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Getting started

  • What xPlant is for
  • Organizing Your First Tissue Culture

Tissue culture concepts

  • Plants, explants, and stages
  • Media recipes and additives
  • Contamination tracking basics
  • Intro to Plant Tissue Culture
  • Tissue Culture Basics

Lab workflows

  • Record a transfer
  • Batch Tracker
  • Create and use SOPs
  • Comments and team context
  • Lab rooms
  • Managing tasks

Protocols

  • Protocols and SOPs — what's the difference?
  • Sterilization and aseptic technique
  • Media preparation protocol

Lab tools

  • QR labels and scanner

Developer tools

  • Developer API & JavaScript SDK

Account and support

  • Privacy and data controls
  • AI features and smart suggestions

Tissue culture concepts

Plants, explants, and stages

xPlant organizes tissue culture records into three connected concepts: Plants, Explants, and Stages. Understanding how they work together makes it easier to document cultures, track their development, and build connected laboratory histories.

What this guide covers

  1. 1Plants
  2. 2Plant stage options
  3. 3Explants
  4. 4Explant stage options
  5. 5Stages
  6. 6The key distinction
  7. 7Related guides

This one is for xPlant labs

The steps in this guide describe screens inside xPlant, so it reads best with a lab open beside it. Sign in to walk through it with your own records, or see what a lab includes.

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New to tissue culture? These two are open to everyone.

  • Intro to Plant Tissue Culture
  • Tissue Culture Basics