Plant Cell Biotechnology

Front Matter....Pages I-XX
Introduction to Plant Biotechnology....Pages 1-14
The Contributions and Prospects of Plant Biotechnology — an Assessment....Pages 15-19
Somatic Hybridization of Plants and its Use in Agriculture....Pages 21-41
Biotechnology for the Improvement of Cereal and Other Grass Crops....Pages 43-47
Cell Culture of the Poaceae (Gramineae)....Pages 49-61
Callus Induction in Endosperms from Maize Mutants with Different IAA Content....Pages 63-67
SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN Hordeum vulgare AND Secale vavilovii ....Pages 69-73
Somatic Embryogenesis in Conifers....Pages 75-80
Regeneration of Thalliclones from Laurencia sp. (Rhodophyta)....Pages 81-86
Genetic Instability in Plant Cell Cultures: Utilization in Plant Breeding and Genetic Studies....Pages 87-95
Gene Characterization in Higher Plants....Pages 97-113
Regulation of Genes Involved in T-DNA Processing: An Initial Step in the Genetic Modification of Plant Cells....Pages 115-133
Effect of N 6 -Benzyl Aminopurine on the Translation and Transcription Activity from Apple Cells....Pages 135-142
Characteristics of NaCl-Tolerant Calli and Somaclones of Tomato....Pages 143-148
Investigations on the Molecular Mechanisms of Resistance to Fungi in Barley ( Hordeum vulgare L.)....Pages 149-152
The Structure and Function of Plant Coated Vesicles....Pages 153-163
Natural Products from Higher Plants and Plant Cell Culture....Pages 165-177
Physiological and Biochemical Characteristics of Photoautotrophic Plant Cell Cultures....Pages 179-193
Stress-Induced Secondary Metabolism in Plant Cell Cultures....Pages 195-209
Elicitation and Metabolism of Phytoalexins in Plant Cell Cultures....Pages 211-230
In Vivo Characterization of NADPH: 2′-Hydroxyisoflavone Oxidoreductase in Elicitor Treated Chickpea Cell Cultures and Stereochemical Aspects of the Phytoalexins Medicarpin and Maackiain....Pages 231-238
Nicotinate Conjugate Metabolism in Plant Cell Cultures....Pages 239-244
Alkaloids from Organized Atropa belladonna Cultures....Pages 245-249
Cultivated Plant Cells: An Enzyme Source for Alkaloid Formation....Pages 251-264
Glucose Repression and cAMP Effect on Enzyme Activities in Callus Tissues of Nicotiana Plumbaginifolia ....Pages 265-270
Long-Term Storage of Vinca Minor Cell Cultures....Pages 271-274
Biotransformation of Synthetic and Natural Compounds by Plant Cell Cultures....Pages 275-283
Growth and Substrate Utilization of Cell Suspension Cultures of Cucumus Sativus on Milk Whey Based Media....Pages 285-289
Changes in Anion and Sugar Content in Liquid Media During In Vitro Culture of Cells from Cereals, Sugarcane and Tobacco....Pages 291-296
Conditioning of Media: An Elaborate Method of Optimizing Initial Growth Hormone Concentration....Pages 297-303
Papain Inhibition by New α-Methylene-γ-Lactone Carbohydrate Derivatives....Pages 305-311
The Large-Scale Cultivation of Plant Cells....Pages 313-328
Bioreactors for Plant Cell Culture....Pages 329-342
Effect of Aeration on Cynara Cardunculus Plant Cell Cultures....Pages 343-351
Methods of Immobilization of Plant Cells....Pages 353-363
Characterization and Immobilization of Digitoxin 12β-Hydroxalase from Cell Cultures of Digitalis Lanata EHRH....Pages 365-371
The Effect of Oxygen Stress on Secondary Metabolite Production by Immobilised Plant Cells in Bioreactors....Pages 373-377
Continuous Coagulation of Milk using Immobilized Cells of Cynara Cardunculus ....Pages 379-387
Engineering Aspects of Plant Cell Culture....Pages 389-401
Cloning and Cell Sorter....Pages 403-419
Secretion of Thiophenes by Differentiated Cell Cultures of Tagetes Species....Pages 421-424
The Use of Hairy Roots Transformed by Agrobacterium Rhizogenes for the Production of Plant Secondary Products in Vitro....Pages 425-429
The Application of Germplasm Storage in Biotechnology....Pages 431-443
Future Trends in Plant Cell Biotechnology....Pages 445-459
Aspects of Screening Plant Cell Cultures for New Pharmacologically Active Compounds....Pages 461-474
Economic Aspects of Plant Cell Biotechnology....Pages 475-482
Plant Biotechnology and Community Development....Pages 483-495
The IBPGR In Vitro Conservation Data Bases....Pages 497-500
Back Matter....Pages 501-501