Ciba Foundation Symposium 137 - Applications of Plant Cell and Tissue Culture

Copyright © Ciba Foundation 1988

Ciba Foundation Symposium 137 - Applications of Plant Cell and Tissue Culture

Editor(s): Gregory Bock, Joan Marsh

Published Online: 28 SEP 2007

Print ISBN: 9780471918868

Online ISBN: 9780470513651

DOI: 10.1002/9780470513651

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This work deals with basic plant physiology and cytology, and addresses the practical exploitation of plants, both as crops and as sources of useful compounds produced as secondary metabolites. Covers problems of commercial exploitation, socio-legal aspects of genetic engineering of crop plants, and of the difficulties of marketing natural compunds produced by cells under artificial conditions.

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–ix)

    2. Introduction (pages 1–2)

    3. Herbicide-Resistant Plants from Cultured Cells (pages 3–20)

      Dr R. S. Chaleff

    4. Somaclonal Variation (pages 21–35)

      Dr William R. Scowcroft and Philip J. Larkin

    5. Applications of Cell and Tissue Culture in Tree Improvement (pages 36–58)

      Professor Don J. Durzan

    6. The Induction of Embryogenesis in Nicotiana Immature Pollen in Culture (pages 59–74)

      Professor Hiroshi Harada, Masaharu Kyo and Jun Imamura

    7. Producing Fertile Somatic Hybrids (pages 75–89)

      Professor Edward C. Cocking

    8. Application of Microinjection to a High Frequency and Synchronous Somatic Embryogenesis System in Carrot Suspension Cultures (pages 90–96)

      Professor Atsushi Komamine and Koji Nomura

    9. Protoplast Fusion-Mediated Transfer of Male Sterility and Other Plasmone-Controlled Traits (pages 97–112)

      Professor Esra Galun, Avihai Perl and Dvora Aviv

    10. Analysis of Chloroplast Genomes in Parasexual Hybrid Calli (pages 113–122)

      Dr Atsushi Hirai, Shinji Akada and Satomi Sugiura

    11. Transformation of Plant Cells (pages 123–143)

      Professor T. C. Hall and R. T. DeRose

    12. Direct Gene Transfer to Plants (pages 144–162)

      Professor Dr Ingo Potrykus

    13. Germplasm Preservation (pages 163–177)

      Dr Lyndsey A. Withers

    14. Elicitation and Metabolism of Phytoalexins in Plant Cell Cultures (pages 178–198)

      Professor Dr W. Barz, S. Daniel, W. Hinderer, U. Jaques, H. Kessmann, J. Köster, C. Otto and K. Tiemann

    15. Biosynthesis of Tropane Alkaloids (pages 199–212)

      Professor Yasuyuki Yamada and Takashi Hashimoto

    16. Biotechnological Approaches to the Production of Isoquinoline Alkaloids (pages 213–227)

      Professor M. H. Zenk, M. Rüffer, T. M. Kutchan and E. Galneder

    17. Industrial Production of Shikonin and Berberine (pages 228–238)

      Dr Yasuhiro Fujita

    18. Problems in Commercial Exploitation of Plant Cell Cultures (pages 239–258)

      Professor M. W. Fowler

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      Index of Contributors (pages 259–260)

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      Subject Index (pages 261–269)

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