Can any one give me a report on the advantages and disadvantages in plant tissue culture?

Answer 1

here are some advantages and disadvantages in a plant tissue culture

Advantages in plant tissue culture

• The production of exact copies of plants that produce particularly good flowers, fruits, or have other desirable traits.
• To quickly produce mature plants.
• The production of multiples of plants in the absence of seeds or necessary pollinators to produce seeds.
• The regeneration of whole plants from plant cells that have been genetically modified.
• The production of plants in sterile containers that allows them to be moved with greatly reduced chances of transmitting diseases, pests, and pathogens.
• The production of plants from seeds that otherwise have very low chances of germinating and growing, i.e.: orchids and nepenthes.
• To clean particular plant of viral and other infections and to quickly multiply these plants as 'cleaned stock' for horticulture and agriculture.

Disadvantages in plant tissue culture

· If large scale production is being thinking, the costs of the equipments are very expensive.

· The procedure is very variable and it depends on the type of the species so sometimes it needs trial-and-error type of experiments if there is not any review about that species.

· The procedure needs special attention and diligently done observation.

· There may be error in the identity of the organisms after culture.

· Infection may continue thorough generations easily if possible precautions are not taken

· Decrease genetic variability.