Title: Demonstrate various procedures used with tissue cultures.
Course: Biotechnology Foundations in Technology Education (21999) > Section: Examining the Role of Biotechnology in Agriculture

Demonstration should include

- techniques for collection, storage, multiplication, and transportation of tissue-cultured plants
- data tracking to ensure plant identification.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is the importance of aseptic technique in tissue culture?
- What types of cells can be grown using tissue culture techniques?
- How is specimen collection accomplished in tissue culture?
- What is the advantage of growing cells through tissue culture?
- How can cells grown using tissue culture be manipulated using biotechnology techniques?
- What is the advantage of the multiplication stage in increasing plant numbers?
- How does the federal Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA) affect tissue culture?