Punjab becomes first Indian state to ratify tissue culture-based seed potato regulations

Punjab becomes first Indian state to ratify tissue culture-based seed potato regulations

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Category : State Published on: November 11 2021

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The Punjab Cabinet has approved the 'Punjab Tissue Culture Based Seed Potato Rules-2021' in order to establish Punjab as a standard potato seed centre.
Punjab has become the first state in the country to offer tissue culture-based certification, which will lead to the development of the Jalandhar-Kapurthala belt as a potato export hub.
The Cabinet also agreed to amend the 'Punjab Fruit Nursery Act-1961' in order to introduce the 'Punjab Horticulture Nursery Bill-2021’.

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About tissue culture

Plant tissue culture is a set of procedures for maintaining or growing plant cells, tissues, or organs in sterile circumstances on a known-composition nutrient culture medium. Micropropagation is a way of producing clones of a plant that is commonly utilised.

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