Composition of Plant Culture Media | Biotechnology

Plant culture media contains: 1. Macronutrients 2. Micronutrients 3. Adjuvant 4. Carbon Source. 1. Macronutrients: Macronutrients or macroelements are basically inorganic salts. There are six major ele­ments indispensable for growth of plants—nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magne­sium and sulphur. Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen are obtained from the environment. In culture media concentration of these elements are well balanced depending on the [...]