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Principles and Practices
A. Totipotency and plant regeneration: The term totipotency was coined by Germen plant physiologist Haberlant in 1902. This is achieved by excising the explants and placing it on culture medium, which involves the following consecutive events:
1) Differentiation of source tissue or organ, as a result of which, all physiological mechanism activate in the cell, which leads to cell division.
2) Active cell division in the entire cut surface of the explants, resulting in proliferation of the callus tissue. 3) Organization of defined meristems, resulting in formation of shoot or root meristems or both. 4) Regeneration and differentiation of new organs through organogenesis or somatic embryogenesis. B. Axillary bud proliferation
C. Organogenesis (Development of organs)
D. Somatic embryogenesis
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