Callus Tissue – a New Look on the Proliferation and Regeneration Ability
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Development and Morphogenesis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (22 December 2022) | Viewed by 3302
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cell differentiation; cell wall; auxin; somatic embryogenesis; nanoparticles; symplasmic communication
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: plant tissue culture; experimental plant embryology; morphogenesis; cell wall remodeling; cell differentiation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plant callus tissue is mostly composed of uniform cells, and its presence is observed after wounding or organ loss in natural conditions. However, the abundance of this unorganized tissue is especially noticed under in vitro culture. Although callus tissue has been the subject of many studies for almost a century, there are still open questions about callus induction, proliferation, and finally indirect morphogenesis. Studies on the ability to form de novo organs or regenerate an entire plant from unorganized tissue or even one cell from among the crowd of others within callus are part of our knowledge regarding plant toti- and pluripotency. In addition, the study of reprogramming due to culture conditions also has practical implications: e.g., efficient micropropagation protocols often demand the stage of morphogenic callus, and this tissue can be an important source of second metabolites.
This Special Issue of Plants will highlight all the phenomena related to callus proliferation, differentiation, and plant regeneration. Other novel applications of callus tissue and descriptions of newly discovered regulatory compounds which improve callus induction and proliferation will also be appreciated.
Prof. Dr. Ewa Kurczyńska
Dr. Marzena Popielarska-Konieczna
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- proliferation
- differentiation
- morphogenesis
- plant growth regulators
- second metabolites
- histology
- ultrastructure
- cell wall
- gene expression
