Micropropagation

Micropropagation is another name for Plant Tissue Culture. Here is a very interesting article on Micropropagation. If this topic really interests you, check these out: Photo and Kits ...

micropropagation. Generation of new, disease-free potato plants from tiny pieces of meristem tissue.
microsclerotia (singular: microsclerotium). Very small sclerotia, such as those produced by the Verticillium wilt fungus.

Thanks to micropropagation, breeders have produced astonishing interspecific lady slipper hybrids, which after a decade are at last available to gardeners.

" Some call it "micropropagation." Yet another term used is "meristem culture.

MICRO-CUTTING: A plant produced by micropropagation - a modern technique using tiny pieces of the parent plant on a sterile nutrient jelly.
MICRO-ORGANISMS: Animals and plants that are too small to be seen clearly with the naked eye.

See also: Produce, Plant, Gardening, Propagation, Potting