Cuttings vs Tissue Culture
Plant cloning is much simpler than animal cloning and has been used by gardeners for centuries.
Which method (cuttings or tissue culture) is used for mass production in labs?
What is Cuttings vs Tissue Culture?
"Plant cloning is the process of producing genetically identical plants using asexual reproduction or micropropagation."
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Plant Cloning Methods
Cuttings: Simple, cheap method used by gardeners (dipping a stem in rooting powder).
Tissue Culture: Uses small groups of cells from a plant to grow thousands of identical "plantlets" in a lab.
Both methods produce genetically identical clones of the parent.
Tissue culture is vital for preserving rare plant species.
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