In vitro Culture's Function in Plant Breeding

Abstract

In vitro culture is a method for growing plant parts in a controlled and sterile environment. In vitro culture plays an important role in plant breeding. Embryo rescue, protoplast culture, somatic hybridization, anther or microspore cultures for the production of haploid plants, increasing genetic diversity with somaclonal variation and mutation induction, genetic transformation, and genome editing are examples of in vitro culture techniques that can be developed for plant breeding. This method can be used to produce plants with high yields and tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses.