Synthetic Seeds Germplasm Regeneration, Preservation and Prospects
This book introduces the reader to synthetic or artificial seeds, which refer to alginate encapsulated somatic embryos, vegetative buds or any other micropropagules that can be used as seeds and converted into plantlets after propagating under in vit
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Synthetic Seeds
Germplasm Regeneration, Preservation and Prospects
Synthetic Seeds
Mohammad Faisal • Abdulrahman A. Alatar Editors
Synthetic Seeds Germplasm Regeneration, Preservation and Prospects
Editors Mohammad Faisal Department of Botany & Microbiology College of Science, King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abdulrahman A. Alatar Department of Botany & Microbiology College of Science, King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
ISBN 978-3-030-24630-3 ISBN 978-3-030-24631-0 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24631-0
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Preface
Synthetic or artificial seeds are described as alginate-encapsulated somatic embryos, vegetative buds, or any other micropropagules that can be used as seeds and converted into plantlets after propagating in vitro or in vivo conditions and also sustain the regeneration potential after low temperature storage. Production of synthetic or artificial seeds using micropropagules opens up new vistas in agricultural biotechnology that helped to overcome the challenges that face important economic and medicinal plant species. Encapsulated propagules could be used for in vitro regeneration and mass multiplication at reasonable cost. In addition, these propagules may be use for germplasm preservation of elite plant species and exchange of plant materials between national and international laboratories. Besides, the technology has been successfully utilizing for cryopreservation via encapsulation-dehydration, and encapsulation-vitrification for germplasm storage of elite plant species. Synthetic seeds are reasonably inexpensive to pro
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