plant callus
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0005052
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- exact: callo (Spanish)
- exact: portion of plant callus tissue
- exact: 植物カルス (Japanese)
- broad: callus
- Definition
- A portion of plant tissue (PO:0009007) that consists of mass of undifferentiated plant cells (PO:0009002). [source: GR:Pankaj_Jaiswal, POC:curators]
- Comment
- Consists primarily of parenchyma cells but may contain other cell types as the callus begins to differentiate. May be formed as a result of wounding or may develop in culture.
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