Experiments in plant tissue culture / by John H. Dodds & Lorin W. Robberts

Includes indexes

Includes tables

Advances in the rapidly expanding field of plant cell and tissue culture have been of vital interest to those involved in agriculture, industry, and laboratory work alike. Here, for the first time, basic experimental methods for the major research areas of plant tissue culture are gathered in one comprehensive text. In addition to describing procedures for achieving growth, cell division, and morphogenesis in vitro, the authors provide historical background, interpretations of probable results, and extensive bibliographies.

Each chapter focuses on a separate aspect of plant tissue culture, and chapters are arranged in order of increasing technical complexity. Because of the diverse laboratory facilities that may be available to readers, the experiments selected require a minimum of special equipment. A list of suppliers is also given at the end of the book.

As there is no other book that covers all of the basic techniques, this text will be invaluable to undergraduates and research investigators in the plant sciences. It will also be useful to people in related areas, such as forestry, agronomy, and horticulture, and to those in commercial houses and pharmaceutical companies, many of whom will want to acquire the techniques.