Plant Biotechnology
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2020
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Skyfox Publishing Group
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An important aspect of all biotechnology processes is the culture of either the plants cells or animal cells or microorganisms (Fig. 1). The cells in culture can be used for recombinant DNA technology, genetic manipulations etc. Plant cell culture or the plant tissue culture is based on the unique property of the cell-totipotency. The concept of modern plant biotechnology originated in the year 1838, from the Cell theory of Schleiden and Schwann, which emphasises cell as the primary unit of all living things. In 1902, the concept of totipotency (The ability of a single cell to divide and produce all of the differentiated cells in an organism) was put forth by Galberlandt citing the production of somatic embryos from vegetative cells. From then on with leaping steps of technology growth Biotechnology hadstrodeahead. Plant biotechnology has succeeded in development of transgenic plant which has now become the nodal point for many applications for plant biotechnology.
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