Collin, Hamish A. and Dix, Philip
(1990)
Culture Systems and Selection Procedures.
In:
Plant Cell Line Selection.
VCH, pp. 3-18.
ISBN 3-527-27963-6
Abstract
Plant tissue culture provides a powerful technique to assist the plant breeder in improving
the propagation and performance of agricultural, horticultural and forest species, to provide
the industrialist with a potential source of pharmaceuticals, safe colours and flavours,
and to supply the biochemist with standardised plant material for the analysis of plant
metabolism. The actmil contribution that tissue culture has made to these fields of endeavour
is variable, and is a principal theme of the review chapters of this book, but the ability
to distinguish specific phenotypes at the cell level is a recurrent feature of the diverse
fundamental and applied investigations in this area. For example, i~w-~_s(jon)IJay
lead to the production of plants showing resistl!llCe (or tolerance) to specific environmental
stresses, such as low tern erature, salini , drought, herbicides, toxic metals, and pathogens-,-
the-pro uctton of resistant cell lines or an ys1s o e res1stan mec m arthe·
cellular level and the selection of cell lines for high yields of secondary products such as
alkaloids, steroids, terpenes, colourings and flavourings. In addition, contemporary approaches
to genetic recombination, such as cell fusion and transformation, are dependent
on our ability to identify the desired recombinants.
| Item Type: |
Book Section
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| Keywords: |
culture systems; selection procedures; culture; systems; selection; procedures; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Science and Engineering > Biology |
| Item ID: |
9814 |
| Depositing User: |
Prof. Philip J. Dix
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| Date Deposited: |
23 Aug 2018 09:00 |
| Publisher: |
VCH |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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