Bidhan Roy , Surje Dinesh  Tulsiram

Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Regional Research Station, Terai Zone, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar 736165, West Bengal, India;
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Rice Genomics and Genetics, 2013, Vol. 4, No. 4   doi: 10.5376/rgg.2013.04.0004
Received: 15 Jul., 2013    Accepted: 21 Aug., 2013    Published: 20 Sep., 2013

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Roy and Tulsiram, 2013, Synthetic Seed of Rice: An Emerging Avenue of Applied Biotechnology, Rice Genomics and Genetics, Vol.4, No.4, 14-27 (doi:10.5376/rgg.2013.04.0004)

Progress in plant biotechnological research has opened many avenues for basic and applied research in the field of crop plants. Plant tissue culture is an important component of biotechnology, involves in the improvement of crops. Plant tissue culture led to develop synthetic seed technology. Synthetic seed technology is an exciting and rapidly growing area of research in plant cell and tissue culture. This technology is currently considered as the most effective and efficient alternative technique for propagation. The base materials for production of synthetic seeds are somatic embryos or tissue culture derived materials. This technology also facilitates the way of handling cells and tissues, protecting them from external gradients, short-term and long-term storage under low temperature and ultra-low temperature, respectively and as an efficient system of delivery. The information in the areas of synthetic seed preparation technology, its implications, achievements and limitations are lying unorganized in different articles of journals and edited books and that information were presented in this article in organized way with up-to-date citations, which will provide comprehensive literatures of recent advances.

Rice; Synthetic seed; Mass multiplication; Plant conservation