ABSTRACT
Plant tissue culture (PTC) has wide applications in many areas. These appli-cations are categorized into three; basic research, environmental aspects, and commercial items. Current research in PTC is highly magnified on commercial applications like crop development, secondary metabolite induction, and many strategies for involving genetic interference. Plant biotechnology has a key role to play in solving problems related to development of farms and fruit trees. In vitro techniques are being potentially applied to supplement the traditional methods of vegetative propagation and production of plants. Micropropaga-tion in vitro techniques have advantages over traditional methods of vegeta-tive propagation; small spaces needed, high multiplication rate, seasonal-free dependence under controlled culture condition, and plant-free microbes.
