This note explains the following
topics: Concepts of Biotechnology,Tissue culture and its history, Scope and importance in crop improvement, Totipotency and
Morphogenesis, Nutritional requirements, Techniques of in vitro cultures ,
Micropropagation, Haploid production and uses, Ovule culture, Ovary and
embryo culture, Test tube fertilization, Applications and achievements,
Somaclonal variation and crop improvement, Somatic embryogenesis, Protoplast
isolation, Gene cloning, Gene delivery methods in plants,Transgenic plants and their applications, Blotting techniques , DNA finger
printing ,DNA markers in plant genome analysis.
Author(s): NA
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