Explant

• Living tissue transferred from a plant to an artificial medium for culture.
• It can be any portion of the shoot, leaves, roots, flower or cells from a plant.

In Vitro Culture

• From Latin- “within the glass” performing an experiment in a test tube.
• All types of culture including animal cells, in vitro fertilization, etc.

Tissue Culture

• Inclusive term for growth of cells and tissues in a sterile environment
  • undifferentiated plant cells
  • plant callus
  • plant tissue

Micropropagation

• The production of whole plants from small sections of a plant, called an “explant”.
  • Apical bud
  • Axillary bud
  • Meristem