Third Expanded Edition. "Acclaimed since its first appearance as the most practical guide to plant tissue culture and widely adopted as a textbook, this standard work is now even better. This expanded edition introduces new developments in biotechnology, such as genetic engineering and cell culture. It provides detailed recipes for propagating plants from more than 30 families. It explains clearly how to set up a propagating laboratory, from a hobbyist's kitchen to an elaborate commercial enterprise." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Publisher's card laid in.

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Title: PLANTS FROM TEST TUBES: AN INTRODUCTION TO MICROPROPAGATION. THIRD EDITION
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated, Portland
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN 10: 0881923613
ISBN 13: 9780881923612
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Acclaimed since its first appearance as the most practical guide to plant tissue culture and widely adopted as a textbook, this standard work is now even better. This expanded edition introduces new developments in biotechnology, such as genetic engineering and cell culture. It provides detailed recipes for propagating plants from more than 30 families. It explains clearly how to set up a propagating laboratory, from a hobbyist's kitchen to an elaborate commercial enterprise.

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John Kleyn received a Ph.D. in bacteriology from Cornell University and currently acquires books for Indonesian Universities.

Lydiane (Ann) Kyte holds a B.S. degree in botany from the University of Washington. She built a plant tissue culture program for Briggs Nursery, now world famous for its tissue-cultured plants.

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