High-Tech and Micropropagation I

Section I General Aspects, Factors Affecting Micropropagation, Meristem Culture, Somatic Embryogenesis, Grafting, Vitrification, Acclimatization, Disposable Culture Vessels.- I.1 Automated Micropropagation for en masse Production of Plants.- I.2 Setting Up a Commercial Micropropagation Laboratory (With 8 Figures).- I.3 Micropropagation Through Meristem Culture (With 1 Figures).- I.4 Micropropagation Through Somatic Embryogenesis in Conifers (With 7 Figures).- I.5 Graft Compatibilities in Vitro (With 9 Figures).- I.6 In Vitro Induction of Flowering and Its Relevance to Micropropagation (With 2 Figures).- I.7 Vitrification in Micropropagation.- I.8 Acclimatization of Micropropagated Plants (With 7 Figures).- I.9 The Effect of the Nature and Origin of Explants on Micropropagation (With 9 Figures).- I.10 Problems with Explant Exudation in Micropropagation (With 1 Figure).- I.11 Woody Plant Micropropagation with Cytokinins (With 4 Figures).- I.12 The Effect of the Culture Vessel on Micropropagation (With 4 Figures).- I.13 Disposable Film Culture Vessels (With 17 Figures).- Section II Rooting, Artificial Substrates, Autotrophic Micropropagation, Nursery Planting.- II.1 Rooting of in Vitro Cuttings (With 4 Figures).- II.2 Rooting of in Vitro-Produced Shoots in Nonsterile - an Inexpensive and Efficient Technique for en masse Micropropagation (With 2 Figures).- II.3 Use of Artificial Substrates for in Vitro Propagation (With 6 Figures).- II.4 Rockwool as a Substrate for Greenhouse Crops (With 21 Figures).- II.5 Autotrophic Micropropagation (With 20 Figures).- II.6 In Vitro Nursery System for Vegetable Crops - Tomato and Melon (With 9 Figures).- Section III Storage/Cryopreservation of Cultures, Quiescent Somatic Embryos, Artificial Seed.- III.1 Storage and Cryopreservation of inVitro Cultures (With 7 Figures).- III.2 Quiescence and Dormancy in Somatic Embryos (With 3 Figures).- III.3 Artificial Seeds - Encapsulated Somatic Embryos (With 9 Figures).- Section IV Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Robots in Transplanting, Information Management, Bioreactors, Computerized Greenhouses.- IV. 1 Automated Systems.- IV.2 Artificial Intelligence Technology to Control Plant Environments (With 15 Figures).- IV.3 Robots in Transplanting (With 15 Figures).- IV.4 Computing and Information Management in Micropropagation (With 5 Figures).- IV.5 Mass Propagation of Plants Through Shakeand Bioreactor-Culture Techniques (With 19 Figures).- IV.6 Climate Control of Greenhouses and Crop Growth (With 8 Figures).- IV.7 Computer-Controlled Greenhouses in Japan (With 4 Figures).