
Crop Improvement Utilizing Biotechnology
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Book Description
This book discusses; somaclonal variation in crop improvement, the role of tissue culture in rapid clonal propagation and production of pathogen-free plant, protoplasts in crop improvement, cell selection and long-term high-frequency regeneration of cereals and legumes, agrobacteria-mediated gene transformation and vectors for gene cloning in plants, and plant frost injury and its management.
Table of Contents
1. Somaclonal Variation in Crop Improvement 2. Role of Tissue Culture in Rapid Clonal Propagation and Production of Pathogen-Free Plant 3. Protoplasts in Crop Improvement 4. Cell Selection and Long-Term High-Frequency Regeneration of Cereals and Legumes 5. Agrobacteria-Mediated Gene Transformation and Vectors for Gene Cloning in Clants 6. Plant rost Injury and its Management