• Plants can be propagated by ****** (through generation of seeds) or
asexual (through multiplication of vegetative parts) means.
• Asexual reproduction through multiplication of vegetative parts is the only
method for the in vivo propagation of certain plants, as they do not
produce viable seeds e.g. banana, grape, fig, and chrysanthemum.
• The in vivo clonal propagation of plants is tedious, expensive and
frequently unsuccessful.
• In vitro clonal propagation through tissue culture is referred to as micro
propagation.
• Use of tissue culture technique for micro propagation was first started by
Morel (1960) for propagation of orchids, and is now applied to several
plants. Micro propagation is a handy technique for rapid multiplication of
plants