This manual provides all relevant protocols for basic and applied plant cell and molecular technologies, such as histology, electron microscopy, cytology, virus diagnosis, gene transfer and PCR.

This book comprises 34 articles on regeneration of plants, vegetative propagation and cloning; haploids; cytology, cytogenetics and plant breeding; protoplasts, somatic hybridization and genetic engineering; plant pathology; secondary ...

With twenty-five chapters written by international experts on transformation technologies, the book includes new information on Agrobacterium, targeting transgenes into plant genomes, and new vectors and market systems.

Breeding plants for the twenty-first century; Chromosomal organization and gene mapping; Gene transfer to plants using Agrobacterium; Electroporation for direct gene transfer into plant protoplasts; Microprojectile techniques for direct ...

Summarizing research progress achieved in 32 areas of cell biology covered in this series, this volume places special emphasis on the following topics: recognition in parasitic and symbiotic systems - the molecular biology and genetics of ...

The book is suitable for those already in the field, plant scientists entering the field and graduate students.