IN VITRO CULTURE OF TREES by Jan M. Bonga, Patrick von Aderkas ( 9789048141081 )

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IN VITRO CULTURE OF TREES

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ISBN 10:

9048141087

ISBN 13:

9789048141081

Publisher:

SPRINGER

Pub. date:

9 December, 2010

Edition:

Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1992

Series:

Forestry Sciences 38

Pages:

238

Synopsis:

Woody plants provide many challenges to the tissue culturist. Although there are many excellent tissue culture books and manuals available, these are generally strongly biased towards herbacious crops. Consequently, they often do not pay sufficient attention to the problems that specifically apply to in vitro culture of tree species. Culture of the latter often poses problems which are either absent or of lesser significance when culturing herbacious species. When trees in the field are used as explant source, the problems can be especially severe. For example, the physiological condition of the explants is difficult to control because of variation in weather and biotic factors. Furthermore, it is often difficult to obtain explants free of contaminants from field grown trees. Lack of genetic uniformity and maturation are additional problems one often has to deal with when culturing tree cells or tissues. These problems are emphasized in this text. In vitro culture of trees is not viewed in isolation. It is considered in conjunction with breeding, traditional cloning and other common tree improvement techniques. The text discusses theoretical as well as practical aspects of the in vitro culture of trees.

Illustrations:

XVI, 238 p.

Publication:

Netherlands

Imprint:

Springer

Returns:

Returnable

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