Baking agar as an economical alternative in the in vitro production of potato plants

Abstract

Biotechnological techniques such as tissue culture can be used efficiently in the agricultural sector and constitute an interesting alternative to traditional propagation methods, since they allow obtaining a large amount of pathogen-free plant material in a short period of time. Plant tissue culture comprises a set of techniques widely used for in vitro plant propagation; however, a disadvantage is the high cost of components used for the culture medium, among these, the agar of said media has presented enormous overexploitation as a consequence of its high demand, which is why its price has risen, Sánchez Cardozo et al. (2019).