Meristem culture is an in vitro technique where the meristem, a shiny dome-like structure less than 0.1 mm in length found at the shoot apex containing the youngest leaf primordia, is excised and cultured.

1. What is Meristem Culture?
• Meristem culture is the in vitro culture of a generally shiny special
dome-like structure measuring less than 0.1 mm in length and only
one or two pairs of the youngest leaf primordia, most often excised
from the shoot apex.