Please suggest topics for classroom project on plant biotechnology and cytogenetics.?

Question

Please suggest topics for classroom project on plant biotechnology and cytogenetics.?

Answer 1

u can do some projects in plant tissue culture like growing a plant(root or shoot or both) from a part may be the anther, leaf tip or root etc. this is based on the fact that plant cells are totipotent. you can standardise the media concentration and hormonal requirements for a particular organism. let the organism u choose be of economic importance or of medicinal value which will add up to ur project.to go to a higher level do some genetic engineering with the genes of that organism with another to come up with hybrids or to improve its qualities like drought resistant, disease resistant etc. u may use Agrobacterium tumefaciens for genetic engineering purposes.

      but plant tissue culture projects may take much time and the environmental conditions like temperature, moisture level and light are to be maintained properly.

      u can even try to produce secondary metabolites from plant cell cultures. in all the processes be careful about contamination.

all the best for ur project