In Vitro Culture of Higher Plants

Content: 
Front Matter....Pages N3-V
Preface....Pages 1-2
Introduction....Pages 3-20
History....Pages 21-28
Types of culture....Pages 29-30
Laboratory equipment....Pages 31-43
Preparation and composition of nutrient media....Pages 45-82
Closure of test tubes and flasks....Pages 83-85
Care of plant material....Pages 87-88
Sterilization of plant material....Pages 89-94
Isolation, inoculation and subculturing....Pages 95-99
Mechanization....Pages 101-105
The influence of plant material on growth and development....Pages 107-114
The influence of physical factors on growth and development....Pages 115-125
The transfer from nutrient medium to soil....Pages 127-132
Aids to study....Pages 133-138
Embryo culture....Pages 139-148
Germination of orchid seeds....Pages 149-158
Vegetative propagation of orchids....Pages 159-167
Production of disease-free plants....Pages 169-181
Vegetative propagation....Pages 183-230
Somaclonal variation....Pages 231-238
Test tube fertilization....Pages 239-242
The production of haploids....Pages 243-257
Genetic manipulation....Pages 259-279
Miscellaneous applications....Pages 281-304
In vitro cloning of plants in the Netherlands....Pages 305-308
Back Matter....Pages 309-N9