| Horticulture/Agriculture | Micropropagation | Manufacture |
| Pot plants and ornamental plants | Use of culture techniques | Plant Chemicals |
| Crop plants like sugar beet and potato | Result is a large quantity of genetically identical individual clones | E.g. skikonin is a dye used in silk industry and for treatment of burns |
| In plants which are difficult to propagate | - | For food flavours, perfumes and insecticides |
| Overcomes problems of seasonality | - | - |