Plant Biotechnology : In Vitro Principles Techniques And Applications

Contents: 1. In vitro plant biotechnology : status and scope. 2. In vitro plant regeneration: an overview. 3. In vitro culture laboratory-organization and management. 4. Sterilization techniques. 5. Plant cell in vitro nutrition: culture medium. 5. Cell differentiation and totipotency. 7. Micropropagation: a source of clonal regeneration. 8. Callus: induction and differentiation. 9. Cell suspension culture. 10. Single cell culture: technology and applications. 11. Embryoculture. 12. Somatic embryo: induction and regeneration. 13. Haploid production-I (Androgenesis). 14. Haploid production II (In vitro pollination fertilization and gynogenesis). 15. Endosperm and nucellus culture. 16. Protoplast technology-isolation and regeneration of protoplast. 17. Protoplast technology-somatic hybridization and cybridization. 18. Somaclonal variation: source and significance. 19. Biodiversity and preservation of germplasm. 20. Artificial (Synthetic) seed production technology.  21. Secondary metabolite production-1. 22. Secondary metabolite production II. 23. Transgenic production I. 24. Transgenic production II. 25. Transgenic production III. 26. GM crops and their impacts. 27. Plastic engineering. 28. Plant in vitro biotechnology in agriculture. 29. Plant in vitro biotechnology in forestry. 30. Plant in vitro biotechnology in Industry. Glossary.

This book explains new and rapidly growing concepts and technologies connected with in vitro plant regeneration and transgenesis and provides an indepth coverage of all major topics of plant in vitro technology. The vast literature on the subject has been presented in a concise and digestible form thoroughly covering the fundamentals as well as applied aspects of the subject. This book would be an ideal source of comprehensive, authoritative and up to date information for undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in the field of plant biotechnology.