Synopsis The first volume in a new multi-volume treatise presents the state of the art in plant cell culture techniques and applications. In 35 authoritative chapters, the world's foremost scientists provide a comprehensive and practical guide to this rapidly developing field. Due to dramatic increases in our ability to manipulate and study plant cells in culture, the new methods offered here have greatly extended traditional propagation and crop improvement techniques. The second volume in new multi-volume treatise applies the state-of-the art plant cell culture techniques described in volume 1 to a wide range of crops. In 21 authoritative chapters, the world's foremost scientists cover maize, oats, wheat, beans, red clover and other forage legumes, asparagus, celery, cassava, sweet, potato, banana, papaya, apple, grapes, conifers, date palm, rubber, sugarcane, and tobacco. The third volume in a new multi-volume treatise applies the state-of-the art plant cell culture techniques described in volume 1 to a wide range of crops. It continues the work of volume 2. In 22 authoritative chapters, the world's foremost scientist cover forage grasses, millets, rice, alfalfa, peanut, cole crops, tomato, potato, yams, citrus, pineapple, blueberry, stone fruits, strawberry, cotton, hardwoods, cacao, coffee, and oil palm.