Future scope of plant-tissue culture in terms of applications in agriculture and horticulture is enormous. In our country, it is being extensively worked on toward developing improved crop varieties to feed our burgeoning population, improve dwindling forest cover, micro propagate for rapid propagation of precious trees like bamboo, teak, sandal wood, eucalyptus in addition to medicinal, aromatic, horticultural, and ornamental plants.

Following are some of the areas of utilization of plant-tissue culture techniques: