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Plant Tissue Culture: Classroom Activities in Plant Biotechnology

In this activity related to plant biotechnology, learners use the tissue culture process to rapidly produce clones (genetic copies) of a particular plant (cauliflower, rose cuttings, African violet leaves, or carnation stems). This lab will help learners understand a procedure that is often used by scientists to propagate many plants of the same genetic background as well as to understand the importance of sterile techniques. Adult supervision...

Keywords:: Social Sciences, Explants, Viruses and Bacteria, Plants, Plantlet, NSDL, Biological Science, Protists and Fungi, Ecology, Cells, Sterile, Agricultural Engineering, Sterilize, Conducting Investigations, Health/Medicine, Number and Operations, Genetic Engineering, General, Earth System Science, Heredity and Genetics, Science and Society, Materials Science, Forestry and Agriculture, Agriculture and Biotechnology, Bioengineering/Biomedical Engineering, Life Science, Diversity of Life, Geoscience, Biotechnology, Communicating Results, Mathematics, Anthropology, Science as a Career, Gathering Data, Engineering, The Scientific Process, General Science, Technology, Impacts of Technology, Genetics, Education, Agriculture, Formulating Explanations