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This book is a comprehensive text on plant tissue culture, with its past, present, and future prospects and techniques discussed in detail.
In the first three chapters, the history, terminologies, and applications are given in detail. The fourth chapter is dedicated to the instrumentation of plant tissue culture. The basic techniques used in PTC are described in the sixth chapter. The details of the constituents and types of different nutrient media are discussed in the eighth chapter. In chapter number 9, methods of haploid production have been described. Bioreactors are the instruments that are used for the large-scale production of plantlets and plant products.
This book is useful for all the students, researchers, teachers, and industrialists interested in plant tissue culture.
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List of contents
Preface
About the Author
1 Introducton and History of Plant Tissue Culture
2 Terminologies Used in Plant Tissue Culture
3 Applications of Plant Tissue Culture
4 Instruments Used for Plant Tissue Culture
5 Plant Tissue Culture Laboratory Organisation
6 Basic Techniques of Plant Tissue Culture
7 Plant Tissue Culture Nutrient Media and Preparation
8 Types of Plant Tissue Culture-Organ Culture
9 Production of Haploids in vitro
10 Single Cell Culture
11 Cell Suspension Culture
12 Principles, Techniques of Plant Protoplast Culture
13 Agrobacterium Mediated Biotransformation
14 Bioreactors Used in Plant Tissue Culture
15 Entreupernarship in Plant Tissue Culture
16 Automation and Robotics in Plant Tissue Culture
References
About the author
Jayarama Reddy teaches Botany, Bioinformatics and Biostatistics to UG and PG students at St. Joseph's University, Bengaluru, India. His field of specialization is biotechnology and he has conducted research at IIHR and IISc Bengaluru, India.
Summary
This book is a comprehensive text on plant tissue culture, with its past, present, and future prospects and techniques discussed in detail.
