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Table of
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PART I. HISTORY
OF PLANT TISSUE CULTURE |
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| 1 |
Topic: History of plant tissue and cell culture
- James D. Capometti, Dennis J. Gray and Robert N. Trigiano |
3 |
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PART II. SUPPORTING METHODOLOGIES |
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| 2 |
Topic: General laboratory requirements, media, and
sterilization methods - Ellen G. Sutter |
11 |
| 3 |
Laboratory: Nutrition of the
callus cultures - James D. Caponetti |
27 |
| 4 |
Topic: Historical techniques - Robert N
Trigiano, Kathleen R. Malueg and Effin T. Graham |
33 |
| 5 |
Topic: Photographic methods for plant cell and tissue
culture - Dennis J. Gray |
41 |
| 6 |
Topic: Statistical analysis of plant tissue culture
data - Michael E. Compton |
47 |
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PART III. PROPAGATION TECHNIQUES |
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| 7 |
Topic: Propagation from preexisting meristems
- Michael E. Kane |
61 |
| 8 |
Laboratory: Micropropagation of Sygonium
by shoot culture - Michael E. Kane |
73 |
| 9 |
Laboratory: Micropropagation of
potato by node culture and microtuber production - Michael E. Kane |
81 |
| 10 |
Laboratory: Micropropagation of
lilacs - Deborah D. McCown and Andrew J. Dawn |
87 |
| 11 |
Topic: Propagation from nonmeristematic tissues --
Organogenesis - Otto J. Schwarz and Robert M. Beaty |
95 |
| 12 |
Laboratory: Direct shoot
organogenesis from leaf explants of chrysanthemum - Robert N. Trigiano
and Roger A. May |
105 |
| 13 |
Laboratory: Shoot organogenesis
from leaf explants of watermelon - Michael E. Compton and Dennis J. Gray |
113 |
| 14 |
Laboratory: Direct and indirect
shoot organogenisis from leaves of Torenia fournieri - Mark P. Bridgen |
121 |
| 15 |
Laboratory: Shoot organogenesis
from petunia leaves - John E. Preece |
127 |
| 16 |
Topic: Nonzygotic embryogenesis - Dennis
J. Gray |
133 |
| 17 |
Laboratory: Embryogenic callus and
suspension cultures from leaves of orchardgrass - Dennis J. Gray, Robert
N. Trigiano and Bob V. Conger |
149 |
| 18 |
Laboratory: Somatic embryogenesis
from seeds of melon - Dennis J. Gray |
161 |
| 19 |
Laboratory: Somatic embryogenesis from
seeds of melon - Hazel Y. Wetzerstein and Charleen Baker |
167 |
| 20 |
Laboratory: Direct somatic
embryogenesis from leaves and flower receptacles of cineraria - Robert N.
Trigiano, Mary Catherine Scott and Kathleen R. Malueg |
175 |
| 21 |
Laboratory: Somatic embryogenesis
from immature seeds of yellow poplar - Scott A. Merkle |
183 |
| 22 |
Laboratory: Introduction of somatic
embryogenesis in conifers - Stephen M. Attree, Patricia J. Rennie and Larry C.
Fowke |
191 |
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PART IV. CROP IMPROVEMENT
TECHNIQUES |
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| 23 |
Topic: Use of protoplasts for plant improvement
- Michael E. Compton, James A. Saunders and Richard E. Veilleux |
201 |
| 24 |
Laboratory: Isolation, culture and
fusion of tabacco and potato protoplasts - Richard E. Veilleux and Michael
Compton |
215 |
| 25 |
Laboratory: Isolation of
protoplasts from leaves of chrysanthemum and orchardgrass - Robert Trigiano |
227 |
| 26 |
Laboratory: Isolation and culture of
protoplasts from embryogenic yellow poplar - Scott A. Merkle |
235 |
| 27 |
Topic: Haploid cultures - Sandra M. Reed |
241 |
| 28 |
Laboratory: Production of haploid
tobacco plants using another culture - Sandra M. Reed |
247 |
| 29 |
Topic: Transformation -Melina
López-Meyer, Ignacio E. Maldonado-Mendoza and Craig L. Nessler |
253 |
| 30 |
Laboratory: Transformation of tobacco and
carrot using Agrobacterium tumefaciens and expression of the
ß-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene - Ignacio E. Maldonado, Melina
López-Meyer, and Craig L. Nessler |
261 |
| 31 |
Laboratory: Transformation of
chrysanthemum leaf explants using Agrobacterium tumefaciens - Robert
N. Trigiano |
275 |
| 32 |
Laboratory: Construction and use of a
simple gene gun for particle bombardment - Dennis J. Gray, Ernest Hiebert,
Chia-Min Lin, Michael E. Compton and Victor P. Gaba |
283 |
| 33 |
Topic: Germplasm preservation - Leigh E.
Towill |
291 |
| 34 |
Laboratory: Vitrication as a method
to cryopreserve shoot tips - Leigh E. Towill |
297 |
| 35 |
Topic: Secondary product expression in vitro
- Mary Ann L. Smith |
305 |
| 36 |
Laboratory: Pigment production in Ajuga
cell cultures - Mary Ann L. Smith |
311 |
| 37 |
Topic: In vitro plant pathology - C.
Jacyn Baker, Norton M. Mock and Elizabeth W. Orlandi |
319 |
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PART V. SPECIAL APPLICATIONS |
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| 38 |
Topic: Commercial laboratory production - Gayle
R. L. Suttle |
331 |
| 39 |
Topic: Indexing for Plant pathogens - Michael
J. Klopmeyer |
341 |
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PART VI. APPENDIX I. LIST OF
SUPPLIERS |
353 |
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PART VII. INDEX |
357 |