Front cover -- Acknowledgments -- Editors -- Contributors -- Table of Contents -- Section I: Introduction -- Chapter 1. Introduction* -- Section II: History of Plant Tissue Culture -- Chapter 2. History of Plant Tissue and Cell Culture -- Section III: Supporting Methodologies -- Chapter 3. Getting Started with Tissue Culture: Media Preparation, Sterile Technique, and Laboratory Equipment -- Chapter 4. Histological Techniques -- Chapter 5. Photographic Methods for Plant Cell and Tissue Culture* -- Chapter 6. Elements of In Vitro Research -- Chapter 7. A Brief Introduction to Plant Anatomy -- Chapter 8. Plant Growth Regulators in Plant Tissue Culture and Development -- Chapter 9. Software and Databases as Tools for Analyzing Nucleic Acid and Protein Sequences* -- Chapter 10. Molecular Approaches to the Study of Plant Development -- Section IV: Propagation and Development Concepts -- Chapter 11. Shoot Culture Procedures -- Chapter 12. Propagation from Nonmeristematic Tissues: Organogenesis -- Chapter 13. Molecular Aspects of In Vitro Shoot Organogenesis -- Chapter 14. Propagation from Nonmeristematic Tissues: Nonzygotic Embryogenesis* -- Chapter 15. Some Developmental and Molecular Aspects of Somatic Embryogenesis (Nonzygotic Embryogenesis) -- Section V: Crop Improvement Techniques -- Chapter 16. Use of Protoplasts for Plant Improvement -- Chapter 17. Haploid Cultures -- Chapter 18. Embryo Rescue -- Chapter 19. Genetic Engineering Technologies* -- Chapter 20. Genetically Modified Plant Controversies: Sensational Headlines versus Sensible Research -- Chapter 21. Construction and Use of a Simple Gene Gun for Particle Bombardment* -- Chapter 22. A Simple Illumination System for Visualizing Green Fluorescent Protein* -- Chapter 23. Germplasm Preservation -- Chapter 24. Valuable Secondary Products from In Vitro Culture -- Section VI: Special Topics -- Chapter 25. Plant Pathology* -- Chapter 26. Variation in Tissue Culture* -- Chapter 27. Commercial Laboratory Production -- Chapter 28. Indexing for Plant Pathogens -- Chapter 29. Entrepreneurship for Biotechnology Ventures: From Bench to Bag -- Index -- Back cover -- .
