In vitro plant breeding
S. Thirugnanakumar, K. Manivannan, M. Prakash, R. Narasimman, Y.A. Vasline
- Jodhpur Agrobios (India) 2009
- 287 p
Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-157) and index.Contents : 1. In Vitro Culture and its Applications 2. In Vitro Clonal Propagation 3. In Vitro Somatic Embryogenesis and Artificial Seed Concept 4. In Vitro Clonal Variation 5. In Vitro Culture and Production of Disease Free and Disease Resistant Plants 6. In Vitro Haploid Production and its Uses 7. In Vitro Somatic Hybridization 8. In Vitro Embryo Culture 9. In Vitro Production of Secondary Metabolites 10. In Vitro Mutagenesis and Polyploidy 11. In Vitro Methods for Plant Genetic Conservation 12. Plant Breeding and Recombinant DNA Technology 13. Isolation, Sequencing and Synthesis of Genes 14. Restriction Modification System 15. Vectors for Gene Transfer 16. Indirect Gene Transfer Methods 17. Direct Gene Transfer Methods 18. Gene Transformation 19. Genetic Engineering in Agriculture 20. Genetic Engineering in Horticulture 21. Genetic Engineering and Vaccine Production in Plants 22. Genetic Engineering for Host Plant Resistance 23. Tomato - As a Model Crop for Plant Genetic Engineering 24. Selected References and Further Reading 25. Subject Index