Plant biotechnology : comprehensive biotechnology, second supplement /
Today it is generally accepted that one of the key areas of biotechnology for the next century will be in plant-based biotechnology. Biotechnology has created new opportunities for plant scientists, with important applications to agriculture and forestry. This reference text is divided into five sec...
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Pergamon Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford ; New York : |
Publication Dates: | 1992. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Edition: | First edition. |
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Online Access: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780080347318 |
Summary: |
Today it is generally accepted that one of the key areas of biotechnology for the next century will be in plant-based biotechnology. Biotechnology has created new opportunities for plant scientists, with important applications to agriculture and forestry. This reference text is divided into five sections for ease of presentation. The first section focuses on the structure, composition and functionality of plant cells and genes with particular emphasis on the cellular and molecular biology of plants and cultured cells. Section two is concerned with the direct exploitation of cell cultures for the production of useful substances. The third section deals with regeneration and propagation systems. The fourth section considers the increasingly central area of genetic manipulation of plant cell systems. The last section is on specific applications in plant biotechnology. This reference work is a survey of these various facets of plant biotechnology. The individual chapters and the follow-up literature cited allow an easy access to the various subject areas and will, hopefully, stimulate interest in these rapidly moving and exciting fields of research. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xx, 367 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
0080347312 9780080347318 9781483286594 1483286592 |
Index Number: | TP248 |
CLC: | Q94-33 |