Plants From Test Tubes An Introduction to Micro-Propogation 4th Edition book review

I bought this book on the recommendation of several people, and basically this is by far the most well known, modern book on the topic. It covers the history, business, laboratory setup and design, media selection, sterile technique and even a short section on Genetic Engineering with Gene Gun and/or Agrobacteria.

 

Frankly, all of the above information can be had rather easily online and it isn’t in depth enough to be helpful if you are really looking to pursue this as a business, but the real value of the book comes in its kind of encyclopedic listing of media choices for plant species, this is very helpful and can be a guide to the budding Tissue Culture-ist as they venture out. I recommend this book for people, like me, who are starting out in Tissue Culture and who need a guide or Bible to help them illuminate some of the uncertainty as they get started. Well worth it.

Plant Tissue Culture Microclone Kit Issues/Review

I found that some of the longer containers that are included in the MicroClone kit, the plastic is too brittle and when you push it into the container, they crack and break, nearly all of the containers were cracked, and contaminated with fungis and had to be thrown away.

I still think that the kit, is a good starter kit, it helped me overcome the fear and uncertainty around Tissue Culture, I now know the basics and can move on to more advanced techniques if I so choose.