MCM Organize Workshop on Plant Tissue Culture

By 121 News Reporter

Chandigarh 18^th February:---- The department of Botany of MCM College for Women, Chandigarh organized a one day workshop on Plant Tissue Culture. The aim of the workshop was to apprise the students about the technique of tissue culture and its applications. Dr. Promila Pathak, Professor, Department of Botany, Panjab Unviersity, explained in a lucid manner the concepts of totipotency (regeneration of single cell to form complete plant) and use of tissue culture technique in plant biotechnology.

During the workshop, students got hands on experience in preparing nutritional mediums used in tissue culture and learnt techniques of modal culture, anther culture and seed culture. The inquisitive participants in the workshop interacted with the subject expert to settle their doubts.

Principal of the college, Dr. Puneet Bedi, appreciated the initiative of the Botany Department and said that the integration of theoretical knowledge with practical exposure is a prerequisite in this age of cut throat competition.