Ovule culture


Ovule culture

    Ovule culture
    Regeneration of whole plant from the ovule in the nutrient medium is called ovule culture/ovary culture. Here we can use two types of ovules.
    1. Fertilized
    2. Unfertilized
    Application of tissue culture in crop improvement
    1. Generation of variability.
    2. Development of haploids.
    3. Embryo rescue.
    4. Somatic hybridization.
    5. Selection for diseases resistance.
    6. Selection for salinity and metal toxicity.
    7. Selection for drought resistance.
    8. Micro-propagation.
    9. Preservation of germplasm.

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