Plant biotechnology : comprehensive biotechnology, second supplement /
Today it is generally accepted that one of the key areas of biotechnology for the next century will be in plant-based biotechnology. Biotechnology has created new opportunities for plant scientists, with important applications to agriculture and forestry. This reference text is divided into five sec...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Pergamon Press,
1992.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Comprehensive Biotechnology Supplement Series.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Plant Biotechnology; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Contributors; Contents of All Volumes; Chapter 1. The Cell Biology of Plant Cell Culture Systems; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 THE MAJOR CELL TYPES; 1.3 CELL TYPES IN CULTURE; 1.4 SEPARATION OF CELL TYPES; 1.5 FRACTIONATION OF PLANT CELLS; 1.6 SUBCELLULAR ORGANELLES; 1.7 HORMONAL EFFECTS ON CULTURED PLANT CELLS; 1.8 HORMONE BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELLULAR ROLES; 1.9 THE INTERPRETATION OF OBSERVATIONS ON THE EFFECTS OF HORMONES IN CELL CULTURES; 1.10 HORMONE-HORMONE INTERACTIONS; 1.11 HORMONE HABITUATION
- 1.12 OTHER CELLULAR PROCESSES IN CULTURED PLANT CELLS1.13 THE GROWTH OF PLANT CELLS IN SUSPENSION CULTURE; 1.14 CELLULAR COHESIVENESS IN CULTURES; 1.15 SELECTION, COOPERATION AND COMPETITION IN CELL CULTURES; 1.16 ELECTRICAL EFFECTS ON PLANT CELL GROWTH; 1.17 CELL LINES AND CLONES; 1.18 CELL LINE PRESERVATION; 1.19 NOVEL METHODS OF CULTURE; 1.20 AUTOMATION; 1.21 CONCLUSIONS; 1.22 REFERENCES; Chapter 2. The Molecular Biology of Plant Cells and Cultures; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 GENOME SIZE AND ORGANIZATION IN HIGHER PLANTS; 2.3 EFFECT OF GENOME SIZE ON THE MANIPULATION OF PLANT GENOMES
- 2.4 TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS2.5 SOMACLONAL VARIATION; 2.6 GENERAL CONCLUSIONS; 2.7 REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Cell Selection; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 SELECTION SYSTEMS; 3.3 THEORETICAL LIMITATIONS; 3.4 HERBICIDE TOLERANCE; 3.5 SALT TOLERANCE; 3.6 HEAVY METAL TOLERANCE; 3.7 DISEASE RESISTANCE; 3.8 AMINO ACID OVERPRODUCTION; 3.9 MISCELLANEOUS; 3.10 CONCLUSIONS; 3.11 REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Bioreactors for the Mass Cultivation of Plant Cells; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANT CELL SUSPENSIONS; 4.3 BIOREACTOR CONFIGURATION; 4.4 BIOREACTOR OPERATION; 4.5 REFERENCES
- Chapter 5. Immobilized Plant Cells5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 SYSTEMS FOR IMMOBILIZED CULTURES; 5.3 CHARACTERISTICS OF IMMOBILIZED PLANT CELLS; 5.4 MASS TRANSFER; 5.5 PRODUCT RELEASE; 5.6 CONCLUDING REMARKS; 5.7 REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Plant Cell Culture, Process Systems and Product Synthesis; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 PLANT CELLS AND TISSUE CULTURE; 6.3 CELL CULTURES FOR BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS; 6.4 MASS CULTURE SYSTEMS; 6.5 ALTERNATIVE PROCESS SYSTEMS; 6.6 PRODUCT RECOVERY; 6.7 PRODUCTIVITY AND ECONOMICS; 6.8 FUTURE POTENTIALS AND NOVEL PRODUCTS; 6.9 REFERENCES
- Chapter 7. Plant Regeneration from Cultured Protoplasts of Higher Plants7.1 TOTIPOTENCY, MORPHOGENESIS AND THE CENTRAL ROLE OF PLANT REGENERATION FROM TISSUE CULTURES; 7.2 PROTOPLASTS AS A SOURCE FOR REGENERABLE TISSUE CULTURES; 7.3 PROTOPLAST CULTURE; 7.4 PROLIFERATION OF PROTOPLAST-DERIVED MICROCALLI; 7.5 PROTOPLAST ELECTROPORATION AND THE ENHANCEMENT OF CULTURAL RESPONSES; 7.6 PLANT REGENERATION FROM PROTOPLAST-DERIVED CALLUS; 7.7 CONCLUDING REMARKS; 7.8 REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Micropropagation: Principles and Commercial Practice; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 PATHWAYS OF REGENERATION