Cellular totipotency was for the first time demonstrated by
F. C. Steward
P. Maheshwari
W. H. Muir
Y. P. S. Bajaj
Totipotency was first demonstrated by Steward and Reinert in the 1950s. Professor F. C. Steward discovered and laid the foundation for plant tissue culture; genetic engineering and plant biotechnology of food crops or trees.