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Plant Tissue Culture: An Introductory Text (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
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Plant Tissue Culture: An Introductory Text (Hardcover, 2013 ed.)
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Plant tissue culture (PTC) is basic to all plant biotechnologies
and is an exciting area of basic and applied sciences with
considerable scope for further research. PTC is also the best
approach to demonstrate the totipotency of plant cells, and to
exploit it for numerous practical applications. It offers
technologies for crop improvement (Haploid and Triploid production,
In Vitro Fertilization, Hybrid Embryo Rescue, Variant Selection),
clonal propagation (Micropropagation), virus elimination (Shoot Tip
Culture), germplasm conservation, production of industrial
phytochemicals, and regeneration of plants from genetically
manipulated cells by recombinant DNA technology (Genetic
Engineering) or cell fusion (Somatic Hybridization and
Cybridization). Considerable work is being done to understand the
physiology and genetics of in vitro embryogenesis and organogenesis
using model systems, especially Arabidopsis and carrot, which is
likely to enhance the efficiency of in vitro regeneration
protocols. All these aspects are covered extensively in the present
book. Since the first book on Plant Tissue Culture by Prof. P.R.
White in 1943, several volumes describing different aspects of PTC
have been published. Most of these are compilation of invited
articles by different experts or proceedings of conferences. More
recently, a number of books describing the Methods and Protocols
for one or more techniques of PTC have been published which should
serve as useful laboratory manuals. The impetus for writing this
book was to make available a complete and up-to-date text covering
all basic and applied aspects of PTC for the students and
early-career researchers of plant sciences and plant / agricultural
biotechnology. The book comprises of nineteen chapters profusely
illustrated with self-explanatory illustrations. Most of the
chapters include well-tested protocols and relevant media
compositions that should be helpful in conducting laboratory
experiments. For those interested in further details, Suggested
Further Reading is given at the end of each chapter, and a Subject
and Plant Index is provided at the end of the book.
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