What is Plant Tissue Culture?

Plant Tissue Culture is a process that uses plant material in a growing medium to grow new platelets. The initial plant material is cultured and developed in a specific and tightly controlled environment.

Otherwise known as micropropagation, the Tissue Culture Process helps you to grow multiple uniform plants in quick succession.
This process is beneficial for developing countries looking to increase crop yield, a private at-home grower interested in producing consistent quality, as well as businesses looking to produce exact replicas of a species for profit.
While the process is simple, there are a few key factors that need to be in place. Without the proper sterile environment and growing medium, the tissue culture process is unlikely to be successful.
Once the new plants have been successfully propagated, they are transferred into a more natural environment, either a nursery or a greenhouse. This process is usually much quicker, and growers can produce many plants in a short amount of time. This may sound too good to be true, so what’s the catch? Let’s take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of the tissue culture process.