Plant Cell and Tissue Culture - A Tool in Biotechnology

Plant Cell and Tissue Culture - A Tool in Biotechnology
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 332
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ISBN-10 : 9783540938835
ISBN-13 : 3540938834
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Book Synopsis Plant Cell and Tissue Culture - A Tool in Biotechnology by : Karl-Hermann Neumann

Download or read book Plant Cell and Tissue Culture - A Tool in Biotechnology written by Karl-Hermann Neumann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a general introduction as well as a selected survey of key advances in the fascinating field of plant cell and tissue culture as a tool in biotechnology. After a detailed description of the various basic techniques employed in leading laboratories worldwide, follows an extended account of important applications in, for example, plant propagation, secondary metabolite production and gene technology. Additionally, some chapters are devoted to historical developments in this domain, metabolic aspects, nutrition, growth regulators, differentiation and the development of culture systems. The book will prove useful to both newcomers and specialists, and even “old hands” in tissue culture should find some challenging ideas to think about.


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