The endosperm tissue offers an excellent system for experimental morphogenic studies.
The endosperm tissue being triploid, the plantlets formed from it are also triploid.
This technique of endosperm culture may be profitably exploited as an alternative to crossing tetraploids and diploids for raising
triploids in plant improvement programmes.
Triploid plants are usually seed-sterile and, consequently, undesirable for plants where seeds are of commercial importance
