Citation: DS Brar, Gurdev S Khush. 1994. Cell and tissue culture for plant improvement. Pages 229-278. In: AS Basra (editor). Mechanisms of plant growth and improved productivity. Modern Approaches, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York. ISBN 0-8247-9192-4

Keywords: Or yza sativa, plant breeding, in vitro propagation, meristem tip culture, embryo, ovary, ovule culture, in vitro fertilization, anther culture, microspore culture, somaclonal variation, alien gene introgression, disease resistance, brown spot, protein quality, somatic cell hybridization, somatic hybrid production, cybrids and organelle recombinants, cytoplasmic male sterility, protoplast and tissue culture, Agrobacterium-mediated DNA transformation, protoplast-PEG-mediated transformation,

protoplast-electoporation-mediated transformation, transformation through microprojectile bombardment of cultured cells and plant organs, transformation via microinjection of cultured cells, transgenic plants, somatic embrogenesis, cryopreservation of germplasm, genetics of tissue culture response