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- Editors:
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C. Kubota
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Chiba University, Matsudo, Japan
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C. Chun
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Chiba University, Matsudo, Japan
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Table of contents (46 papers)
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Biotechnology for Transplant Production
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Biotechnology for woody plants
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- Yumiko Watanabe, Yoshiaki Sawa, Nobuharu Nagaoka, Toyoki Kozai
Pages 226-230
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- Sayed M. A. Zobayed, Fawzia Afreen, Chieri Kubota, Toyoki Kozai
Pages 231-237
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- Fawzia Afreen, Sayed M. A. Zobayed, Chieri Kubota, Toyoki Kozai
Pages 238-245
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Transplant production using micropropagation techniques
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- Quynh Thi Nguyen, Toyoki Kozai, Jeongwook Heo
Pages 246-251
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- Kee Yoeup Paek, Eun-Joo Hahn, Jeongwook Heo, Seong Ho Son
Pages 252-257
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- Sandra B. Wilson, Chieri Kubota, Toyoki Kozai
Pages 258-265
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- Yulan Xiao, Jiacong Zhao, Toyoki Kozai
Pages 266-273
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- Eun-Joo Hahn, Sun Ja Kim, Kee Yoeup Paek, Yong Beom Lee
Pages 274-278
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- Shyamal K. Roy, M. Rhaman, S. Hauqe
Pages 279-283
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- Nazrul Islam, Sayed M. A. Zobayed
Pages 284-288
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Back Matter
Pages 289-290
About this book
We are facing global issues concerning environmental pollution and shortages of food, feed, phytomass (plant biomass) and natural resources, which will become more serious in the forthcoming decades. To solve these issues, immeasurable numbers of various plants and huge amounts of phytomass are required every year for food, feed and for the improvement of amenities, the environment and our quality of life. Increased phytomass is also required as alternative raw material for producing bio-energy, biodegradable plastics and many other plant-originated industrial products. Only by using phytomass as a reproducible energy source and raw material, instead of fossil fuels and atomic power, we can save natural resources and minimize environmental pollution. To increase phytomass globally, we need billions of quality transplants (small plants) to be grown yearly, in the field or in the greenhouse, under various environmental conditions. However, these high quality transplants can be produced only under carefully controlled, rather than variable environment al conditions. Recent research has shown that the closed transplant production system requires considerably small amounts of electricity, water, fertilizer, CO) and pesticide to produce value-added transplants as scheduled with minimum release of environmental pollutants and minimum loss of transplants. The closed or closed-type transplant production system is defined as a transplant production system covered with opaque walls with minimized or controlled ventilation rates, using artificial lighting. With this system, photoperiod, light intensity and quality, air temperature, humidity, CO) concentration and air current speed can be controlled as desired.
Editors and Affiliations
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Chiba University, Matsudo, Japan
C. Kubota,
C. Chun