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Plant Protoplasts: A Biotechnological Tool for Plant Improvement by Tessa Bengoc

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ISBN-13: 9789401083171

Book Title: Plant Protoplasts

ISBN: 9789401083171

Publication Year: 2011

Type: Textbook

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Subject Area: Non-Classifiable

Publication Name: Plant Protoplasts : a Biotechnological Tool for Plant Improvement

Author: Tessa Bengochea

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

Item Length: 8.5 in

Item Weight: 4.9 Oz

Item Width: 5.5 in

Number of Pages: VI, 90 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher

Springer Netherlands

ISBN-10

9401083177

ISBN-13

9789401083171

eBay Product ID (ePID)

175928307

Product Key Features

Number of Pages

VI, 90 Pages

Publication Name

Plant Protoplasts : a Biotechnological Tool for Plant Improvement

Language

English

Publication Year

2011

Type

Textbook

Author

Tessa Bengochea

Subject Area

Non-Classifiable

Format

Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight

4.9 Oz

Item Length

8.5 in

Item Width

5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience

Scholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition

Number of Volumes

1 vol.

Illustrated

Yes

Dewey Decimal

581.87/3

Table Of Content

1 Introduction.- 2 Isolation and culture.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 Choice of starting material.- 2.3 Enzymes and osmotica.- 2.4 Isolation methods.- 2.5 Purification of isolated protoplasts.- 2.6 Protoplast viability and plating density.- 2.7 Methods for protoplast culture.- 2.8 Cell wall regeneration.- 2.9 Division and growth.- 2.10 Isolation of subprotoplasts.- 2.11 Conclusions.- References.- 3 Regeneration of plants.- 3.1 History of plant regeneration studies.- 3.2 Organogenesis.- 3.3 Embryogenesis.- 3.4 Handling of regenerated plantlets.- 3.5 Genetic stability of regenerated plantlets.- References.- 4 Protoplast fusion.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Methods to induce fusion.- 4.3 Selection of fusion hybrids.- 4.4 Which plants to hybridize.- 4.5 Cybrid formation.- 4.6 Conclusions.- References.- 5 Protoplasts as physiological tools.- 5.1 Studies on DNA, RNA and protein synthesis.- 5.2 Protoplasts for isolation of cell components.- 5.3 Protoplasts for studies on cell wall regeneration.- References.- 6 Uptake of foreign materials.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Nuclei and subprotoplasts.- 6.3 Chloroplasts and mitochondria.- 6.4 Bacteria.- 6.5 Blue-green algae.- 6.6 Viruses.- 6.7 DNA.- 6.8 Non-biological materials.- References.- 7 Genetic engineering.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Induced tumours.- 7.3 The infective plasmid.- 7.4 Transformation of protoplasts.- 7.5 Which genes to engineer'.- References.

Synopsis

Isolated plant protoplasts are 'naked' cells that have had their cell wall removed either by mechanical action or by enzymic digestion. As a result of wall removal the only barrier that exists between the cell protoplasm and the external environment is the plasma membrane. The removal of the cell wall has drastic osmotic consequences for the isolated cell. Rather like animal cells, the isolated protoplasts must be maintained in an osmotically balanced (isotonic) nutrient medium or they will burst. As will be seen later, the isolation of plant protoplasts is not a particularly new event; as early as the 1890s scientists were isolating protoplasts mechanically and studying effects such as protoplast streaming. What has brought protoplast technology to the forefront of plant biology is the potential application of these structures in non-traditional plant improvement methods. Extreme care must be exercised by the reader, however, in be- lieving some of the claims that have been put forward for the use of protoplasts in improvement programmes. In the 20 years since the first experiments in routine enzyme isolation of large numbers of protoplasts no real improvement has been obtained in a commercial crop plant. This does not mean that improvement is impossible; it simply indicates that it may be a longer term objective than some people would like to admit., Isolated plant protoplasts are 'naked' cells that have had their cell wall removed either by mechanical action or by enzymic digestion. As a result of wall removal the only barrier that exists between the cell protoplasm and the external environment is the plasma membrane. The removal of the cell wall has drastic osmotic consequences for the isolated cell. Rather like animal cells, the isolated protoplasts must be maintained in an osmotically balanced (isotonic) nutrient medium or they will burst. As will be seen later, the isolation of plant protoplasts is not a particularly new event; as early as the 1890s scientists were isolating protoplasts mechanically and studying effects such as protoplast streaming. What has brought protoplast technology to the forefront of plant biology is the potential application of these structures in non-traditional plant improvement methods. Extreme care must be exercised by the reader, however, in be lieving some of the claims that have been put forward for the use of protoplasts in improvement programmes. In the 20 years since the first experiments in routine enzyme isolation of large numbers of protoplasts no real improvement has been obtained in a commercial crop plant. This does not mean that improvement is impossible; it simply indicates that it may be a longer term objective than some people would like to admit.

LC Classification Number

H1-99