Plant Tissue Culture: Propagation, Conservation and Crop Improvement

Part I. In Vitro Regeneration

1. Plant Tissue Culture: A Journey from Research to Commercialization
Mohammad Anis, Naseem Ahmad

2. Selection of Elites and In Vitro Propagation of Selected High-Value Himalayan Medicinal Herbs for Sustainable Utilization and Conservation
Shyamal K. Nandi, Lok Man S. Palni, Hemant Pandey, Bhuwan Chandra, Mohammad Nadeem

3. In Vitro Approaches for Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of Podophyllum hexandrum and Picrorhiza kurroa: Endangered Medicinal Herbs of Western Himalaya
Nisha Dhiman, Vanita Patial, Amita Bhattacharya

4. Effect of Plant Growth Regulators and Additives on Indirect Organogenesis of Simarouba glauca DC
A. R. Lavanya, M. Muthukumar, S. Muthukrishnan, V. Kumaresan, T. Senthil Kumar, M. Vijaya Venkatesh, M. V. Rao

5. Biotechnological Applications for Characterisation, Mass Production and Improvement of a Nonconventional Tree Legume [Parkia timoriana (DC.) Merr.]
Robert Thangjam

6. A to Z on Banana Micropropagation and Field Practices
Norzulaani Khalid, Boon Chin Tan

7. In Vitro Plant Regeneration in Dainty Spur [Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz.] by Organogenesis
T. Gouthaman, T. Senthil Kumar, A. S. Rao, M. V. Rao

8. Application of Tissue Culture for Laburnum anagyroides Medik. Propagation
S. N. Timofeeva, L. A. Elkonin, O. I. Yudakova, V. S. Tyrnov

9. Recent Advances in Asteraceae Tissue Culture
Jyothi Abraham, T. Dennis Thomas

Part II. Tree Biotechnology

10. Plant Tissue Culture Approach for Cloning and Conservation of Some Important RET Medicinal Plants
A. K. Sharma, M. Sharma, M. Jain, K. Arora, S. K. Rai, D. K. Purshottam

11. Biotechnological Approaches for the Improvement of Eucalyptus

Diwakar Aggarwal, M. Sudhakara Reddy, Anil Kumar

12. Biotechnology of Tropical Tree Crops
Yan Hong, Somika Bhatnagar, Smitha Chandrasekharan

Part III. Genetic Engineering

13. In Vitro Regeneration of Salt-Tolerant Plants
Remya Mohanraj

14. Plant Tissue Culture for In Vitro Mutagenesis, Large-Scale Propagation, and Genetic Transformation
Pratibha Misra, Syed Saema

15. Genetic Engineering for Insect Resistance in Economically Important Vegetable Crops
D. K. Srivastava, P. Kumar, S. Sharma, A. Gaur, G. Gambhir

16. RNA Interference (RNAi) and Its Role in Crop Improvement: A Review
Amanpreet Kaur, Anil Kumar, M. Sudhakara Reddy

17. In Vitro Selection of Disease-Resistant Plants
Srinath Rao, H. Sandhya

18. Role of Rol Genes: Potential Route to Manipulate Plants for Genetic Improvement
Sana Khan, Syed Saema, Suchitra Banerjee, Laiq Rahman

Part IV. Crop Improvement

19. Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles from Plants and Their Applications
Asra Parveen, Srinath Rao

20. Biotechnological Approaches for the Improvement and Conservation of Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertner
Mª del Carmen San José, Laura V. Janeiro, Mª Teresa Martínez, Silvia Valladares, Mª José Cernadas, Raquel Montenegro, Elena Corredoira

21. Isolated Microspore Culture and Its Applications in Plant Breeding and Genetics
Mehran E. Shariatpanahi, Behzad Ahmadi

22. Indirect Somatic Embryogenesis and Plantlet Development from Mature Seed Embryo Explants of Bambusa arundinacea (Retz.) Wild
P. Venkatachalam, K. Kalaiarasi

Part V. Plant Conservation

23. Micropropagation Technology and Its Applications for Crop Improvement
Mohamed A. El-Esawi

24. Improvement of Green Leafy Vegetables: The Role of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology
Sandopu Sravan Kumar, M. C. Aruna, Parvatam Giridhar

25. Nonzygotic Embryogenesis for Plant Development
Mohamed A. El-Esawi

26. Somatic Hybridization and Microspore Culture in Brassica Improvement
Mohamed A. El-Esawi

Nyckelord: Life Sciences, Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Cell Culture, Biological Techniques