Introduction to cell and tissue culture; Terms and definitions, Historical developments and milestones in plant tissue culture, special feature and internal organization of plant cells, totipotency, Dedifferentiation & redifferentiation.
Tissue Culture Media : History, Evolution and composition of :
White's Media, B5 (Gamborg), MS (Murashige and Skoog), LS
(Linsmaier and Skoog), SH (Schank and Hildebrandt) and N6 (Chu et al.) Media.
axillary bud, shoot tip, meristem culture, Somatic embryogenesis, Cell suspension culture, Protoplast isolation, testing viability of isolated protoplast. Steps in regeneration of protoplast, protoplast fusion: chemical & electrical
Histology of Tissues:
Selection of material, chemical fixation - types of fixatives, mechanism of fixation, tissue dehydration - general protocol, rapid dehydration and dehydration using a graded solvent series of ethanol or acetone, infiltrating and embedding tissues, sectioning, mounting and staining, alternate methods of microtomy (cryotome, cryostat and vibratome).
Biotransformation:
Production of secondary metabolites from plant cell cultures processes for enhancing the production of secondary metabolites, bioreactor system and modules for mass multiplication. Germplasm conservation (Cryopreservation)