Tissue Culture Techniques for Horticultural Crops

This work provides the novice in the plant tissue culture field with information on setting up a plant tissue culture laboratory and describes procedures for conducting experiments. It enables readers with only minimal technical knowledge to gain a practical comprehension of such topics as set-up, basic tissue culture techniques, nutrition and media preparation, stages of micropropagation, and micropropagation of specific horticultural crops. Exercises following these topics cover specific cell culture techniques and preparation of specimens for microscopy. The book also includes in-depth appendices with information on specific cell culture techniques, storage and preparation of stock solutions, care and maintenance of equipment, and a list of distributors.