High-Tech and Micropropagation I

High-Tech and Micropropagation I by Y. P. S. Bajaj.

Presented here is another classic from this series and deals with general aspects of micropropagation of plants for commercial exploitation. It includes chapters on setting up a commercial laboratory, meristem culture, somatic embryogenesis, factors affecting micropropagation, disposable vessels, vi...

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Main Author: Bajaj, Y. P. S. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1991.
Edition:1st ed. 1991.
Series:Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, 17
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Agriculture.
Forestry.
Plant science.
Botany.
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Table of Contents:
  • Section I General Aspects, Factors Affecting Micropropagation, Meristem Culture, Somatic Embryogenesis, Grafting, Vitrification, Acclimatization, Disposable Culture Vessels
  • I.1 Automated Micropropagation for en masse Production of Plants
  • I.2 Setting Up a Commercial Micropropagation Laboratory (With 8 Figures)
  • I.3 Micropropagation Through Meristem Culture (With 1 Figures)
  • I.4 Micropropagation Through Somatic Embryogenesis in Conifers (With 7 Figures)
  • I.5 Graft Compatibilities in Vitro (With 9 Figures)
  • I.6 In Vitro Induction of Flowering and Its Relevance to Micropropagation (With 2 Figures)
  • I.7 Vitrification in Micropropagation
  • I.8 Acclimatization of Micropropagated Plants (With 7 Figures)
  • I.9 The Effect of the Nature and Origin of Explants on Micropropagation (With 9 Figures)
  • I.10 Problems with Explant Exudation in Micropropagation (With 1 Figure)
  • I.11 Woody Plant Micropropagation with Cytokinins (With 4 Figures)
  • I.12 The Effect of the Culture Vessel on Micropropagation (With 4 Figures)
  • I.13 Disposable Film Culture Vessels (With 17 Figures)
  • Section II Rooting, Artificial Substrates, Autotrophic Micropropagation, Nursery Planting
  • II.1 Rooting of in Vitro Cuttings (With 4 Figures)
  • II.2 Rooting of in Vitro-Produced Shoots in Nonsterile - an Inexpensive and Efficient Technique for en masse Micropropagation (With 2 Figures)
  • II.3 Use of Artificial Substrates for in Vitro Propagation (With 6 Figures)
  • II.4 Rockwool as a Substrate for Greenhouse Crops (With 21 Figures)
  • II.5 Autotrophic Micropropagation (With 20 Figures)
  • II.6 In Vitro Nursery System for Vegetable Crops - Tomato and Melon (With 9 Figures)
  • Section III Storage/Cryopreservation of Cultures, Quiescent Somatic Embryos, Artificial Seed
  • III.1 Storage and Cryopreservation of in Vitro Cultures (With 7 Figures)
  • III.2 Quiescence and Dormancy in Somatic Embryos (With 3 Figures)
  • III.3 Artificial Seeds - Encapsulated Somatic Embryos (With 9 Figures)
  • Section IV Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Robots in Transplanting, Information Management, Bioreactors, Computerized Greenhouses
  • IV. 1 Automated Systems
  • IV.2 Artificial Intelligence Technology to Control Plant Environments (With 15 Figures)
  • IV.3 Robots in Transplanting (With 15 Figures)
  • IV.4 Computing and Information Management in Micropropagation (With 5 Figures)
  • IV.5 Mass Propagation of Plants Through Shakeand Bioreactor-Culture Techniques (With 19 Figures)
  • IV.6 Climate Control of Greenhouses and Crop Growth (With 8 Figures)
  • IV.7 Computer-Controlled Greenhouses in Japan (With 4 Figures).

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