Tissue culture Presently tissue culture based research work is focused on banana and yam. However, other fields of TC such as in-vitro propagation, virus indexing, etc. are being carried out for all clonally propagated crops of IITA including cassava. Plant tissue culture involves growing plant cells, tissues or organs in artificial nutrient media under sterile … Continue reading Tissue culture

Bioinformatics In the decade gone by, genome sequencing was not only time consuming but also cost millions of dollars. Today, technological advances have made this task much easier: a whole genome can be sequenced in a few days and costs 100 times cheaper. The landscape of biology in general and genetics and plant breeding in … Continue reading Bioinformatics Lab

Cytogenetics is a study which analyzes the structure and function of the cell, especially the chromosomes.