Cloning Plants

Cloning is a process of creating an exact genetic copy of an existing plant. It is done through a variety of techniques such as tissue culture, grafting, and cutting. Cloning plants offers numerous advantages. Cloning helps producers maintain yield and quality advantages, such as obtaining predictable, uniform plants, reducing the time needed to get desirable plants to market, and producing identical organisms with desired traits. Cloning also aids in preserving endangered species and produces uniform, disease-resistant plants. In addition, cloning can increase production and reduce costs by providing large numbers of identical plants. Finally, cloning has applications in the field of medicine, wherein it is used to produce biomass and biofuels.