Plants from Test Tubes

Description

Acclaimed since its first appearance as the most practical guide to plant tissue culture and widely adopted as a textbook, this standard work is now even better. This expanded edition introduces new developments in biotechnology, such as genetic engineering and cell culture. It provides detailed recipes for propagating plants from more than 30 families. It explains clearly how to set up a propagating laboratory, from a hobbyist's kitchen to an elaborate commercial enterprise.

Lydiane (Ann) Kyte holds a B.S. degree in botany from the University of Washington. She built a plant tissue culture program for Briggs Nursery, now world famous for its tissue-cultured plants. John Kleyn received a Ph.D. in bacteriology from Cornell University and currently acquires books and journals for Indonesian Universities.

Your best hands-on, how-to-do-it text ... You'll need to learn the new vocabulary but this is an easy place to do it. Whole Earth 19990822 This new edition of an essential reference, updated to include the explosion of scientific information in the related field of biotechnology, remains the most accessible and practical book on the subject. -- Lydiane Kyte Wisconsin Bookwatch 20000822 This is an altogether wonderful book for budding plant scientists or gardeners who seek to expand their gardening knowledge. -- Charles Hardman Herbertia 20000822 Plants from Test Tubes is the best hands-on how-to-do-it text, including recipes for propagating fifty-four varieties of ferns, flowering plants, and conifers. Whole Earth 20010507