Bookedited by Victor M. Loyola-Vargas, Neftalí Ochoa-Alejo.
Contents:
Introduction to plant cell culture : the future ahead / Victor M. Loyola-Vargas and Neftali Ochoa-Alejo
History of plant tissue culture / Trevor Thorpe
Callus, cuspension Culture, and Hairy Roots. Induction, maintenance and characterization / Rosa M. Galaz-Avalos [and others]
Growth measurements : estimation of cell division and cell expansion / Gregorio Godoy-Hernandez and Felipe A. Vazquez-Flota
Measurement of cell viability / Lizbeth A. Castro-Concha, Rosa Maria Escobedo, and Maria de Lourdes Miranda-Ham
Pathogen and biological contamination management in plant tissue culture : phytopathogens, vitro pathogens, and vitro pests / Alan C. Cassells
Cryopreservation of embryogenic cell suspensions by encapsulation-vitrification and encapsulation-dehydration / Zhenfang Yin [and others]
Study of in vitro development in plants : general approaches and photography / Edward C. Yeung
Use of statistics in plant biotechnology / Michael E. Compton
Tissue culture methods for the clonal propagation and genetic improvement of spanish red cedar (Cedrela odorata) / Yuri Pena-Ramirez [and others]
Micropropagation of banana / Yıldız Aka Kacar and Ben Faber
Liquid in vitro culture for the propagation of Arundo donax / Miguel Angel Herrera-Alamillo and Manuel L. Robert
Production of haploids and doubled haploids in maize / Vanessa Prigge and Albrecht E. Melchinger
Maize somatic embryogenesis : recent features to improve plant regeneration / Veronica Garrocho-Villegas, Maria Teresa de Jesus-Olivera, and Estela Sanchez Quintanar
Improved shoot regeneration from root explants using an abscisic acid-containing medium / Subramanian Paulraj and Edward C. Yeung
Cryopreservation of shoot tips and meristems : an overview of contemporary methodologies / Erica E. Benson and Keith Harding
Anther culture of chili pepper (Capsicum spp.) / Neftali Ochoa-Alejo
Production of interspecific hybrids in ornamental plants / Juntaro Kato and Masahiro Mii
Plant tissue culture of fast-growing trees for phytoremediation research / Jose Luis Couselo [and others]
Removing heavy metals by in vitro cultures / Maria del Socorro Santos-Diaz and Maria del Carmen Barron-Cruz
Establishment of a sanguinarine-producing cell suspension culture of Argemone mexicana L (papaveraceae) : induction of alkaloid accumulation / Felipe A. Vazquez-Flota [and others]
Epigenetics, the role of DNA methylation in tree development / Marcos Viejo [and others]
Potential roles of microRNAs in molecular breeding / Qing Liu and Yue-Qin Chen
Determination of histone methylation in mono- and dicotyledonous plants / Geovanny I. Nic-Can and Clelia De la Pena
Basic procedures for epigenetic analysis in plant cell and tissue culture / Jose L. Rodriguez [and others]
Plant tissue culture and molecular markers / Maria Tamayo-Ordonez [and others]
Biolistic- and Agrobacterium-mediated transformation protocols for wheat / Cecilia Tamas-Nyitrai, Huw D. Jones, and Laszlo Tamas
Improved genetic transformation of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) / Ruben Alvarez-Fernandez and Ricardo-Javier Ordas
Organelle transformation / Anjanabha Bhattacharya [and others]
Appendix A Components of the culture media / Victor M. Loyola-Vargas
Appendix B Plant biotechnology and tissue culture resources in the internet / Victor M. Loyola-Vargas.