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Plant cell culture techniques are used increasingly in baisc research for plant exploitation in industry, including for example, genetic engineering and micropropagation. It is also a crucial element in the new transgenie technology.The rapidly developing role of plant cell culture has necessitated this new edition of a widely acclained book. It covers a wide range of methods central to the exploitation of plant cell cultures in fundamental and applied research. The book, thoroughly revised, retains the combination of giving and explaining the general principles involved with the concise description of specfic protocols, plus an appeal to a broad readership, that made the first edition so successful.Internationaly recoginsed experts describe the techniques used for solating and mainipalating cell cultures, and the central importance in plant biotechnology. The book will be of major interest to researchers in plant sciences in general, and specifically to bontany, plant physiology, and biotechnology students.