Some theoretical and practical possibilities of plant genetic manipulation using protoplasts

Protoplasts capable of division and plant regeneration are now available for a large number of vegetable, oil and forage crops. However, routine hybrid production is not possible due to methodological limitations in selection and culture of hybrid cells. Recent improvement in techniques are the use of a double mutant as a universal hybridizer and the use of fluorescence activated cell sorter to recover hybrid cells. Interest is also centered on...