TISSUE CULTURE

The Delhi Forest and Wildlife Department is setting up a tissue culture lab in the Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary. This lab will generate saplings of endangered and rare native trees found in the city.

1. The department has identified around 10 such species – hingot, khair, bistendu, siris, palash, chamrod, doodhi, dhau, desi babool, and kulu
2. The aim is to help grow endangered native Delhi trees in a controlled environment, and to regenerate saplings whose seeds are not readily available in large quantities
3. Asola-Bhati Wildlife Sanctuary covering 32.71 km² area on the Southern Delhi Ridge of Aravalli hill range on Delhi-Haryana border lies in Southern Delhi as well as northern parts of Faridabad and Gurugram districts of Haryana state.

Objective:

The aim is to cultivate threatened indigenous trees in a controlled environment and produce saplings for species that are facing regeneration challenges.

Tissue Culture:

1. Tissue culture involves growing cells or tissues in an artificial environment.
2. It's commonly known as micropropagation and serves as a valuable research tool for studying plant biology and conserving endangered species.

Animal Tissue Culture:

1. Animal tissue culture is a biological technique that involves maintaining and propagating animal cells in an artificial environment.
2. The process involves taking tissue from an animal specimen and growing and maintaining cells in an In Vitro Environment.

1. In Vitro Environment: occur in a laboratory vessel or other controlled experimental environment rather than within a living organism

In Vivo:	In Vitro:
In vivo research is performed within a living organism. This can range from microorganisms, plants, animals, to human beings.	Contrarily, in vitro studies take place outside of a living organism, typically in a controlled environment like a test tube or petri dish.

Plant Tissue Culture:

Plant tissue culture, also known as micropropagation, is a collection of techniques for growing plant cells, tissues, or organs in a  controlled environment using nutrient solutions. This technique is used to produce clones of a plant, and can help with:

1. Producing exact copies of plants: This may be useful for plants with desirable characteristics such as flowers or fruits.
2. Producing mature plants quickly
3. Producing many plants in a small space
4. Producing plants without seeds or pollinators
5. Regenerating whole plants from genetically modified cells
6. Producing plants from seeds that have low germination rates

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