Photoautotrophic (sugar-free medium) Micropropagation as a New Micropropagation and Transplant Production System (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)

This book provides two basic concepts on plant propagation and value-added transplant production in a closed structure with artificial lighting: 1) photoautotrophic (sugar-free medium, photosynthetic or inorganic nutrition) micropropagation systems, and 2) closed transplant production systems with minimum resource consumption and environmental pollution. This book also describes the methodology, technology and practical techniques employed in both systems, which have been commercialized recently in some Asian countries such as China and Japan. We often use a closed structure such as a tissue culture vessel, a culture room, a growth chamber, a plant factory with lamps, and a greenhouse to propagate plants and produce transplants. Main reasons why we use such a closed structure is: 1) higher controllability of the environment for desired plant growth, 2) easier protection of plants from damage by harsh physical environment, pathogens, insects, animals, etc, 3) easier reduction in resource consumption for environmental control and protection, and 4) higher quality and productivity of plants at a lower cost, compared with the plant propagation and transplant production under rain, wind and sunlight shelters and in the open fields. Thus, there should be some knowledge, discipline, methodology, technology and problems to be solved on plant propagation and transplant production common to those closed structures, regardless of the types and sizes of the closed structure.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2005
First published:	2005
Editors:	Toyoki Kozai • Ff. Afreen • S. M. a Zobayed
Dimensions:	232 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	316
Edition:	2005 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-3125-0
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Botany & plant sciences > Plant ecology
LSN:	1-4020-3125-4
Barcode:	9781402031250

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