Ciba Foundation Symposium 137 – Applications of Plant Cell & Tissue Culture

The Novartis Foundation is an international scientific and educational charity which promotes the study and general knowledge of science and in particular encourages international co-operation in scientific research.

Partial table of contents: Herbicide Resistant Plants from Cultured Cells (R. Chaleff). Applications of Cell and Tissue Culture in Tree Improvement (D. Durzan). Producing Fertile Somatic Hybrids (E. Cocking). Application of Microinjection to a High Frequency and Synchronous Somatic Emryogenesis System in Carrot Suspension Cultures (A. Komamine & K. Nomura). Analysis of Chloroplast Genomes in Parasexual Hybrid Calli (A. Harai, et al.). Transformation of Plant Cells (T. Hall & R. DeRose). Direct Gene Transfer to Plants (I. Potrykus). Germplasm Preservation (L. Withers). Elicitation and Metabolism of Photoalexins in Plant Cell Cultures (W. Barz, et al.). Biosynthesis of Tropane Alkaloids (Y. Yamada & T. Hashimoto). Biotechnological Approaches to the Production of Isoquinoline Alkaloids (M. Zenk, et al.). Industrial Production of Shikonin and Berberine (Y. Fujita). Problems in Commercial Exploitation of Plant Cell Cultures (M. Fowler). Final Discussion. Index of Contributors. Subject Index.