Biotechnology in Plant Science

Biotechnology in Plant Science: Relevance to Agriculture in the Eighties reflects the exchange of ideas among the participants in a symposium held at Cornell University in 1985. This reference highlights advances in and applications of biotechnology. Applications include plant breeding and agricultural business.

This book is comprised of research articles emphasizing available technologies including tissue culture and plant transformation. Papers included in this reference also cover topics on genes for transformation and plant molecular biology and agrichemicals. As this reference focuses more on tissue culture, it specifically explains plant regeneration and genetic events. The book discusses the roles of various institutions and sectors in advancing biotechnology and related fields. It also provides two panel discussions on the implications of the technological advances in conjunction with the issues about these innovations.

Researchers, lecturers, and students in biotechnology and agriculture will find this anthology an excellent reference for further studies and research in biotechnology and its applications to agriculture.

Contributors Preface Acknowledgment The Cornell University Biotechnology Program Tissue Culture: Regeneration Events Opportunities and Limitations of the Genotypic Influences on Establishment and Plant Regeneration from Callus and Cell Cultures of Crop Species Regeneration of Maize Physiology of the Development of Somatic Embryos in Cell Cultures of Alfalfa and Celery Embryogenesis from Pollen In Vitro Tissue Culture: Genetic Events T-DNA Transfer for Nicotiana paniculata to Nicotiana tabacum Using Protoplast Fusion Somaclonal Variation: Impact on Plant Biology and Breeding Strategies Somatic Hybridization: Implications for Agriculture Intergeneric Gene Transfer by Protoplast Fusion and Uptake of Isolated Chromosomes Organelle Segregation and Recombination Following Protoplast Fusion: Analysis of Sterile Cytoplasms Tissue Culture: Large Scale Fundamental Aspects of Cryoinjury as Related to Cryopreservation of Plant Cells and Organs Strategies for Large-scale Manipulation of Somatic Embryos in Suspension Culture Chemicals from Plant Cell Cultures: Yields and Variation Bioreactor Considerations for Chemical Production from Plant Cell Cultures Production of Shikonin by Plant Cell Cultures Plant Transformation Investigation of Factors Involved in Foreign Protein Expression in Transformed Plants Properties of Expression of the 35S Promoter from CaMV in Transgenic Tobacco Plants New Developments in Plant Transformation Technology: Its Application to Cellular Organelles, Cereals, and Dicotyledonous Crop Plants Genes for Transformation Regulation of Chitinase Gene Expression by Ethylene The Self-incompatibility Locus of Brassica Potential for Applying Genetic Transformation to Studies of Viral Pathogenesis and Cross-Protection Toward a Molecular Characterization of Multiple Factor Inheritance Plant Molecular Biology and Agrichemicals P