write briefly about micro propagation ( …

Micropropagation is the artificial process of producing plants vegetatively through tissue culture or cell culture techniques. In this artificial process of propagation, plants are produced invitro by asexual means of reproduction or by vegetative propagation.

Plants can be produced both asexually i.e, via vegetative parts’ multiplication or sexually i.e., seed production. One of the means of asexual reproduction is by multiplying genetic replicas of plants that are referred to as clonal propagation wherein plants can be populated from a single individual through asexual means of reproduction.

For the in vivo propagation of specific plants, asexual reproduction via multiplication of vegetative parts is the only resort since they do not generate functional seeds as seen in figs, grapes, bananas etc. Successful application of clonal propagation to the following is observed: potato, apple and many other ornamental plants.