TY - BOOK AU - Ramawat, K.G. TI - Plant Biotechnology (For Botany and Biotechnology Students of B.Sc. and M.Sc. Level of all Indian Universities) SN - 9788121919876 U1 - 660.6 PY - 2000/// CY - New Delhi PB - S.Chand & Company KW - Plant biotechnology. KW - Plant genetic engineering N1 - Includes Glossary & Index; 1. History of plant tissue culture.-- 2. Plant tissue culture: Laboratory - organization.-- 3. Tools and techniques for plant tissue culture.-- 4. Methods of sterilization.-- 5. Medium and its preparation.-- 6. Culture initiation.-- 7. Regeneration in vitro.-- 8. Somatic embryo-genesis.-- 9. Micro-propagation methods.-- 10. Plant protoplasts isolation, culture and somatic hybridization.-- 11. Somaclonal variation.-- 12. Secondary plant products - secondary metabolites of plant origin.-- 13. Secondary plant products - factors affecting the production in culture.-- 14. Secondary plant products - secondary metobolites in culture.-- 15. Secondary plant products - elicitors and hairy roots.-- 16. Bio-transformations.-- 17. Bioreactor.-- 18. Cell immobilization.-- 19. Synthetic seed technology.-- 20. Haploids: anther and pollen culture.-- 21. Meristem culture for virus-free plants.-- 22. In vitro culture of tumour tissues and obligate parasites.-- 23. Germplasm preservation : cryobiology.-- 24. Plasmids and their use in gene transfer.-- 25. Methods of direct gene transfer.-- 26. Plant tissue culture industry in India.-- 27. Impact on industry.-- 28. Impact on agriculture ER -