Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

"...provides assistance in acquiring those skills that are critical for plant tissue culture and plant biotechnology research." Horticultural Science "...a well produced book with comprehensive details on the major techniques used in plant biotechnology currently. The book is well organised and well illustrated." Australasian Biotechnology

• Facilities and Technology Requirements for Laboratory Operations.- Laboratory Facilities, Operation, and Management.- Media Preparation and Handling.- Sterile Techniques.- Basic Plant Regeneration and Plant Propagation Procedures.- Micropropagation by Proliferation of Axillary Buds.- Adventitious Shoot Proliferation.- Plant Regeneration by Organogenesis from Callus and Cell Suspension Cultures.- Plant Regeneration from Callus and Cell Suspension Cultures by Somatic Embryogenesis.- Direct Somatic Embryogenesis.- Conifer Somatic Embryogenesis, Embryo Development, Maturation Drying, and Plant Formation.- Applications of Organ Culture Systems.- Meristem Culture for Virus Elimination.- Embryo Culture and Embryo Rescue for Wide Cross Hybrids.- Anther Culture for Doubled Haploid Production.- Microspore Culture for Haploid Plant Production.- Protoplasts and Transformation Procedures.- Protoplast Isolation and Culture.- Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation.- Direct DNA Transfer into Intact Plant Cells Via Microprojectile Bombardment.- Microtechniques and Analytical Procedures.- Botanical Microtechnique for Plant Cultures.- Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopy for Plant Protoplasts, Cultured Cells and Tissues.- Indirect Immunofluorescence Techniques for Cultured Plant Cells and Protoplasts.- Staining Procedures for Chromosome Analysis.- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) Methods to Certify Pathogen (Virus)-Free Plants.- Applications of Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) to Plant Genome Analysis.