SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS AND GENETIC TRANSFORMATION IN PLANTS discusses pivotal role of somatic embryogenesis in micropropagation, advantages of somatic embryogenesis over organogenesis, effect of external and internal factors associated with the embryogenic cell growth and developmental process, embryo encapsulation and in vitro selection; somatic embryogenesis in ornamentals, fruit yielding and medicinally valuable plants, production of phytochemicals by embryogenic cultures; histomorphological studies of embryogenic callus to identify different stages of somatic embryos and Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation and plantlet regeneration via somatic embryogenesis in food, fruit, fiber and medicinally important plants.

Preface / List of Contributors / Somatic Embryogenesis and their Pivotal Role in Micropropagation / Factors Affecting Somatic Embryogenesis in Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) / Somatic Embryogenesis in Ornamentals and Fruit Yielding Plants / Somatic Embryogenesis and Plant Regeneration in Peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth) / Somatic Embryogenesis and Plant Regeneration in Paradise Tree (Melia azedarach L.) / Somatic Embryogenesis in Myristica fragrans and Myristica malabarica and in vitro Production of Valuable Phytochemicals by the Embryogenic Cultures/ Somatic Embryogenesis of Phellodendron amurense: A Histomorphological Study / Agrobacterium-mediated Genetic Transformation and Plantlet Regeneration via Somatic Embryogenesis in Medicinal Plants / Somatic Embryogenesis and Agrobacterium Mediated Genetic Transformation in Bamboos / Somatic Embryogenesis and Agrobacterium Mediated Genetic Transformation in Vitis / Agrobacterium-Mediated Genetic Transformation of Alfalfa through Somatic Embryogenesis.

Postgraduate Students, Librarians, Teachers and Researchers