Strategies for in Vitro Conservation of Gladiolus

ISBN-13: 9783843393393 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 84 str.

Dr Manjunath S Patil; Dr Dinakara J Adiga;Dr J Dinakara Adiga

Opis

Urbanization and industrialization pose a great threat to biodiversity due to destruction of natural environment, hence conservation of plant genetic resources is of utmost importance to mankind. Conventional ex situ maintenance is prone to natural catastrophes, diseases and attacks from pests. It is also costly and requires larger area of land. In vitro conservation refers to the maintenance of germplasm in a stable artificial environment under defined nutrient condition. Miniaturization of explants allows to reduce space requirement and subsequent labor cost for maintenance of germplasm collections. The in vitro storage methods discussed in the book circumvent the problems of ex situ maintenance of recalcitrant seed species and vegetatively propagated crops.

O autorze

Dr. Patil is an asst. prof. at College of Agriculture, Pune, India. He has more than 28 research publications. He was awarded gold medal for his doctoral degree in Horticulture in 2008. Dr. Adiga is a senior scientist at Directorate of Cashew Research, Karnataka. He has handled more than 10 research projects and published more than 50 articles.