Tissue culture is an important tool for growing plants on nutrient media under aseptic and controlled conditions. This technique is widely used to produce a large number of genetically identical plants and has several advantages over conventional propagation techniques.

Plant tissue culture has many applications: from basic research (cell biology, genetics, biochemistry), to commercial applications such as crop improvement and secondary metabolite production.

The course provides basic training in plant tissue culture and allows the student to acquire the skills and techniques for in vitro plant propagation, from harvesting explants as starting material under sterile conditions to plant regeneration and micropropagation.

Practical classes: aseptic tissue culture techniques, preparation of liquid and solid substrates, plant explants, callus induction, and plant regeneration.