Journey of a single cell to a plant / editors, S.J. Murch, P.K. Saxena.

"In the last 50 years, the rapid progress in plant breeding, biotechnology and genetically modified crops has been built on pioneering studies in plant growth, development, and morphogenesis. This volume contains a series of reviews written by the scientists who are integral to this discipline,...

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Other Authors: Murch, S. J. (Susan J.), Saxena, Praveen K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Enfield, (NH) : Science Publishers, ©2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • Recollections
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • 1. Totipotency and Proof of the Concept: An Historical Perspective
  • 2. Isolation and Culture of Plant Protoplasts: Historical Perspectives and Current Status
  • 3. Plant Protoplasts: Consequences of Lost Cell Walls
  • 4. Protoplasts: Consequences and Opportunities of Cellular Nudity
  • 5. Plant Coated Vesicles Exposed: Ultrastructural and Biochemical Studies of Cultured Cells and Protoplasts
  • 6. Discovery of Anther Culture Technique of Producing Pollen Haploids
  • 7. Plants from Haploid Cells.
  • 8. Skoog and Miller Legacy: 45 Years of Manipulating Plant Growth
  • 9. Somatic Embryogenesis
  • 10. Somatic Embryogenesis in Carrot Suspension Cultures as a Model System for Expression of Totipotency
  • 11. Zygotic Embryogenesis
  • 12. Principles of Micropropagation
  • 13. Micropropagation of Floricultural Crops
  • Index.