Overview

Scientists within the field of plant biotechnology are in a constant search for techniques that can, in the simplest manner possible, answer the genetic and biochemical questions that underlie developmental processes. This text not only takes an in-depth look at a technique that has had so much success in attempting, through various practical models and systems, to answer these issues, but also represents a celebration of almost 30 years of research that has covered a massive scope of plant species and areas of study. The initial studies conducted on tobacco thin cell layers (TCLs) - proving that organogenesis can be strictly controlled in vitro - allowed plant research to benefit from this finding, expanding this knowledge in a practical and applied manner into the biotechnological fields of tissue culture and micropropagation, cell and organ genetics and biochemistry. The chapters in this book tell the enigmatic tale of TCLs. An historical perspective opens the scene for an inquiry into the possible cellular, biochemical and genetic processes that allow for the controlled development of a TCL into any organ type. The success of the system is further demonstrated in both monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous species, covering successful organogenesis and in vitro flowering in species within ornamental, leguminous and wood crops, cereals and grasses. Methodologies are outlined in detail, as is the rationale behind the TCL-organogenesis-developmental sequel. The TCL method, shown to be superior to many conventional micropropagation systems, has also shown to be vital in the recovery of transgenic plants.

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Author:   Duong Tan Nhut ,  Kiem Tran Thanh Van ,  B. Van Le ,  Trevor A. Thorpe
Publisher:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Edition:   2003 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.084kg
ISBN:  

9781402012075

ISBN 10:   1402012071
Pages:   517
Publication Date:   31 March 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Thin Cell Layer Concept.- 2. Tobacco Thin Cell Layer morphogenesis.- 3. Cells: Functional units of Thin Cell Layers.- 4. Control of plant organogenesis: genetic and biochemical signals in plant organ form and development.- 5. Methyl jasmonate and ethylene interfere with polyamine metabolism and organogenesis in tobacco Thin Cell Layers.- 6. Biochemical and molecular markers in programmed plant differentiation and manipulation of the morphogenetic pathways in tobacco and lily by using Thin Cell Layer technique.- 7. Thin Cell Layer morphogenesis as a powerful tool in ornamental plant micropropagation and biotechnology.- 8. Thin Cell Layers and floral morphogenesis, floral genetics and in vitro flowering.- 9. Regeneration and transformation of Lilium longiflorum by using Thin Cell Layer procedures.- 10. Thin Cell Layer studies of vegetable, leguminous and medicinal plants.- 11. Organogenesis of cereals and grasses by using Thin Cell Layer technique.- 12. Thin Cell Layer technology in fruit crop regeneration.- 13. Woody plant micropropagation and morphogenesis by Thin Cell Layers.- 14. Genetic transformation using Thin Cell Layer.- Index of species.- Index of subjects.

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.,. summarizing so many of the results obtained with TCLs, this book is an essential acquisition for the library of tissue culture researchers. <br>(Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 76 (2004)

... summarizing so many of the results obtained with TCLs, this book is an essential acquisition for the library of tissue culture researchers. (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 76 (2004)

... summarizing so many of the results obtained with TCLs, this book is an essential acquisition for the library of tissue culture researchers. (Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 76 (2004)

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