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The root of plant tissue culture began with the discovery of cell and further proceeded by cell theory proposed by Schleiden (a botanist) and Schwann (a zoologist) in 1838–1839. They suggested that cell is a structural and functional unit of all living organisms. They envisioned that cell has the ability to develop into a whole plant. This visualisation of Schleiden and Schwann put a clue before us the possibility of a cell to regenerate into a whole plant if suitable environment will be provided. Based on this assumption, in 1902 Gottlieb Haberlandt, a German plant physiologist working in Graz, Austria, was the first to culture isolated somatic cell of higher plants under in vitro conditions. The cell remained alive up to 1 month and increased in size and accumulation of starch in the cell; however, there was no cell division. Though he failed to observe any morphogenesis, because of his postulates, he has been regarded as the founder of plant tissue culture. The present chapter deals with some milestone discoveries that took place in plant tissue culture and also elaborates the contribution of the pioneer researchers in the development of in vitro biology.

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Vikas Yadav and Zishan Ahmad acknowledge the Non-NET University Fellowship funded by UGC India for providing research assistance.

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Shahzad, A., Yadav, V., Ahmad, Z. (2016). Plant Tissue Culture: Profile of Pioneers. In: Shahzad, A., Sharma, S., Siddiqui, S. (eds) Biotechnological strategies for the conservation of medicinal and ornamental climbers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19288-8_5

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