IN WHAT SITUATIONS IS IN-VITRO CULTURE APPROPRIATE TO PLANT CONSERVATION

Authors
FAY MF
Citation
Mf. Fay, IN WHAT SITUATIONS IS IN-VITRO CULTURE APPROPRIATE TO PLANT CONSERVATION, Biodiversity and conservation, 3(2), 1994, pp. 176-183
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology,"Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Biodiversity and conservation → ACNP
ISSN journal
09603115
Volume
3
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
176 - 183
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-3115(1994)3:2<176:IWSIIC>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Various in vitro techniques are available for plant propagation, inclu ding seed germination, micropropagation, meristem culture and callus c ulture. The role of these techniques in the conservation of endangered plants is discussed, using examples drawn from the work of the Microp ropagation Unit at Kew.