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Handbook of plant cell culture. Volume 1: Techniques for propagation and breeding
BiochemicM Sy~em~ics and Ecology, Vol. 13, No. 3, PD. 371-376, 1985. Pergamon Press Lid. Printed in Great Britain.
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a series of 20 chapters on various aspects of plant physiology that I cannot fault. All are bang up to date, have interesting and sometimes provocative views and a wealth of references which should keep the most eager-beaver student happy. My only (and minor) complaint is the organization of the volume which is in Malcolm's usual haphazard way! For example Apical Dominance follows five chapters after ethylene: Senescence 15 chapters after abscisic acid is dealt with. Ah well, you cannot have it all and I would rather have this book as a reference and a text than anything at present available. It really is good.
Advanced Physiology: M. B. WILKINS (ed.). Pitman, London, 1984. xii+514 pp. Well, here is a text which is going to put some noses out of joint! We have needed an up-todate text in plant physiology for graduate students (and aged professors) for some time. Now we have got it (by George we have got it). Of course, there are good texts at the undergraduate level but those of us who teach at a higher level needed something like Malcolm Wilkins" text for some time. He has assembled miraculously a real whizz-bang team of international experts and persuaded them to produce
start. Media and conditions are described for starting off organs, embryos, buds, protoplasts and pollen. Genetic techniques are well described in the 10 chapters of the next section of Specialized Cell Culture Techniques. Selection and genetic transformations are adequately covered and, in the second six chapters of this section, several This book is just what it says from its title. With biochemical parameters are outlined. These 43 authors and 35 chapters, starting with a include DNA replication, ion transport and wonderful introduction by that irascible (but isozyme analysis. loved because of it) fellow Yorkshireman (for The last section on Modifications and those who are not English this is akin to being Applications has 13 chapters covering such Texan) F.C. Steward. A marvellous trumpet topics as nitrogen fixation, disease resistance, blowing performance. The rest is a satisfying mycorrhizae, herbicide tolerance and cryoseries of instructions to those who want to start preservation. culturing plant cells. There is a detailed series of Altogether this is a very useful book to have descriptions of the basic techniques of plant cell and one which is not too expensive for the culture (five chapters and 290 pages) which is individual to buy. The p¢oduction is adequate difficult to fault. I found that it had enough detail (not fancy and, in the case of some figures, in tables and references to enable anybody poor), but I guess that this will become a starting from scratch to get ahead with a flying standby for those who seek to culture plant cells.
Handbook of Plant Cell Culture. Volume 1: Techniques for Propagation and Breeding: D.A. EVANS, W. R. SHARP, P.V. AMMIRATO and Y. YAMADA (eds). Macmillan, New York, 1984. xii+970pp. S49.50.
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Book Reviews (Books for review should be sent to the appropriate Executive Editor.)
a series of 20 chapters on various aspects of plant physiology that I cannot fault. All are bang up to date, have interesting and sometimes provocative views and a wealth of references which should keep the most eager-beaver student happy. My only (and minor) complaint is the organization of the volume which is in Malcolm's usual haphazard way! For example Apical Dominance follows five chapters after ethylene: Senescence 15 chapters after abscisic acid is dealt with. Ah well, you cannot have it all and I would rather have this book as a reference and a text than anything at present available. It really is good.
Advanced Physiology: M. B. WILKINS (ed.). Pitman, London, 1984. xii+514 pp. Well, here is a text which is going to put some noses out of joint! We have needed an up-todate text in plant physiology for graduate students (and aged professors) for some time. Now we have got it (by George we have got it). Of course, there are good texts at the undergraduate level but those of us who teach at a higher level needed something like Malcolm Wilkins" text for some time. He has assembled miraculously a real whizz-bang team of international experts and persuaded them to produce
start. Media and conditions are described for starting off organs, embryos, buds, protoplasts and pollen. Genetic techniques are well described in the 10 chapters of the next section of Specialized Cell Culture Techniques. Selection and genetic transformations are adequately covered and, in the second six chapters of this section, several This book is just what it says from its title. With biochemical parameters are outlined. These 43 authors and 35 chapters, starting with a include DNA replication, ion transport and wonderful introduction by that irascible (but isozyme analysis. loved because of it) fellow Yorkshireman (for The last section on Modifications and those who are not English this is akin to being Applications has 13 chapters covering such Texan) F.C. Steward. A marvellous trumpet topics as nitrogen fixation, disease resistance, blowing performance. The rest is a satisfying mycorrhizae, herbicide tolerance and cryoseries of instructions to those who want to start preservation. culturing plant cells. There is a detailed series of Altogether this is a very useful book to have descriptions of the basic techniques of plant cell and one which is not too expensive for the culture (five chapters and 290 pages) which is individual to buy. The p¢oduction is adequate difficult to fault. I found that it had enough detail (not fancy and, in the case of some figures, in tables and references to enable anybody poor), but I guess that this will become a starting from scratch to get ahead with a flying standby for those who seek to culture plant cells.
Handbook of Plant Cell Culture. Volume 1: Techniques for Propagation and Breeding: D.A. EVANS, W. R. SHARP, P.V. AMMIRATO and Y. YAMADA (eds). Macmillan, New York, 1984. xii+970pp. S49.50.
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