Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Outline the applications of plant cell technology
• Summarise the processes involved in in-vitro culture initiation
• List the practical applications of somaclonal variation and micropropagation
• State the functions of primary and secondary metabolites in plant cells
• Explain the functions of cell permeability enhancers
• Distinguish between biotic and abiotic elicitors
• List the various types of immobilization in plant cells
• Describe the plasmid-mediated gene transfer mechanism
• Discuss the operating strategies of an effective bioreactor