Journey of a Single Cell to a Plant
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Author(s): S. Murch and P. Saxena (Eds)
Publisher: Science Publishers
ISBN: 1578083524
Format: hardback
373pp
Price: $53.90
Review Date: 16 May 2005
Review: In mammalian systems, there is a single cell that has the potential to form an individual, a stem cell. In plants the ability to generate identical individuals from a single cell is the basis of modern agriculture. Scientists can now produce virus-free stocks, novel germplasms, clonal propagation systems, and have enabled the commercial introduction of difficult-to-propagate plant species. Most of the research in biotechnology and genetic engineering that enable these advances has been performed in the last fifty years. This book contains detailed reviews by the scientists who made the discoveries. They examine the thought processes that led them to making their discoveries and give their own perspective on the development of the current thinking in plant morphogenesis and the future of the field.