This course will cover natural and plant tissue culture procedure of propagation, general requirements for plant tissue culture, procedures for media formulation, plant callus induction and somatic embryogenesis, initiation and maintenance of callus and cell suspension cultures, regenerate of plant protoplasts.
At the end of the course, students should be able to:1. compare natural propagation and plant tissue culture procedures,2. discuss the general requirements for plant tissue culture,3. describe basic procedures for media formulation,4. compare plant callus induction and somatic embryogenesis,