A review on protoplast culture, fusion and its construction, identification and characterization of somatic hybrids and cybrids
Author(s):
Swathi Imandi and Vijay Bahadur
Abstract:
One of the key applications of protoplast culture is somatic hybridization. This is especially important for hybridization between species or genera that can't be forced to cross using traditional sexual hybridization techniques. Somatic hybridization aims to facilitate conventional breeding by supplying innovative crop lines, transfer desired features, and produce advantageous agricultural plants without the need of genetic engineering. In higher plants, sexual hybridization is a useful strategy for traditional breeding to enhance cultivated crops. To integrate many desirable features found in various varieties into a single variety, artificial cross-fertilization between genetically distinct individuals is required. Sadly, conventional hybridization is only capable of only species that are relatives. For closely related plant species, sexual hybridization completely fails, as well as plants that are heterosexual. The development of protoplast culture as a viable biotechnological technique for genetic information exchange between wildly different plant species. It would also serve as a foundation for a using technology to get over the restrictions of traditional sexual hybridization hence, protoplast cultivation is one of the most appropriate methods for overcoming sexual compatibility hurdles in somatic hybridization.
How to cite this article:
Swathi Imandi, Vijay Bahadur. A review on protoplast culture, fusion and its construction, identification and characterization of somatic hybrids and cybrids. Pharma Innovation 2023;12(2):2052-2055.