Write a short note on micropropagation.

Explanation

In this method, the propagation of plants is achieved by culturing the cells, tissues and organs in laboratory. It is also called tissue culture. In this procedure, cells or tissues are obtained from desired plant. These cells or tissues are called explant. Initially, this forms an undifferentiated mass of cells called callus. Later on, this callus differentiates to produce many small plantlets.
Thus, micropropagation can be defined as the practice of rapidly multiplying stock plant to produce a large number of progeny in small time by using plant tissue culture methods.