Plant Tissue Culture: An Introductory Text

• Main Authors: Bhojwani, Sant Saran. (Author), Dantu, Prem Kumar. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: India : Springer India : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Cell culture.; Developmental biology.; Forests and forestry.; Botany.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Plant Sciences.; Developmental Biology.; Forestry.; Cell Culture.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-1026-9

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...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Historical Sketch
• 2. General Requirements and Techniques.-3. Culture Media
• 4.Tissue and Cell Culture
• 5.Cytodifferentiation. 6.Cellular Totipotency
• 7.Somatic Embryogenesis
• 8.Androgenesis
• 9.Gynogenesis
• 10. Triploid Production
• 11. Zygotic Embryo Culture
• 12. Somaclonal Variation
• 13. In vitro Fertilization
• 14. Parasexual Hybridization
• 15. Genetic Engineering
• 16. Production of Virus-free Plants
• 17. Micropropagation
• 18. Production of Industrial Phytochemicals
• 19. Conservation of Biodiversity
• Subject Index.