University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Initiation, Nutrition and Maintenance of Plant Cell and Tissue Cultures / Friedrich Constabel and Jerry P. Shyluk -- 2. Morphogenesis and Regeneration / Trevor A. Thorpe -- 3. Meristem and Shoot Tip Culture: Requirements and Applications / Narender S. Nehra and Kutty K. Kartha -- 4. Plant Protoplasts for Cell Fusion and Direct DNA Uptake: Culture and Regeneration Systems / Attila Feher and Denes Dudits -- 5. Isolation and Characterisation of Mutant Cell Lines / Philip J. Dix -- 6. Origins, Causes and Uses of Variation in Plant Tissue Cultures / Angela Karp -- 7. Production and Use of Isogenic Lines / G. Wenzel and B. Foroughi-Wehr -- 8. In vitro Methods for the Control of Fertilization and Embryo Development / V. Raghavan -- 9. Cryopreservation and Germplasm Storage / K. K. Kartha and F. Engelmann.

10. Plant Transformation / M. A. W. Hinchee, D. R. Corbin, Ch. L. Armstrong, J. E. Fry, S. S. Sato, D. L. Deboer, W. L. Petersen, T. A. Armstrong, D. V. Connor-Ward, J. G. Layton and R. B. Horsch -- 11. Cell Culture for Production of Secondary Metabolites / F. Constabel and R. T. Tyler -- 12. In vitro Culture of Cereals and Grasses / Indra K. Vasil and Vimla Vasil -- 13. In vitro Culture of Legumes / M. R. Davey, V. Kumar and N. Hammatt -- 14. In vitro Culture of Vegetable Crops / John F. Reynolds -- 15. In vitro Culture of Potato / M. G. K. Jones -- 16. In vitro Culture of Root and Tuber Crops / Abraham D. Krikorian -- 17. In vitro Culture of Oilseeds / C. E. Palmer and W. A. Keller -- 18. In vitro Culture of Temperate Fruits / Richard H. Zimmerman and Harry J. Swartz -- 19. In vitro Culture of Tropical Fruits / J. W. Grosser -- 20. In vitro Culture of Plantation Crops / Abraham D. Krikorian -- 21. In vitro Culture of Forest Trees / Indra S. Harry and Trevor A. Thorpe.