Being a massive grower of sugarcane, China could use this crop in the biofuel sector.
However, this critical aspect of the sugarcane crop in China has not been extensively …

Tissue culture generates a wide range of genetic variation in plant species which can be
incorporated in plant breeding programmes. By in vitro selection, mutants with useful …

Micropropagation or tissue culture is an integral component of applied biotechnology, and is
routinely used in different laboratories worldwide. Plant tissue has contributed immensely in …

Somaclonal variation refers to the variation arising in cell cultures, regenerated plants and
their progenies, and this general term was given by Larkin and Scowcroft (1981). However …

Genetic transformation of sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) holds promise for increasing yields
and disease resistance. However, the tissue culture and transformation process may …

Sugarcane breeding, while key to continued improvement of pest and disease resistance
and to increasing sucrose and biomass yields, is constrained by the length of time taken to …

Comfortable life, economic growth, industrialisation, global warming, energy security and
sustainable environment are burning issues facing modern civilisation. The availability of …

Eight somaclonal variants with enhanced drought tolerance were isolated from regenerated
plants of triploid bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon× Cynodon transvaalensis cv., TifEagle) …

Plant biotechnology, a major component of agricultural biotechnology, deals with various
aspects of plant tissue culture, genetic transformation, and molecular biology techniques …

To understand the molecular basis of a specific plant-pathogen interaction, it is important to
identify plant genes that respond to the pathogen attack. Amplified fragment length …