Micropropagation, another biotechnology technique, is the production of many clonal plants using tissue culture methods. By means of micro-propagation, it is possible to generate many thousands of plant clones using tissue explants obtained from a single parent plant. The main advantage to micropropagation is the potential of producing thousands of exact copies of a plant with desirable traits. Micropropagation is especially important for rare plants, genetically engineered plants, and plants that have sexual reproductive problems. Many plant species are now routinely propagated by micropropagation methods, including orchids, ferns, many flowering ornamentals, and vegetable plants.
See also: Plant Tissue Cultures, Novel Products, Regenerating Whole Transformed Plants, Plant Transformation Methods
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