PLANT CELL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Section I: Introduction
Section II: History
Section III: Mothodologies
Section IV: Crop propagation techniques
Section V: Crop improvement techniques
Section VI: Special topics
 Chapter I : INTRODUCTION

Section I: INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction

Section II: HISTORY

2. History of plant cell biotechnology

Section III: METHODOLOGIES

3. Getting start with tissue culture
4. Histological techniques
5. Photographic methods for plant cell and tissue culture
6. Elements in in vitro research
7. A brief introduction to plant anatomy
8. Plant growth regulators
9. Software and databases as tools for analyzing nucleic acid and protein
10. Molecular approaches to study of plant growth
Section IV: CROP PROPAGATION TECHNIQUES
11. Shoot culture procedures
12. Propagation from non-meristematic tissues: organogenesis
13. Molecular aspects of in vitro shoot organogenesis
14. Propagation from non-meristematic tissue: non-zygotic embryogenesis
15. Some developmental and molecular aspects of somatic embryogenesis

Section V: CROP IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES

16. Use of protoplasts for plant improvement
17. Haploid culture
18. Embryo rescue
19. Genetic engineering technologies
20. Genetically modified plant controversies:
sensational headlines versus sensible research
21. Construction and use of a simple gene gun for particle bombardment
22. A simple illumination system for visualizing green fluorescent protein
23. Germplasm preservation
24. Valuable secondary products from in vitro culture

Section VI: SPECIAL TOPICS

25. In vitro plant pathology
26. Variation in tissue culture
27. Commercial laboratory production
28. Indexing for plant pathogens
29. Entrepreneuship for biotechnology ventures: from bench to bag
30. Bioreactor and Application