Plant cell and tissue culture: a tool in biotechnology: basics and application

Karl-Hermann Neumann, Ashwani Kumar, Jafargholi Imani3540938826, 978-3-540-93882-8, 978-3-540-93883-5

This book is intended to provide a general introduction to this exciting field of plant cell and tissue culture as tool in biotechnology, without overly dwelling on detailed descriptions of all aspects. It is aimed at the newcomer, but will hopefully also stimulate some new ideas for the ”old hands” in tissue culture. Nowadays, with the vast amount of information readily available on the internet, our aim was rather to distill and highlight overall trends, deeming that a complete report of each and every tissue culture investigation and publication was neither possible, nor desirable. For some techniques, however, detailed protocols are given. We have tried to be as thorough as possible, and regret if we have inadvertently overlooked any pertinent literature or specific development that belong in this work.The three authors have been associated for many years, and have worked together on various aspects in this field. Without this close interaction, this book would not have been possible. At this opportunity, we wish to reiterate our mutual appreciation of this fruitful cooperation. An Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung fellowship to Ashwani Kumar (University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India) to work in our group at the Institut fiir Pflanzenernaehrung der Justus Liebig Universitat, Giessen, supported this close cooperation and the completion of this book, is gratefully acknowledged.

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Table of contents :
front-matter.pdf……Page 1
01- Introduction.pdf……Page 8
02- Historical Developments of Cell and Tissue Culture Techniques.pdf……Page 13
03- Callus Cultures.pdf……Page 19
04- Cell Suspension Cultures.pdf……Page 49
05- Protoplast Cultures.pdf……Page 57
06- Haploid Techniques.pdf……Page 67
07- Plant Propagation-Meristem Cultures,Somatic Embryogenesis.pdf……Page 81
08- Some Endogenous and Exogenous Factors in Cell Culture Systems.pdf……Page 144
09- Primary Metabolism.pdf……Page 165
10- Secondary Metabolism.pdf……Page 184
11- Phytohormones and Growth Regulators.pdf……Page 229
12- Cell Division, Cell Growth, Cell Differentiation.pdf……Page 236
13- Genetic Problems and Gene Technology.pdf……Page 249
14- Summary of Some Physiological Aspects in the Development of Plant Cell and Tissue Culture.pdf……Page 286
15- Summary Applications of Plant Cell and Tissue Culture Systems.pdf……Page 290
back-matter.pdf……Page 293