Tissue Culture—A Sustainable Approach to Explore Plant Stresses
Plants are constantly faced with biotic or abiotic stress, which affects their growth and development. Yield reduction due to biotic and abiotic stresses on economically important crop species causes substantial economic loss at a global level. Breeding for stress tolerance to create elite and super...
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| description | Plants are constantly faced with biotic or abiotic stress, which affects their growth and development. Yield reduction due to biotic and abiotic stresses on economically important crop species causes substantial economic loss at a global level. Breeding for stress tolerance to create elite and superior genotypes has been a common practice for many decades, and plant tissue culture can be an efficient and cost-effective method. Tissue culture is a valuable tool to develop stress tolerance, screen stress tolerance, and elucidate physiological and biochemical changes during stress. In vitro selection carried out under controlled environment conditions in confined spaces is highly effective and cheaper to maintain. This review emphasizes the relevance of plant tissue culture for screening major abiotic stresses, drought, and salinity, and the development of disease resistance. Further emphasis is given to screening metal hyperaccumulators and transgenic technological applications for stress tolerance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-282380fc48c3467496483435410ce3a22023-11-17T12:12:16ZengMDPI AGLife2075-17292023-03-0113378010.3390/life13030780Tissue Culture—A Sustainable Approach to Explore Plant StressesAkila Wijerathna-Yapa0Jayeni Hiti-Bandaralage1ARC Centre of Excellence for Plant Success in Nature and Agriculture, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, AustraliaCentre for Horticultural Science, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4068, AustraliaPlants are constantly faced with biotic or abiotic stress, which affects their growth and development. Yield reduction due to biotic and abiotic stresses on economically important crop species causes substantial economic loss at a global level. Breeding for stress tolerance to create elite and superior genotypes has been a common practice for many decades, and plant tissue culture can be an efficient and cost-effective method. Tissue culture is a valuable tool to develop stress tolerance, screen stress tolerance, and elucidate physiological and biochemical changes during stress. In vitro selection carried out under controlled environment conditions in confined spaces is highly effective and cheaper to maintain. This review emphasizes the relevance of plant tissue culture for screening major abiotic stresses, drought, and salinity, and the development of disease resistance. Further emphasis is given to screening metal hyperaccumulators and transgenic technological applications for stress tolerance.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1729/13/3/780micropropagationtissue culturegermplasmmolecular breedingbiotechnology |
| spellingShingle | Akila Wijerathna-Yapa Jayeni Hiti-Bandaralage Tissue Culture—A Sustainable Approach to Explore Plant Stresses Life micropropagation tissue culture germplasm molecular breeding biotechnology |
| title | Tissue Culture—A Sustainable Approach to Explore Plant Stresses |
| title_full | Tissue Culture—A Sustainable Approach to Explore Plant Stresses |
| title_fullStr | Tissue Culture—A Sustainable Approach to Explore Plant Stresses |
| title_full_unstemmed | Tissue Culture—A Sustainable Approach to Explore Plant Stresses |
| title_short | Tissue Culture—A Sustainable Approach to Explore Plant Stresses |
| title_sort | tissue culture a sustainable approach to explore plant stresses |
| topic | micropropagation tissue culture germplasm molecular breeding biotechnology |
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