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Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production
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Discuss the role of plant tissue culture in increasing food production.

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Applications of tissue culture technique

(1) This technique is applied for the rapid multiplication of economical and rare plants.

(2) By this technique a large  number of plants can be produced.

(3) It can be used to develop Virus-free plants.

(4) The technique can be used to overcome seed dormancy.

(5) The technique can be applied for obtaining large number of haploid and homozygous diploids.

(6) It aids in the fusion of cells belonging to plants of different species.

 

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