatic Embryogenesis: Meaning, History, Principles, Protocols and Importance
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Artificial Seeds: Meaning, Method for Making and Importance

Let us make an in-depth study of the meaning, method for making artificial seeds and importance of artificial seeds. What are Artificial Seeds? Artificial seeds are the living seed-like struc­ture which are made experimentally by a tech­nique where somatic embryoids derived from plant tissue culture are encapsulated by a hydrogel and such encapsulated embryoids behave like true seeds if grown [...]

By |2015-10-26T17:52:20+00:00October 20, 2015|Artificial Seeds|Comments Off on Artificial Seeds: Meaning, Method for Making and Importance
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Factors Affecting Somatic Embryogenesis: Chemical and Other Factors

The following points highlight the chemical and other factors affecting somatic embryogenesis. The chemical factors are: (a) Auxin (b) Cytokinin (c) Gibberellin and (d) Reduced Nitrogen. (1) Chemical Factors: a. Auxin: Somatic embryogenesis in carrot is a classic example. It is a two-step process. The carrot cells first develop into a callus tissue in the medium containing the auxin, namely [...]

By |2015-10-26T17:52:43+00:00October 20, 2015|Somatic Embryogenesis|Comments Off on Factors Affecting Somatic Embryogenesis: Chemical and Other Factors
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