. Who is known as the father of plant tissue culture
A: Haberlandt
B: Steward
C: White
D: Skoog
Best Answer
Correct option is: (A) Haberlandt
Explanation
Option (A)
Professor Gottlieb Haberlandt demonstrated the feasibility of cultivating isolated plant tissues for the first time in 1902.
He was the first to consider cultivating cells in a nutrient solution aseptically.
He is regarded as the "Father of Plant Tissue Culture."
Option (B):
Steward's experiment on plant tissue demonstrates that mature cells in plants may divide and differentiate again to make a new plant.
Option (C):
White's media is a common medium in which plants are cultivated particularly for root culture.
It has a low salt content and a greater magnesium sulphate concentration.
This may also be used to cultivate shoot culture and callus culture.
Option (D):
Murashige and Skoog medium is a laboratory plant growth media used for plant cell culture cultivation.
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