Plant Biotechnology. Comprehensive Biotechnology: Second Supplement

✍ Scribed by M.W. Fowler, G.S. Warren and M. Moo-Young (Eds.)

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 1992
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 376
• Edition: 1st
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Today it is generally accepted that one of the key areas of biotechnology for the next century will be in plant-based biotechnology. Biotechnology has created new opportunities for plant scientists, with important applications to agriculture and forestry. This reference text is divided into five sections for ease of presentation. The first section focuses on the structure, composition and functionality of plant cells and genes with particular emphasis on the cellular and molecular biology of plants and cultured cells. Section two is concerned with the direct exploitation of cell cultures for the production of useful substances. The third section deals with regeneration and propagation systems. The fourth section considers the increasingly central area of genetic manipulation of plant cell systems. The last section is on specific applications in plant biotechnology. This reference work is a survey of these various facets of plant biotechnology. The individual chapters and the follow-up literature cited allow an easy access to the various subject areas and will, hopefully, stimulate interest in these rapidly moving and exciting fields of research

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
PERGAMON MAJOR REFERENCE WORKS, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Foreword, Page vii, MURRAY MOO-YOUNG
Preface, Pages ix-xi, MICHAEL W. FOWLER, GRAHAM S. WARREN
Contributors, Pages xiii-xiv
Contents of All Volumes, Pages xv-xx
1 - The Cell Biology of Plant Cell Culture Systems, Pages 1-17, GRAHAM S. WARREN
2 - The Molecular Biology of Plant Cells and Cultures, Pages 19-32, CHRISTOPHER A. CULLIS
3 - Cell Selection, Pages 33-44, WILLIE H.-T. LOH
4 - Bioreactors for the Mass Cultivation of Plant Cells, Pages 45-62, ALAN H. SCRAGG
5 - Immobilized Plant Cells, Pages 63-78, PAUL D. WILLIAMS, FERDA MAVITUNA
6 - Plant Cell Culture, Process Systems and Product Synthesis, Pages 79-98, MICHAEL W. FOWLER, ANGELA M. STAFFORD
7 - Plant Regeneration from Cultured Protoplasts of Higher Plants, Pages 99-127, SERGIO J. OCHATT, JOHN B. POWER
8 - Micropropagation: Principles and Commercial Practice, Pages 129-149, ROBIN D. RICE, PETER G. ALDERSON, JOHN F. HALL, ASHOK RANCHHOD
9 - Plant Genetic Transformation, Pages 151-182, ANTHONY G. DAY, CONRAD P. LICHTENSTEIN
10 - Expression of Plant Genes in Yeast and Bacteria, Pages 183-198, NICO OVERBEEKE, C. THEO VERRIPS
11 - Protoplast Fusion, Pages 199-222, HIROMICHI MORIKAWA, YASUYUKI YAMADA
12 - Genetic Engineering of Plants and Cultures, Pages 223-257, GERT OOMS
13 - Application of Unconventional Techniques in Classical Plant Production, Pages 259-281, GERHARD WENZEL
14 - Cell Culture and Recombinant DNA Technology in Plant Pathology, Pages 283-292, GRAHAM S. WARREN
15 - Exploitation of Chloroplast Systems in Biotechnology: Stabilization and Regulation of Photosynthesis, Pages 293-315, CHRISTINE H. FOYER, ROBERT T. FURBANK
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 317-367