Auxotrophy

Auxotrophic strains offer two main advantages

  1. Easier to remove from tissue culture
  2. Higher transformation efficiencies

When it comes to auxotrophy or strains that require medium supplementation, many examples exist. But certain mutations can be more favorable in one plant species versus another.

  1. Amino acid
  2. Nucleoside
  3. Sugar
  4. Inorganics