Tissue culture in ornamental plant breeding: A review
Luciana do Valle Rego and Ricardo Tadeu de Faria
Ornamental plant breeding, as other crop breeding, is considered the art and science of genetic alteration/ transmutation of plants for human consumption. This paper presents a review of the literature on tissue culture in ornamental plant breeding and its applications. The following culture methods are discussed: A) polyploidy induction; B) in vitro mutagenesis and somaclonal variation; C) genetic transformation; D) protoplast fusion; E) embryo recovery; F) in vitro selection and G) micropropagation.