Fungal Protoplast: A Biotechnological Tool / Edition 1

by D Lalithakumari

Overview

A detailed collection of the results obtained during the long history of the fungal protoplast work that has been published for different species. This overview is supplemented with research work into the improvement of biocontrol agents, carried out by the authors. Besides providing an overview of the literature, the book also acquaints one to practical conditions to carry out the work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138407756
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/17/2019
Pages:	198
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Prof. D. Lalithakumari, Director, Centre for Advanced studies in Botany, University of Madras has spent 3 decades of teaching and research in the field of Plant Pathology and Microbiology. She graduated from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University with specialization in Plant Pathology. She obtained her doctoral degree at Louvain la Neuve Catholique University, Leuven, Belgium.

Table of Contents

Isolation of Fungal Protoplasts of Filamentous Fungi; Regeneration and Reversion of Protoplasts; Protoplast Fusion; Applications of Protoplast Fusion in Filamentous Fungi

Editorial Reviews

Lalithakumari (botany, University of Madras) discusses the uses of protoplasts as a biotechnological tool and its application to pure and applied genetics. He describes the isolation of purified and physiologically viable protoplasts with precise factors governing their release. He also addresses regeneration and reversion of protoplasts to their parent culture. The conditions for intraspecific, interspecific, and intergeneric protoplast fusion and subsequent selection of fusants are outlined. And, the difficulties of protoplast fusion are explained. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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