Biotechnologies of crop improvement. Cellular approaches / Volume 1, ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Cellular approaches
• Further Information: Note: Satabir Singh Gosal, Shabir Hussain Wani, editors.
• Editors: Gosal, S. S; Wani, Shabir Hussain
• Contents: Intro; Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Contents; Contributors; About the Editors; Cell andTissue Culture Approaches inRelation toCrop Improvement; 1 Introduction; 2 Micropropagation; 2.1 Significance ofMicropropagation; 3 Meristem Culture; 4 Micrografting; 5 Somatic Embryogenesis; 6 Somaclonal Variation; 6.1 Induction ofSomaclonal Variation; 6.2 Causes ofSomaclonal Variation; 6.2.1 Chromosomal Changes; 6.2.2 Mitotic Crossing Over; 6.2.3 Apparent 'Point' Mutations; 6.2.4 Cytoplasmic Genetic Changes; 6.2.5 Amplifications andDeamplifications; 6.2.6 Transposable Element Activation. 6.2.7 Methylation/Demethylation ofDNA6.2.8 Altered Expression ofMultigene Families; 6.3 Nature ofSomaclonal Variation; 6.4 Significance ofSomaclonal Variation inCrop Improvement; 7 In Vitro Production ofHaploids; 7.1 Anther Culture; 7.1.1 Significance ofAnther Culture; 7.2 Isolated Microspore/Pollen Culture; 7.3 Unpollinated Ovary Culture; 7.4 Embryo Rescue fromWide Crosses; 7.4.1 Bulbosum Method; 7.4.2 Wheat Haploids fromWheat × Maize Crosses; 8 Embryo/Ovule/Ovary Culture forWide Hybridization; 9 Somatic Hybridization; 9.1 Protoplast Culture andSomatic Hybridization. 9.2 Significance inCrop Improvement10 In Vitro Production ofSecondary Metabolites; 11 Cryopreservation andInVitro Germplasm Storage; 12 Genetic Transformation forDeveloping Transgenic Crop Varieties; References; Micropropagation andSomatic Embryogenesis inSugarcane; 1 Micropropagation: AnIntroduction; 2 Micropropagation ofSugarcane: Historical Perspective; 2.1 Micropropagation Through Shoot-Tip Culture; 2.2 Micropropagation Through Apical/Axillary Bud Culture; 2.3 Micropropagation Through Spindle Leaf Segment Culture; 2.4 Micropropagation ofSugarcane forCommercial Plant Production. 2.4.1 Establishment ofAseptic Cultures ofExplants InVitro (Stage 1)Collection ofTops andExcision ofSpindles; Sterilization ofSpindles andPreparation ofExplants; Inoculation andIncubation ofSpindle Leaf Segments; 2.4.2 Shoot Multiplication (Stage 2); 2.4.3 Induction ofRoots andHardening ofPlantlets InVitro (Stage 3); 2.4.4 Transfer ofPlantlets toSoil (Stage 4); 2.5 Transplanting ofMicropropagated Plants intheField; 2.6 Production ofCommercial Seed; 2.7 Precautions toBeTaken During Micropropagation; 2.8 Scenario ofSugarcane Micropropagation. 2.9 Significance ofMicropropagation2.10 Problems Associated withMicropropagation; 3 Somatic Embryogenesis; 3.1 Regulation ofSomatic Embryogenesis; 3.2 Effect ofSource ofExplant onSomatic Embryogenesis; 3.3 Evidence forSomatic Embryogenesis andProteins Produced fromCallus; 3.4 Somatic Embryogenesis fromCell Suspension Cultures; 3.5 Somatic Embryogenesis andCryopreservation; 3.6 Somatic Embryogenesis andSynthetic Seeds; 3.7 Somatic Embryogenesis andPlant Regeneration; References; Production ofSuperelite Planting Material Through InVitro Culturing inBanana; 1 Introduction.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 631.5/233; Life sciences; Plant biotechnology; Plant cells and tissues; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General; Plant biotechnology; Plant cells and tissues; Science -- Life Sciences -- Genetics & Genomics; Science -- Life Sciences -- Botany; Genetic engineering; Agricultural science; Botany & plant sciences; Plant breeding; Genetic engineering; Agriculture; Plant genetics; Plant reproduction & propagation; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319782836; 3319782835
• Related ISBNs: 9783319782829; 3319782827
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 28, 2018).
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