Background: Cell culture methods allow the detailed observations of individual plant cells and their internal processes. Whereas cultured cells are more amenable to microscopy, they have had limited use when studying the complex interactions between cell populations and responses to external signals associated with tissue and whole plant development. Such interactions result in the diverse rang...

The homogeneity, density and axenic nature of cell culture systems have made them an ame­ nable tool for studying many aspects of biocide research; screening, metabolism, mode of action and resistance. Cell cultures are “multi-homogeneous” and each homogeneous state may be analog­ ous to different plant parts. Cultures can be homogeneously green, homogeneously white in either a homogeneously ex...

Immobilization of plant cell plays a very important role in exploiting plant cell culture for the production of high value phyto-pharmaceuticals. It is the advanced novel biotechnological approach, through which it is possible to achieve a physiological state conducive for metabolite production .That can overcome many limiting factors of suspension culture with distinct advantage of easier sepa...

Cadmium (Cd), similarly to other heavy metals, inhibits plant growth. We have recently showed that Cd(2+) either stimulates (1-4 microM) or inhibits (>or= 6 microM) growth of soybean (Glycine max L.) cells in suspension culture (Sobkowiak & Deckert, 2003, Plant Physiol Biochem. 41: 767-72). Here, soybean cell suspension cultures were treated with various concentrations of Cd(2+) (1-10 microM) a...

Plant tissue culture comprises a set of in vitro techniques, methods and strategies that are part of the group of technologies called plant biotechnology. Tissue culture has been exploited to create genetic variability from which crop plants can be improved, to improve the state of health of the planted material and to increase the number of desirable germplasms available to the plant breeder. ...

Entomopathogenic bacteria Xenorhabdus spp. produce secondary metabolites with potential antimicrobial activity for use in agricultural productions. This study evaluated the inhibitory effect of X. nematophila TB culture on plant pathogens Botrytis cinerea and Phytophthora capsici. The cell-free filtrate of TB culture showed strong inhibitory effects (>90%) on mycelial growth of both pathogens. ...

Introduction: Some studies have demonstrated the potential of herbal drugs for the treatment of various diseases associated with impaired vascular nitric oxide (NO). For diagnosis of the mechanism of these herbal plants, it seems necessary to evaluate the herbal extracts on the Endothelium cell. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of extract of Trigonella foenum-graecum (T.foenum...