Physiology, Growth and Development of Plants in Culture /
Over recent years, progress in micropropagation has not been as rapid as many expected and, even now, relatively few crops are produced commercially. One reason for this is that the biology of material growing <em>in vitro</em> has been insufficiently understood for modifications to stan...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint : Springer,
1994.
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| Summary: | Over recent years, progress in micropropagation has not been as rapid as many expected and, even now, relatively few crops are produced commercially. One reason for this is that the biology of material growing <em>in vitro</em> has been insufficiently understood for modifications to standard methods to be made based on sound physiological principles. However, during the past decade, tissue culture companies and others have invested considerable effort to reduce the empirical nature of the production process. The idea of the conference 'Physiology, Growth and Development of Plants and Cells in Culture' (Lancaster, 1992) was to introduce specialists in different areas of plant physiology to micropropagators, with the express aims of disseminating as wide a range of information to as large a number of participants as possible, and beginning new discussions on the constraints and potentials affecting the development of <em>in vitro</em> plant production methods. <br/> This book is based on presentations from the conference and has been divided into two main sections, dealing with either aspects of the <em>in</em> <em>vitro</em> environment -- light, nutrients, water, gas -- or with applied aspects of the culture process -- morphogenesis, acclimation, rejuvenation, contamination. <br/> |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (430 pages 133 illustrations) |
| ISBN: | 9789401107907 (electronic bk.) 9401107904 (electronic bk.) |