Significance of Explant
Explant refers to various types of plant tissues or sections taken from a parent plant for use in tissue culture. These samples can include nodal segments, leaves, roots, and other parts used to initiate plant propagation, regeneration, or study. The explant serves as the foundation for in vitro cultures, allowing for the growth of new plants, such as those from species like W. coagulans and Stevia rebaudiana, through processes like micropropagation and callus induction.
Synonyms: Remove, Extract, Withdraw, Explanation, Clarification, Elucidation, Interpretation, Description, Account
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The concept of Explant in scientific sources
Explant refers to plant tissue samples, such as rhizomes, taken for tissue culture. It includes sections like cotyledons or roots, used for regeneration or study in tissue culture processes.
From: Journal of Medicinal Plants for Economic Development
(1) Explants are parts of a plant used in tissue culture, and in this study, they were taken from Ocimum gratissimum and cultured in a medium supplemented with plant growth regulators.[1]
From: International Journal of Pharmacology
(1) Plant tissues, such as nodal, internodal segments, and leaves of Cissus quadrangularis, used as starting material for initiating callus cultures.[2]