Micropropagation
Dr. Divya Sharma
Assistant Professor
A Biodiction (A Unit of Dr. Divya Sharma)
Micropropagation
 Tissue culture technique:
Increasingly popular alternative means -- Plant vegetative propagation
 Plant tissue culture involves –
o Asexual method of propagation
o Primary goal ----- crop improvement
 In-vitro selection, genetic manipulation techniques ------- Higher plant
Clonal Propagation
Clonal propagation ------- In-vitro selection Micropropagation
Greek word --- Clone --- Twig ---- Identical copies
Multiplication of genetically identical copies by asexual reproduction is called Clonal
Propagation
Process -- Asexual reproduction --- Multiplication occur ----- Individual
plants genetically identical copies
 Multiplication of genetically, identically individual by asexual reproduction
 Rapid process -------- Commeralization of improvement plants like apple, pear
etc.
 Micropropagation
 Apomixes (seed development without meiosis and fertilization) and vegetative
propagation (regeneration of new plants from vegetative parts)
 Short time
Micropropagation
 Aseptic method of clonal propagation is called as
Micropropagation
 Synonyms -- tissue culture
 Rapid multiplying stock plant material to produce
a large number of progeny plants, using modern
plant tissue culture methods
 Widely used for Orchids, Ferns, many interior
foliage plants etc.
Features of Micropropagation
 Relatively short time
 Easy to manipulate production cycles
 Disease free plants can be produced
 In-vitro production can be planned
 Recycled many times to produce an unlimited number of clones
 Micropropagated plants may acquire new desirable traits, like bushy habit
of ornamental plants and increased number of runners in strawberry
 Commercially viable method for horticultural crops
Eg.: Orchids, Ferns, many interior foliage plants etc.
Rapid Clonal in-vitro Propagation of Plants
 From cells, tissue or organs
 Cultured aseptically on defined media
 Contained in culture vessels
 Maintained under controlled conditions of light and temperature
Commercialization of Micropropagation
Broad commercial applications ------ 1970s and 1980s
Murashige (1974)
Selection of plant material
 Part of plant
 Genotype
 Physiological condition
 Season
 Position on plant
 Size of explants
Explants used in Micropropagation
Different kinds of explants used in micropropagation:
Eg.: In case of orchids, shoot tips (Anacamptis pyramidalis, Aranthera,
Calanthe, Dendrobium); Axillary bud (Aranda, Brassocattleya, Cattleys
Laelia); Inflorescence segment (Aranda, Ascofinetia, Neostylis, Vascostylis);
Lateral bud (Cattleya, Rhynocostylis gigantean); Leaf base (Cattleya);
Nodal segment (Dendrobium; Flower stalk segment (Dendrobium,
Phalaenopsis); and Root tips (Neottis, Vanilla)
Stages of Micropropagation
Stage 0: Preparation of the mother plant
Stage 1: Initiation and establishment of cultures
Stage 2: Multiplication [shoot or rapid embryo; and rooting of shoot]
Stage 3: Germination of somatic embryo for rooting of in-vitro formed
shoots
Stage 4: Transfer of plantlets -- sterilized soil ---- Hardening
to greenhouse/ field conditions (transplantation)
Stages of
Micropropagation  Maintained light, temperature and
moisture regimes under which the
mother plants
 Loosely covering growing branches with
polythene
 Application of growth regulators
 Watering of plant from the base
Stage 0: Preparatory
stage
Involves the preparation of
mother plants to provide
quality explants for better
establishment of aseptic
cultures
Stages of
Micropropagation
 Explant selection
 Sterilization treatment
 Choice of growth medium
Stage 1: Initiation of
Cultures
Stage 2: Multiplication
Through Callusing
Initiation of culture on high Auxin media
Development of unorganized mass of cells
called callus
Transfer small piece of callus on
regeneration media
Shoot bud regeneration
Somatic embryo
Stage 2: Multiplication
Adventitious Bud Formation
 Transfer to proliferation media
 Shoots can be constantly divided
 Small bud present
 Apical dominance is removed
 Cytokinins
 Auxins
 Cluster formation
 Off types
Stage 2: Multiplication
Enhanced Axillary Branching
 Somatic embryos carry a preformed radical and may develop directly into
plantlet.
 Embryos sow very poor conversion into plantlets, especially under in-vitro
conditions
 Require an additional step of maturation to acquire the capability for normal
germination
 Adventitious and axillary shoots developed in cultures in the presence of a
cytokinins generally lack roots
 Obtain full plants the shoots must be transferred to a rooting medium which
is different from the shoot multiplication medium, particularly in its
hormonal and salt compositions
 For rooting, individual shoots measuring 2 cm in length are excised and
transferred to the rooting medium
Stage 3: Rooting of shoots
Rooting & Hardening
Tissue culture raised plants are characterized by:
 Low photosynthetic rates
 Non-functional stomata
 Low cuticular wax
 Abnormal leaf morphology
 Accilimitization
 Green house
 2 weeks
 Temperature (±10º)
Stage 4: Transplantation & Accilimitization
Stages of Micropropagation
In-vitro regenerative protocol of V. reitzii
Nodule cluster culture formation and shoot regeneration in V. reitzii; a). Donor plant
(inflorescence of adult plant); b). Yellow nodular cultures induced in MS medium free of PGR;
c). Nodule cluster subcultureed in MS culture medium supplemented with GA3 resulted in high
proliferation rate and the subsequent development of adventitious microshoots; d).
Elongation and growth of shoot in MS culture medium free of PGR; e). Acclimatization of
plantlets; f). Growth in green house
Barley Propagation
Potato Propagation
Methods of Micropropagation
 Organogenesis
 Organogenesis via callus formation
 Direct adventitious organ formation
 Embryogenesis
 Direct embryogenesis
 Indirect embryogenesis
 Microcutting
 Meristem culture (Mericloning)
 Bud culture
Advantages of Clonal Propagation
 From one to many propagules rapidly
 Multiplication in controlled lab conditions
 Continuous propagation year round
 Potential for disease free propagules
 Inexpensive per plant once establishment
Disadvantages of Clonal Propagation
 Specialized equipment/ facilities required
 More technical expertise required
 Protocols not optimized for all species
 Plants produced may not fir industry standards
 Relatively expensive to set up
Applications of Clonal Propagation
 Produce disease and virus free plantlets
 Leads to simplification of international exchange of plants
 Increases the production of plants which are normally propagated very slowly
such as Narcissus and other bulbous crops
 Introduction of disease free new cultivars is possible through
micropropagation
 Large number of plants can be obtained in small spaces
 Rapid method for cloning of disease free trees
 Secondary metabolites
 In-vitro cultures can be stored for long time through cryopreservation
 Breeding cycle shortened
 Rare species ---- Conservation
 Production of identical sterile hybrid species. Eg.: Cabbage
Horticultural uses for plant tissue culture
 Clonal mass propagation
 Difficult or slow to propagate plants
 Introduction of new cultivars
 Vegetative propagation of sterile hybrids
 Pathology – eliminate viruses, bacteria, fungi etc
 Storage of germplasm
Thank you
A Biodiction (A Unit of Dr. Divya Sharma)

Micropropagation

  • 1.
    Micropropagation Dr. Divya Sharma AssistantProfessor A Biodiction (A Unit of Dr. Divya Sharma)
  • 2.
    Micropropagation  Tissue culturetechnique: Increasingly popular alternative means -- Plant vegetative propagation  Plant tissue culture involves – o Asexual method of propagation o Primary goal ----- crop improvement  In-vitro selection, genetic manipulation techniques ------- Higher plant
  • 3.
    Clonal Propagation Clonal propagation------- In-vitro selection Micropropagation Greek word --- Clone --- Twig ---- Identical copies Multiplication of genetically identical copies by asexual reproduction is called Clonal Propagation Process -- Asexual reproduction --- Multiplication occur ----- Individual plants genetically identical copies  Multiplication of genetically, identically individual by asexual reproduction  Rapid process -------- Commeralization of improvement plants like apple, pear etc.  Micropropagation  Apomixes (seed development without meiosis and fertilization) and vegetative propagation (regeneration of new plants from vegetative parts)  Short time
  • 4.
    Micropropagation  Aseptic methodof clonal propagation is called as Micropropagation  Synonyms -- tissue culture  Rapid multiplying stock plant material to produce a large number of progeny plants, using modern plant tissue culture methods  Widely used for Orchids, Ferns, many interior foliage plants etc.
  • 5.
    Features of Micropropagation Relatively short time  Easy to manipulate production cycles  Disease free plants can be produced  In-vitro production can be planned  Recycled many times to produce an unlimited number of clones  Micropropagated plants may acquire new desirable traits, like bushy habit of ornamental plants and increased number of runners in strawberry  Commercially viable method for horticultural crops Eg.: Orchids, Ferns, many interior foliage plants etc.
  • 6.
    Rapid Clonal in-vitroPropagation of Plants  From cells, tissue or organs  Cultured aseptically on defined media  Contained in culture vessels  Maintained under controlled conditions of light and temperature
  • 7.
    Commercialization of Micropropagation Broadcommercial applications ------ 1970s and 1980s Murashige (1974)
  • 8.
    Selection of plantmaterial  Part of plant  Genotype  Physiological condition  Season  Position on plant  Size of explants
  • 9.
    Explants used inMicropropagation Different kinds of explants used in micropropagation: Eg.: In case of orchids, shoot tips (Anacamptis pyramidalis, Aranthera, Calanthe, Dendrobium); Axillary bud (Aranda, Brassocattleya, Cattleys Laelia); Inflorescence segment (Aranda, Ascofinetia, Neostylis, Vascostylis); Lateral bud (Cattleya, Rhynocostylis gigantean); Leaf base (Cattleya); Nodal segment (Dendrobium; Flower stalk segment (Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis); and Root tips (Neottis, Vanilla)
  • 10.
    Stages of Micropropagation Stage0: Preparation of the mother plant Stage 1: Initiation and establishment of cultures Stage 2: Multiplication [shoot or rapid embryo; and rooting of shoot] Stage 3: Germination of somatic embryo for rooting of in-vitro formed shoots Stage 4: Transfer of plantlets -- sterilized soil ---- Hardening to greenhouse/ field conditions (transplantation)
  • 11.
    Stages of Micropropagation Maintained light, temperature and moisture regimes under which the mother plants  Loosely covering growing branches with polythene  Application of growth regulators  Watering of plant from the base Stage 0: Preparatory stage Involves the preparation of mother plants to provide quality explants for better establishment of aseptic cultures
  • 12.
    Stages of Micropropagation  Explantselection  Sterilization treatment  Choice of growth medium Stage 1: Initiation of Cultures
  • 13.
    Stage 2: Multiplication ThroughCallusing Initiation of culture on high Auxin media Development of unorganized mass of cells called callus Transfer small piece of callus on regeneration media Shoot bud regeneration Somatic embryo
  • 14.
    Stage 2: Multiplication AdventitiousBud Formation  Transfer to proliferation media  Shoots can be constantly divided
  • 15.
     Small budpresent  Apical dominance is removed  Cytokinins  Auxins  Cluster formation  Off types Stage 2: Multiplication Enhanced Axillary Branching
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     Somatic embryoscarry a preformed radical and may develop directly into plantlet.  Embryos sow very poor conversion into plantlets, especially under in-vitro conditions  Require an additional step of maturation to acquire the capability for normal germination  Adventitious and axillary shoots developed in cultures in the presence of a cytokinins generally lack roots  Obtain full plants the shoots must be transferred to a rooting medium which is different from the shoot multiplication medium, particularly in its hormonal and salt compositions  For rooting, individual shoots measuring 2 cm in length are excised and transferred to the rooting medium Stage 3: Rooting of shoots Rooting & Hardening
  • 17.
    Tissue culture raisedplants are characterized by:  Low photosynthetic rates  Non-functional stomata  Low cuticular wax  Abnormal leaf morphology  Accilimitization  Green house  2 weeks  Temperature (±10º) Stage 4: Transplantation & Accilimitization
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    In-vitro regenerative protocolof V. reitzii Nodule cluster culture formation and shoot regeneration in V. reitzii; a). Donor plant (inflorescence of adult plant); b). Yellow nodular cultures induced in MS medium free of PGR; c). Nodule cluster subcultureed in MS culture medium supplemented with GA3 resulted in high proliferation rate and the subsequent development of adventitious microshoots; d). Elongation and growth of shoot in MS culture medium free of PGR; e). Acclimatization of plantlets; f). Growth in green house
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    Methods of Micropropagation Organogenesis  Organogenesis via callus formation  Direct adventitious organ formation  Embryogenesis  Direct embryogenesis  Indirect embryogenesis  Microcutting  Meristem culture (Mericloning)  Bud culture
  • 23.
    Advantages of ClonalPropagation  From one to many propagules rapidly  Multiplication in controlled lab conditions  Continuous propagation year round  Potential for disease free propagules  Inexpensive per plant once establishment
  • 24.
    Disadvantages of ClonalPropagation  Specialized equipment/ facilities required  More technical expertise required  Protocols not optimized for all species  Plants produced may not fir industry standards  Relatively expensive to set up
  • 25.
    Applications of ClonalPropagation  Produce disease and virus free plantlets  Leads to simplification of international exchange of plants  Increases the production of plants which are normally propagated very slowly such as Narcissus and other bulbous crops  Introduction of disease free new cultivars is possible through micropropagation  Large number of plants can be obtained in small spaces  Rapid method for cloning of disease free trees  Secondary metabolites  In-vitro cultures can be stored for long time through cryopreservation  Breeding cycle shortened  Rare species ---- Conservation  Production of identical sterile hybrid species. Eg.: Cabbage
  • 26.
    Horticultural uses forplant tissue culture  Clonal mass propagation  Difficult or slow to propagate plants  Introduction of new cultivars  Vegetative propagation of sterile hybrids  Pathology – eliminate viruses, bacteria, fungi etc  Storage of germplasm
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    Thank you A Biodiction(A Unit of Dr. Divya Sharma)