Symposia Biologica Hungarica 22. - Advances in Protoplast Research (1980)
ADVANCES IN PROTOPLAST RESEARCH Proceedings of the 5th International Protoplast Symposium July 9-14, 1979 Szeged, Hungary Edited by L. FERENCZY and G. L. FARKAS Associate Editor GABRIELLA LÁZÁR (Symposia Biologica Hungarica 22) The Symposium, the largest on this topic so far, reflected a rapidly expanding interest of microbiologists, botanists, biochemists, geneticists, biophysicists, and agronomists in protoplast research. Throughout emphasis is put on the need to integrate the experimental results and “know how” of various disciplines to exploit the potentialities of the protoplasts, the naked cells, in the solution of a wide array of problems in basic and applied (industrial and agricultural) research. The optimal conditions of isolation, culture and regeneration of protoplasts, recent findings in intra- and interspecific somatic hybridization as well as in cell organelle transfer are discussed in detail. The physiological, biophysical and biochemical characteristics of the protoplast system and, last but not least, its suitability for genetic transformation in eukaryotes are further topics covered. This extensive compilation of ideas and results will undoubtedly stimulate further research and application of scientific results in this rapidly developing field. AKADÉMIAI KIADÓ Publishing House of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences BUDAPEST ISBN 963 05 2343 4