Agrobiotechnology and Plant
Tissue Culture
Editors: S.S. Bhojwani: Dayalbagh Educational
Institute, Dayalbagh, Agra, India
Woong-Young Soh: Daejeon Health Sciences College, Daejeon, South
Korea
ISBN 978-1-57808-243-8; 2003; 210 pages; US $ 105.30
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About the bookPlant tissue
culture, a fundamental technique of plant biotechnology, has found varied
applications in the plant industry. It is an invaluable laboratory technique
to study basic aspects of plant growth and development and to manipulate
these processes. Decades of reasearch on
in vitro morphogenesis has
enabled application of plant tissuee culture to rapid clonal propagation and
conservation of economically important plants. A unique morphogenic
phenomenon observed in tissue cultures is the ability of somatic plant cells
to form embryos, structurally and functionally similar to seed embryos.
Whereas plant scientists found somatic embryogenesis as an excellent system
to study physiology, biochemistry and genetics of plant embryogenesis, the
foresters and horticulturist look at it as potentially the most suitable
system for mass clonal propagation of selected plants.
The book is
useful for students and researchers of Agricultural and Plant Sciences.
Contents:. Plant and Agricultural
Biotechnology Revolution: Challenges Ahead and Some Biosafety Issues:
Arie
Altman . Somatic Embryogenesis in White Spruce: Physiology
and Biochemistry:
Claudio Stasolla, Edward C. Yeung, and Trevor A.
Thorpe . Stimulatory and Inhibitory Conditioning Factors
Regulating Somatic Embryogenesis in Carrot: Recent Advances:
M. Umehara,
T. Kobayashi, C. Eun, K. Higashi, H. Hanai, Y. Matsubayashi, Y. Sakagami,
and H. Kamada . Gene Expression during Somatic
Embryogenesis in Carrot Suspension Cultures:
Atsushi Komamine.
Germinability and Shoot Apical Meristem Differentiation of Somatic Embryos:
Woong-Young Soh, Eun-Kyong Lee and Duck-Yee Cho. Tissue
Culture of Woody Species:
Sant S. Bhojwani, Rakhi Chaturvedi and Anupam
Raina . Application of Biotechnological Tools in
Conservation and Utilization of Medicinal Plant Genetic Resources:
A.P.
Sagare, Y.L. Lee and H.S. Tsay. Secondary Metabolites and
Biotechnology in Plants:
Fumihiko Sato. Estimation of
Genetic Relatedness in Rice Using DNA Marker Data:
Dindo A. Tabanao, Rex
N. Bernardo, and Leocadio S. Sebastian . Gene Discovery and
Characterization for Crop Improvement:
Hong Yan.
Genetic Transformation of Cereals:
Richard Brettell, Fiona Murray, Peter
Matthews and Jake Jacobsen. Production of Resveratrol in
Transgenic Red Lettuce for Chemo Prevention of Cancer and Cardiovascular
Diseases:
Tet-Fatt Chia and Irene Ng. Growth Responses
of Tropical Epiphytic Orchid to CO
2 Enrichment:
Chang Run Li
and Choy sin Hew. An Overview of Recent Research Efforts in
Plant Virus Diseases in Singapore:
Wong Sek Man. A New
Approach to Control Bacterial Infections in Aquaculture:
Toshihiro Nakai.
A Review of Recombinant Vaccines for Aquaculture: Bacterial Systems for
Vaccine Production and Delivery:
B.E. Simon and J.C. Leong
