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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0792345274
ISBN-13
9780792345275
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
Publisher
Springer
Imprint
Springer
Country of Manufacture
NL
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 30th, 1997
Print length
348 Pages
Product Classification:
Scientific equipment, experiments & techniquesPlant reproduction & propagation
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Presents an account of the techniques and applications in vitro culture. This book gives typical methodological aspects: laboratory set-up, composition and preparation of media, and sterilization of media and plant material. It covers the question of why in vitro culture is practised.
In Vitro Culture of Higher Plants presents an up-to-date and wide- ranging account of the techniques and applications, and has primarily been written in response to practical problems. Special attention has been paid to the educational aspects.
Typical methodological aspects are given in the first part: laboratory set-up, composition and preparation of media, sterilization of media and plant material, isolation and (sub)culture, mechanization, the influence of plant and environmental factors on growth and development, the transfer from test-tube to soil, aids to study. The question of why in vitro culture is practised is covered in the second part: embryo culture, germination of orchid seeds, mericloning of orchids, production of disease-free plants, vegetative propagation, somaclonal variation, test-tube fertilization, haploids, genetic manipulation, other applications in phytopathology and plant breeding, secondary metabolites.
Typical methodological aspects are given in the first part: laboratory set-up, composition and preparation of media, sterilization of media and plant material, isolation and (sub)culture, mechanization, the influence of plant and environmental factors on growth and development, the transfer from test-tube to soil, aids to study. The question of why in vitro culture is practised is covered in the second part: embryo culture, germination of orchid seeds, mericloning of orchids, production of disease-free plants, vegetative propagation, somaclonal variation, test-tube fertilization, haploids, genetic manipulation, other applications in phytopathology and plant breeding, secondary metabolites.
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