Plant Tissue Culture
Techniques and Experiments
Roberta H. Smith(Author)
Academic Press
2nd Edition
Published on 5. February 1998
Book
Hardback
171 pages
978-0-12-650340-1 (ISBN)
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Description
This bench-top manual provides laboratory exercises in plant tissue culture which demonstrate major educational concepts. The experiments can be conducted with a variety of plant materials that are available year round from easily accessible sources. The exercises require minimal maintenance of plant materials. This coursebook aims to give students diverse learning experiences in a semester course. New and experienced plant scientists in agricultural, university, and industry settings should also find this concise yet comprehensive manual of value.
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Edition
2nd ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
San Diego
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
references, index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
336 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-12-650340-1 (9780126503401)
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12/2012
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Content
Set-up of a tissue culture laboratory; media components and preparation; explants and aseptic technique; callus induction; regeneration/ morphogenesis; haploid plants from anther culture; embryo rescue; meristem culture for virus-free plants; in vitro propagation for commercial production of ornamentals; protoplast isolation and fusion; agrobacterium-mediated transformation of plants; useful measurements; review of solution preparation; list of suppliers; common plant tissue culture terms.