Tissue Culture Techniques in In Vitro Plant Conservation

The historic development of in vitro plant cell and tissue culture has undoubtedly been a major factor in the advancement of our knowledge of cell biology, physiology, biochemistry (Bhojwani and Razdan, 1996) and more recently, molecular biology (Raghaven, 1997). However, its exploitation for applied purposes could be argued as being of even greater consequence. Plant biotechnology utilizes a rang…