Overview
- Emphasizes on in vitro shoot multiplication, rooting, bulb induction, somatic embryogenesis, shoot tip necrosis alleviation in delayed senescence in different plant of economic importance
- Explains the role of Meta-topolin in enhancing the in vitro shoot production rate, delayed senescence, abnormality reduction and corrective role in various physiological anarchies
- Gives new outlook to the researchers who are non-familiar with the function of meta-topolin in plant tissue culture and also will be very helpful in opening the new vistas of present and future researches in diverse areas of plant biotechnology and molecular plant physiology
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
Plant tissue culture (PTC) technology has gained unassailable success for its various commercial and research applications in plant sciences. Plant growth regulators (PGRs) are an essential part of any plant tissue culture intervention for propagation or modification of plants. A wide range of PGRs are available, including aromatic compounds that show cytokinin activities, promote cell division and micro-propagation, viz. kinetin, N6-benzyladenine and topolins. Topolins are naturally occurring aromatic compounds that have gained popularity as an effective alternative for other frequently used cytokinins in in vitro culture of plants. Among them, meta-topolin [6-(3-hydroxybenzlyamino) purine] is the most popular and its use in plant tissue culture has amplified swiftly. During the last few decades, there have been numerous reports highlighting the effectiveness of meta-topolin in micropropagation and alleviation of various physiological disorders, rooting and acclimatization of tissue culture raised plants.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Dr. Naseem Ahmad is working as Assistant Professor in the D/o Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. He has also worked as a Young Scientist and has more than 10 years of experience in Plant Tissue Culture and Molecular Biology. Published about 44 research papers, 02 edited Books entitled “Plant Tissue Culture:Propagation, Conservation and Crop Improvement” (Springer;2016); Thidiazuron: From Urea Derivative to Plant Growth Regulator (Springer, 2018). He holds Life Membership of many Learned/ Scientific Societies and is a fellow of Indian Botanical Society (FBS). He is recipient of “Yuva Vaigiyanik Samman (2009), CST, UP; Young Scientist (2010) by NESA, N. Delhi, Rashtriya Gaurav Award (2015) by IIFS, N. Delhi, Young Scientist (2015) by IFEE, Kolkata and Prof. Hira Lal Chakravarty Award (2019) by ISCA, Kolkata (India). He was also a Senior Research Fellow (SRF) of CSIR, N. Delhi.
Prof. Miroslav Strnad is head in the joined Laboratory of Growth Regulators, Institute of Experimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences & Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic (rustreg.upol.cz). Strnad’s current focus is on the research and development of a new generation of compounds with anti-viral, anti-proliferative, anti-angiogenic and anti-senescence properties, the molecular mechanisms of their action and the potential combinatory therapies based on these compounds, new phytohormone derived cosmetic as well as plant growth regulators for plant biotechnology and agriculture. He graduated in Phytotechnology from the Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University, Brno, in 1982 (Ing.). In 2^ 12 500; Hirsch index: 56). He was PSE president (2014-2016), since 2018 vice-president.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Meta-topolin: A Growth Regulator for Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture
Editors: Naseem Ahmad, Miroslav Strnad
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9046-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9045-0Published: 03 May 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-9048-1Published: 03 May 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-9046-7Published: 02 May 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 339
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Plant Genetics and Genomics, Agriculture, Plant Physiology