cultured plant callus
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0000009
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: callo cultivado (Spanish)
- exact: 培養植物カルス (Japanese)
- broad: cultured callus
- Definition
- A plant callus (PO:0005052) grown or maintained in vitro. [source: POC:curators]
- Comment
- Cultured plant callus may induced to form from plant protoplasts or cultured plant cells in suspension culture. After supplementation with the appropriate plant growth regulators, further differentiation may lead to the development of plant tissues, plant organs and ultimately, a whole plant.
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