Michael R. Davey and Paul Anthony are the authors of Plant Cell Culture: Essential Methods, published by Wiley.

"In summary, this book is important for plant scientists as it thoroughly covers elementary technologies, providing the tools for comprehensive plant research." (The Quarterly Review of Biology, 1 September 2011) "For anyone working in the area of plant tissue culture, micro-propagation or transformation this book is essential reading." (The Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 1 October 2011)

• Preface. Contributors.1 Plant Micropropagation (Ivan Iliev, Alena Gajdosova, Gabriela Libiakova, Shri Mohan Jain).1.1 Introduction.1.2 Methods and approaches.1.2.1 Explants and their surface disinfection.1.2.2 Culture media and their preparation.1.2.3 Stages of micropropagation.1.2.4 Techniques of micropropagation.1.3 Troubleshooting.References.2 Thin Cell Layers: The Technique (Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva and Michio Tanaka).2.1 Introduction.2.2 Methods and approaches.2.2.1 TCL.2.2.2 Choice of material: Cymbidium hybrid.2.3 Troubleshooting.2.3.1 General comments.References.3 Plant Regeneration – Somatic Embryogenesis (Kim E. Nolan, Ray J. Rose).3.1 Introduction.3.2 Methods and approaches.3.2.1 Selection of the cultivar and type of explant.3.2.2 Culture media.3.2.3 Preparation of culture media.3.2.4 Sterilization of tissues and sterile technique.3.2.5 Culture and growth of tissue.3.2.6 Culture and induction of somatic embryos.3.2.7 Embryo development.3.2.8 Transfer to soil – the final stage of regeneration.3.3 Troubleshooting.References.4 Haploid Plants (Sant S. Bhojwani and Prem K. Dantu).4.1 Introduction.4.2 Methods and approaches.4.2.1 Androgenesis.4.2.2 Diploidization.4.3 Troubleshooting.References.5 Embryo Rescue (Traud Winkelmann, Antje Doil, Sandra Reinhardt and Aloma Ewald).5.1 Introduction.5.2 Methods and approaches.5.2.1 Identification of the time and type of barrier in hybridization.5.2.2 Isolation of plant material after fertilization.5.2.3 Culture conditions and media.5.2.4 Confirmation of hybridity and ploidy.5.2.5 Conditions for regeneration of embryos to plants.5.3 Troubleshooting.References.6 In vitro Flowering and Seed Set: Acceleration of Generation Cycles (Sergio J. Ochatt and Rajbir S. Sangwan).6.1 Introduction.6.2 Methods and approaches.6.2.1 Protein legumes [7].6.2.2 Arabidopsis thaliana [13].6.3 Troubleshooting.References.7 Induced Mutagenesis in Plants Using Physical and Chemical Agents (Chikelu Mba, Rownak Afza, Souleymane Bado and Shri Mohan Jain).7.1 Introduction.7.2 Methods and approaches.7.2.1 Determination of the optimal doses of mutagens for inducing mutations.7.3 Troubleshooting.7.3.1 Factors influencing the outcome of mutagenesis using chemical mutagens.7.3.2 Factors influencing the outcome of mutagenesis using physical mutagens.7.3.3 Facts about induced mutations.References.8 Cryopreservation of Plant Germplasm (E.R. Joachim Keller and Angelika Senula).8.1 Introduction.8.2 Methods and approaches.8.2.1 Main principles.8.2.2 Slow (two-step) freezing.8.2.3 Vitrification.8.2.4 Encapsulation–dehydration.8.2.5 DMSO droplet freezing.8.2.6 Combined methods.8.2.7 Freezing of cold-hardened buds.8.2.8 Freezing of orthodox seeds.8.2.9 Freezing of pollen and spores.8.3 Troubleshooting.References.9 Plant Protoplasts: Isolation, Culture and Plant Regeneration (Michael R. Davey, Paul Anthony, Deval Patel and J. Brian Power).9.1 Introduction.9.2 Methods and approaches.9.2.1 Protoplast isolation.9.2.2 Protoplast culture.9.3 Troubleshooting.References.10 Protoplast Fusion Technology – Somatic Hybridization and Cybridization (Jude W. Grosser, Milica Calovic and Eliezer S. Louzada).10.1 Introduction.10.2 General applications of somatic hybridization.10.3 Methods and approaches.10.4 Troubleshooting.References.11 Genetic Transformation – Agrobacterium (Ian S. Curtis).11.1 Introduction.11.2 Methods and approaches.11.2.1 Agrobacterium as a natural genetic engineer.11.2.2 Vector systems for transformation.11.2.3 Inoculation procedures.11.3 Troubleshooting.References.12 Genetic Transformation – Biolistics (Fredy Altpeter and Sukhpreet Sandhu).12.1 Introduction.12.2 Methods and approaches.12.2.1 Biolistic technology.12.2.2 Optimization of gene delivery parameters.12.2.3 Target tissues.12.2.4 Reporter gene assays.12.2.5 Selection and plant regeneration.12.3 Troubleshooting.References.13 Plastid Transformation (Bridget V. Hogg, Cilia L.C. Lelivelt, Aisling Dunne, Kim-Hong Nguyen and Jacqueline M. Nugent).13.1 Introduction.13.2 Methods and approaches.13.2.1 Principles of plastid transformation.13.2.2 Biolistic-mediated plastid transformation.13.2.3 PEG-mediated plastid transformation.13.2.4 Identification and characterization of transplastomic plants.13.3 Troubleshooting.13.3.1 Biolistic-mediated transformation.13.3.2 PEG-mediated transformation.References.14 Molecular Characterization of Genetically Manipulated Plants (Cristiano Lacorte, Giovanni Vianna, Francisco J.L. Aragao and El´ıbio L. Rech).14.1 Introduction.14.2 Methods and approaches.14.2.1 Plant DNA extraction.14.2.2 Polymerase chain reaction.14.2.3 Southern blot technique.14.2.4 Analysis of the integration site: inverse PCR (iPCR) and thermal asymmetric interlaced PCR (Tail-PCR).14.3 Troubleshooting.References.15 Bioreactors (Spiridon Kintzios).15.1 Introduction.15.2 Methods and approaches.15.2.1 Medium scale disposable or semidisposable airlift reactors.15.2.2 The RITA temporary immersion reactor.15.2.3 The LifeReactor.15.2.4 Immobilized cell bioreactors.15.2.5 Mini-bioreactors.15.3 Troubleshooting.References.16 Secondary Products (Kexuan Tang, Lei Zhang, Junfeng Chen, Ying Xiao, Wansheng Chen and Xiaofen Sun).16.1 Introduction.16.2 Methods and approaches.16.2.1 Plant cell cultures.16.2.2 Scale-up and regulation of secondary metabolite production.16.2.3 Detection of secondary products.16.3 Troubleshooting.References.17 Plant Cell Culture – Present and Future (Jim M. Dunwell).17.1 Introduction.17.2 Micropropagation.17.3 Embryogenesis.17.3.1 Background.17.3.2 Commercial exploitation of somatic embryos.17.3.3 Molecular aspects of somatic embryogenesis.17.3.4 Microspore derived embryos.17.4 Haploid methodology.17.4.1 Haploids and their exploitation.17.4.2 Induction of haploid plants.17.4.3 Molecular aspects of haploid induction from microspores.17.4.4 Ab initio zygotic-like embryogenesis from microspores.17.5 Somaclonal variation.17.6 Transgenic methods.17.6.1 Background.17.6.2 Regeneration and transformation techniques.17.6.3 Chloroplast transformation.17.6.4 Biopharming.17.7 Protoplasts and somatic hybridization.17.8 Bioreactors.17.8.1 Production of plant products.17.8.2 Production of pharmaceuticals.17.8.3 Production of food ingredients.17.8.4 Production of cosmetics.17.8.5 Analytical methodology.17.9 Cryopreservation.17.10 Intellectual property and commercialization.17.10.1 Background.17.10.2 Sources of patent and other relevant information.17.11 Conclusion.References.Index.