Micropropagation of Yucca (Yucca glauca Nutt.)
Approximately 30 species comprise the genus Yucca, family Agavaceae (Alexander and Pond 1974). Vegetative characteristics include sword-shaped, evergreen leaves that are borne rosette-like on acaulescent to caulescent stems to 30 feet or more in height. G
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Volume 1: Trees I (1986) Volume 2: Crops I (1986) Volume 3: Potato (1987) Volume 4: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants I (1988) Volume 5: Trees II (1989) Volume 6: Crops II (1988) Volume 7: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants II (1989) Volume 8: Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering I (1989) Volume 9: Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering II (1989) Volume 10: Legumes and Oilseed Crops I (1990) Volume 11: Somaclonal Variation in Crop Improvement I (1990) Volume 12: Haploids in Crop Improvement I (1990) Volume 13: Wheat (1990) Volume 14: Rice (1991) Volume 15: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants III (1991) Volume 16: Trees III (1991) Volume 17: High-Tech and Micropropagation I (1991) Volume 18: High-Tech and Micropropagation II (1992) Volume 19: High-Tech and Micropropagation III (1992) Volumes in preparation
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Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry 19 High-Tech and Micropropagation III Edited by Y P. S. Bajaj
With 231 Figures
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH
Professor Of. Y P. S. BAJAJ A-137 New Friends Colony New Delhi 110065, India
ISBN 978-3-642-08 104-0
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publieation Data. (Revised for volume 3). High-teeh and micropropagation. (Biotechnology in agrieulture and forestry ; 17) Includes bibliographieal referenees and index. 1. Plant propagation -- In vitro. 1. Bajaj. Y.P.S., 1936- . SBI23.6.II54 1991 631.5'3 91-22304 ISBN 978-3-662-07770-2 (eBook) ISBN 978-3-642-08104-0 DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-07770-2 This work is subject to copyright. AU rights are rescrved, whether the whole or part ofthe material is concerned, speeificaUy the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, reeitation. broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks_ Duplication of this publication or parts thercof is permitted only under thc provisions of thc German Copyright Law ofSeptember 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg GmbH. Violations are liablc for prosccution under the German Copyright Law.
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Dedicated to my Father Late S. Harnam Singh Bajaj
Preface
Micropropagation of plants is a multibillion dollar industry being practice
