Scale-Up and Automation in Plant Propagation

Cell Culture and somatic cell Genetics of Plants

Indra Vasil

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9780127150086
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323157384
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Agribusiness
• Index: Biological Sciences

Scale-Up and Automation in Plant Propagation reviews methods of automation and scale-up of plant propagation in vitro. It looks at the large scale clonal propagation of plants, or micropropagation, as the first major practical application of plant biotechnology. It also discusses the advantages and limitations of micropropagation and evaluates current methods of commercial micropropagation. Organized into 13 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the benefits of scaling up and automating plant propagation before proceeding with a discussion of synthetic seeds and their use for plant propagation, along with problems and economic considerations associated with synthetic seed technology. It then considers the implementation of somatic embryogenesis technology for clonal forestry, the development and commercialization of bioreactor technology for automated propagation of potato microtubers and lily microbulbs, and approaches to automated propagation of fruit trees. Other chapters focus on issues of cost reduction and development of ""new"" products, scale-up and operation of prototype bioreactors for plant propagation, and application of machine vision technology to scale-up and automated evaluation of somatic embryogenesis in sweet potato. The book also describes methods of measurement and control of the environment in culture, environmental factors affecting photosynthesis, and use of robotics and field transplanters in the automation of plant propagation. Scientists and plant breeders will find this book extremely useful.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Cell Culture and Somatic Cell Genetics of Plants
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Contributors
• General Preface
• Preface
• Contents of Previous Volumes
• Chapter 1. Rationale for the Scale-Up and Automation of Plant Propagation
• Chapter 2. Current Methods of Commercial Micropropagation
• Chapter 3. Synthetic Seed Technology
• Chapter 4. Development of an Embryogenie System for Automated Propagation of Forest Trees
• Chapter 5. Automated Propagation of Microtubers of Potato
• Chapter 6. Automated Propagation of Microbulbs of Lilies
• Chapter 7. Problems and Perspectives for the Automated Propagation of Fruit Trees
• Chapter 8. Bioreactors and Image Analysis for Scale-Up and Plant Propagation
• Chapter 9. Automated Evaluation of Somatic Embryogenesis in Sweet Potato by Machine Vision
• Chapter 10. Control of Contamination in Automated Plant Protopagation
• Chapter 11. Controlled Environments in Conventional and Automated Micropropagation
• Chapter 12. The Use of Robotics in Automated Plant Propagation
• Chapter 13. The Use of Automated Field Transplanters in Plant Propagation
• Index