Plant Cell Culture: Essential Methods Hardcover

Michael R. Davey

The ability to culture cells is fundamental for mass propagationand as a baseline for the genetic manipulation of plant nuclei andorganelles. The introduction to Plant Cell Culture: EssentialMethods provides a general background to plant cellculture, including basic principles, technologies and laboratorypractices that underpin the more detailed techniques described insubsequent chapters. Whilst each chapter provides a background tothe topic area and methodology, a crucial aspect is the provisionof detailed protocols with emphasis on trouble shooting, describingcommon problems and detailed advice for their avoidance. Plant Cell Culture: Essential Methods provides thereader with a concise overview of these techniques, includingmicropropagation, mutagenesis, cryopreservation, genetic andplastid transformation and somatic cell technologies. This bookwill be an essential addition to any plant science laboratory'sbookshelf. * Highlights the best and most up-to-date techniques for workingon plant cell culture * Explains clearly and precisely how to carry out selectedtechniques in addition to background information on the variousapproaches * Chapters are written by leading international authorities inthe field and cover both well-known and new, tried and tested,methods for working in plant cell culture An essential laboratory manual for students and early-careerresearchers.

9780470686485

English

John Wiley And Sons Ltd

10-05-2010

358

Michael R. Davey and Paul Anthony are the authors of Plant Cell Culture: Essential Methods, published by Wiley.

Paul Anthony

In summary, this book is important for plant scientists as it thoroughly covers elementary technologies, providing the tools for comprehensive plant research. (The Quarterly Review of Biology, 1 September 2011) "For anyone working in the area of plant tissue culture, micro-propagation or transformation this book is essential reading." (The Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 1 October 2011)