Vol. 36

Title:
STATUS OF CROP IMPROVEMENT THROUGH TISSUE CULTURE

Author:
Zachary S. Wochok

pp: 72-76

Abstract:
Plant propagation in vitro has been a well established technology for over two decades and has been in commercial use for a significant part of that time.

The commercial use of plant tissue culture today primarily involves the micropropagation of ornamental species and the production of early generations of disease-free transplants. Although the number of commercial laboratories in the United States and Canada have been estimated to be as high as 250, there are probably not more than five or ten which produce more than five million plantlets per year.

The commercial micropropagation of agronomic crops is not at the same volume level as ornamentals but is growing in the overall market. Examples include sugar cane, date palm, oil palm, several types of fruit trees, jojoba, and potato

While micropropagation has been the principal form of tissue culture utilized at the commercial level, other aspects of tissue culture technology and other advanced biotechnological techniques will be

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