Presenting the state of the art of tissue culture and in vitro propagation of vegetable and tuber crops, medicinal and aromatic plants, fibre and oilseed crops, and grasses, this book complements the previous two volumes on High-Tech and Micropropagation, which concentrated on special techniques (Vol.17) and trees and bushes of commercial value (Vol.18). The specific plants covered here include asparagus, lettuce, horse radish, cucumber, potato, cassava, sweet potato, artichoke, yams, cardamom, fennel, celery, thyme, leek, mentha, turmeric, lavender, agave, yucca, cotton, jute, sunflower, ryegrass, zoysiagrass, and various species of Aconitum, Artemisia, Camelia, Centaurium, Digitalis, Dioscorea, Glehnia, Levisticum, Parthenium, and Pinella. The book is of use to advanced students, teachers and research workers in the field of pharmacy, horticulture, plant breeding and plant biotechnology in general, and also to individuals interested in industrial micropropagation.

Section I Vegetables, Tubers, and Root Crops

I.1 Micropropagation of Hybrid Lines in Vegetable Breeding
I.2 Micropropagation of Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis L.)
I.3 Micropropagation of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)
I.4 Micropropagation of Horseradish (Cochlearia armoracia L.)
I.5 Micropropagation of Cucumis spp.
I.6 Micropropagation of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
I.7 Micropropagation of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.)
I.8 Micropropagation of Artichoke (Cynara scolymus)
I.9 Micropropagation of White Yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.)
I.10 Micropropagation of Cubio (Tropaeolum tuberosum R & P)
Section II Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
II.1 Micropropagation of Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum Maton)
II.2 Micropropagation of Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare Miller)
II.3 Micropropagation of Celery (Apium graveolens var. dulce)
II.4 Micropropagation of Thyme (Thymus vulgaris L.)
II.5 Micropropagation of Japanese Bunching Onion (Allium fistulosum L.) and Its Hybrid (A. fistulosum × A. cepa) Derivatives
II.6 Micropropagation of Mentha L.
II.7 Micropropagation of Turmeric (Curcuma domestica Valet) and Other Curcuma Species
II.8 Micropropagation of Lavandin (Lavandula officinalis Chaix × Lavandula latifolia Villars cv. Grosso)
II.9 Micropropagation of Agave spp.
II.10 Micropropagation of Yucca (Yuccaglauca Nutt.)
II.11 Micropropagation of Monkshood (Aconitum spp.)
II.12 Micropropagation of French Tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus L. var. sativa)
IL13 Micropropagation of Camellia spp.
II.14 Micropropagation of Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea Rafn.)
II.15 Micropropagation of Woolly Foxglove (Digitalis lanata) by Shoot Tip Culture
II.16 Micropropagation of Medicinal Dioscorea Species
II.17 Micropropagation of Glehnia (Glehnialittoralis Fr. Schmidt ex Miq.)
II.18 Micropropagation of Guayule (Parthenium argentatum)
II.19 Micropropagation of Pinellia ternata
Section III Fibre and Oilseed Crops, and Grasses
III.1 Micropropagation of Cotton (Gossypium species)
III2 Tissue Culture and Micropropagation of Jute (Corchorus spp.).