Abstract
This paper reviews the role of plant cell culture as a biotechnological tool in preserving the botanical diversity of higher plants while meeting the growing demand of the commercial market for large volumes of plant raw material. The prospects of plant cell-based technology are discussed in the framework of creating an economy of sustainable development in the short and long term.
Highlights
Conservation of biodiversity of higher plants in ex situ collections, such as botanical gardens, seed and plant banks in vitro, is one of the most promising and actively developing strategies for the conservation of plant genetic resources worldwide [1].Modern biotechnological tools enable the formulation and development of new solutions for the protection of botanical plant biodiversity
This paper reviews the role of plant cell culture as a biotechnological tool in preserving the botanical diversity of higher plants while meeting the growing demand of the commercial market for large volumes of plant raw material
In vitro cultures of plant cells and organs can serve on the one hand, as a renewable source of biologically active secondary metabolites [2] and, on the other hand, can become the basis for developing new varieties with valuable traits
Summary
Conservation of biodiversity of higher plants in ex situ collections, such as botanical gardens, seed and plant banks in vitro, is one of the most promising and actively developing strategies for the conservation of plant genetic resources worldwide [1]. Modern biotechnological tools enable the formulation and development of new solutions for the protection of botanical plant biodiversity. One of such solutions is the in vitro method of cultivation of plant cells and organs, which is based on the idea of totipotency - the possibility of preserving the “memory” of the functional potential of the whole organism in individual cells. Establishment of in vitro collections of cultured plant cells represents a promising alternative method of providing renewable plant sources for Hi-Tech industrial production based on cell cultures [1]
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