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It is my privilege to contribute the foreword for this unique volume entitled: "Plant Tissue Culture Engineering," edited by S. Dutta Gupta and Y. Ibaraki. While there have been a number of volumes published regarding the basic methods and applications of plant tissue and cell culture technologies, and even considerable attention provided to bioreactor design, relatively little attention has been afforded to the engineering principles that have emerged as critical contributions to the commercial applications of plant biotechnologies. This volume, "Plant Tissue Culture Engineering," signals a turning point: the recognition that this specialized field of plant science must be integrated with engineering principles in order to develop efficient, cost effective, and large scale applications of these technologies. I am most impressed with the organization of this volume, and the extensive list of chapters contributed by expert authors from around the world who are leading the emergence of this interdisciplinary enterprise. The editors are to be commended for their skilful crafting of this important volume. The first two parts provide the basic information that is relevant to the field as a whole, the following two parts elaborate on these principles, and the last part elaborates on specific technologies or applications.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Machine Vision |
Evaluation of photosynthetic capacity in micropropagated plants by image analysisY Ibaraki |
Monitoring gene expression in plant tissuesJ.J Finer and S.L Beck and M.T Buenrostro-Nava and Y Chi and P.P |
Ling Applications and potentials of artificial neural networks in plant tissue cultureV.S.S Prasad and S Dutta Gupta |
Evaluation of plant suspension cultures by texture analysisY Ibaraki |
Part 2 Bioreactor Technology |
Bioengineering aspects of bioreactor application in plant propagationS Takayama and M Akita |
Agitated, thin-films of liquid media for efficient micropropagationJ Adelberg |
Design, development and applications of mist bioreactors for micropropagation and hairy root cultureM.J Towler and Y Kim and B.E Wyslouzil and M.J Correll and P.J |
Weathers Bioreactor engineering for recombinant protein production using plant cell suspension cultureW.W Su |
Types and designs of bioreactors for hairy root cultureY-E Choi and Y-S Kim and K-Y Paek |
Oxygen transport in plant tissue culture systemsW.R Curtis and A.L Tuerk |
Temporary immersion bioreactorF Afteen |
Design and use of the wave bioreactor for plant cell cultureR Eibl and D Eibl |
Part 3 Mechanized Micropropagation |
Integrating automation technologies with commercial micropropagationC.J Sluis |
Machine vision and robotics for the separation and regeneration of plant tissue culturesP.H Heinemann and P.N Walker |
Part 4 Engineering Cultural Environment |
Closed systems for high quality transplants using minimum resourcesT Kozai |
Aeration in plant tissue cultureS.M.A Zobayed |
Tissue culture gel firmness: measurement and effects on growthS.I Cameron |
Effects of dissolved oxygen concentration on somatic embryogenesisK Kurata and T Shimazu |
A commercialized photoautotrophic micropropagation systemT Kozai and Y Xiao |
Intelligent inverse analysis for temperature distribution in a plant culture vesselH Murase and T Okayama, Suroso |
Part 5 Physical Aspects of Plant Tissue Engineering |
Electrical control of plant morphogenesisC.G Carmen |
The uses of ultrasound in plant tissue cultureV Gaba and K Kathiravan and S Amutha and S Singer and X Xiaodi and G Ananthakrishnan |
Acoustic characteristics of plant leaves using ultrasonic transmission wavesM Fukuhara and S Dutta Gupta and L Okushima |
Physical and engineering perspectives of in vitro plant cryopreservationE.E Benson and J Johnston and J Muthusamy and K Harding |