Plant Cell Culture in Crop Improvement

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Plant Cell Culture Technology in Relation to Plant Breeding....Pages 1-7
Tissue Culture Technology for Long-Term Storage and Propagation of Potato ( Solanum Tuberosum L.) Germplasms....Pages 9-18
Cryopreservation and International Exchange of Germplasm....Pages 19-41
Effect of Squaric Acid and Isoascorbate on Glyoxalase-I Cell Division and DNA Synthesis in Datura Callus....Pages 43-46
Cell Density Mediated Changes in Cyclic AMP Phosphodiesterase Activity during Cell Differentiation in Moss....Pages 47-52
Distribution Pattern of Fatty Acids in Callus Cultures and Plant Parts....Pages 53-55
Studies on Shoot Organ Cultures of Atropa Belladonna and Rauwolfia Serpentina ....Pages 57-64
Studies of Steroidal Sapogenins from Yucca aloefolia L. In Vivo and In Vitro Tissue Cultures....Pages 65-69
Isolation and Characterization of Mutant Plant Cell Cultures....Pages 71-87
Development of Zygotic Barley Embryos In Vitro ....Pages 89-103
Significance of Embryo Differentiation in Barley Interspecific Hybridization and Haploid Formation....Pages 105-111
Callus Initiation and Plant Regeneration from Haploid Internodes in Rice....Pages 113-118
Propagation of Sandalwood ( Santalum Album Linn) using Tissue and Organ Culture Technique....Pages 119-124
The Concept of Morphogenic Competence with Reference to Anther and Pollen Culture....Pages 125-139
Induction of Embryos in Ab Initio Pollen Cultures of Nicotiana ....Pages 141-144
Genetic Stability and Variability of Pollen-Derived Plants....Pages 145-157
Recent Progress in Rice Anther Culture Studies....Pages 159-168
The Production and Utilization of Microspore-Derived Haploids in Brassica Crops....Pages 169-183
Plant Protoplasts: An Experimental System for Cell Biologists....Pages 185-200
Protoplast, Cytoplast and Sub-Protoplast from Ripening Tomato Fruits: Their Nature and Fusion Properties....Pages 201-208
Embryoids from Mesophyll Protoplasts of Vinga Mungo L. Hepper, a Seed Legume Crop Plant....Pages 209-214
Fusion of Plant Protoplasts: Recent Advances in Studies on Regulation of Cell Cycle, Gene Expression and in Parasexual Gene Transfer....Pages 215-226
Mechanisms of Uptake into Plant Protoplasts....Pages 227-235
Interspecific Somatic Protoplast Fusion Products in Cultivated Jute Species....Pages 237-247
The Use of Chloroplast Proteins in Crop Improvement....Pages 249-257
Current Studies on Plant Cell Transformation....Pages 259-268
Crown Gall: A Model System for Genetic Manipulation of Higher Plants....Pages 269-286
Ti-Plasmids: Genetic Engineering of Plants....Pages 287-297
Essential Oil Production in Relation to Organogenesis in Tissue Cultures of Eucalyptus Citriodora Hook....Pages 299-308
 In Vitro Propagation of Apple....Pages 309-317
Asexual Mass Propagation of Orchids and its Commercialization: A Review of the Present Status....Pages 319-336
New Strategy to Tackle Breeding Problems of Potato....Pages 337-349
Application of Anther Culture Technique to Crop Improvement in China....Pages 351-363
The Use of In Vitro Techniques in Groundnut Improvement....Pages 365-370
Sugarcane Varietal Improvement Through Tissue Culture....Pages 371-376
Production of Essential Oil from Callus Cultures of Ocimum Basilicum L.....Pages 377-380
Expression of 5-Methyltryptophan Resistance in Regenerated Datura Innoxia Plants....Pages 381-385
 In Vitro Isolation of Biochemical Mutants in Haploid Cell Cultures of Nicotiana Tabacum ....Pages 387-396
Selection of Anther Derived Resistant Cell Lines of Solanum Khasianum to Culture Filtrate of Fusarium Species....Pages 397-403
Establishment of Callus and Cell Suspensions and Isolation of Mutant Cell Lines in Mung Bean ( Vinga Radiata Var. Aureus)....Pages 405-409
Amino Acid Analog Resistance in the Species of Soybean and Tobacco....Pages 411-417
Regeneration of Wheat, Rye and Triticale Plants Through Tissue Culture....Pages 419-421
Morphogenesis in Cultures of Tagetes Patula L....Pages 423-426
Callus Initiation and Regeneration in Tissue Culture of Papaya....Pages 427-430
Differentiation of Shoot Buds in Hypocotyl Explants and Callus Cultures of Some Legumes....Pages 431-433
Tissue Culture in Diploid and Autotetraploid Strains of Metha ( Trigonella Foenum-Graecum L.)....Pages 435-439
Morphogenesis in Organ, Tissue and Cell Cultures of Some Species of Brassica ....Pages 441-444
Studies on Growth and Differentiation in Cultured Cells of Rice ( Oryza Sativa )....Pages 445-449
Effect of Phloroglucinol on Shoot Growth and Initiation of Roots in Carob Tree Cultures Grown In Vitro ....Pages 451-457
Recovery of Virus Free Plantlets of Cultivated Jute Species....Pages 459-464
Studies on Induction and Differentiation of Androgenic Callus of Solanum Melongena L....Pages 465-468
Androgenetic Haploid Callus of Tropical Leguminous Trees....Pages 469-474
Field Experiments with Anther Derived Lines of Barley ( Hordeum Vulgare ) and Rye ( Secale Cereale )....Pages 475-483
Factors Responsible for the Production of Subprotoplasts in Brassica Oleracea var. Capitata ....Pages 485-489
Isolation and Regeneration of the Mesophyll Protoplasts of Brassica Juncea cv. Prakash....Pages 491-494
Regeneration of Plants from Protoplasts of Solanum Mammosum L....Pages 495-499
Back Matter....Pages 501-502