Cell morphometry as predictor of protein legume in vitro growth

Abstract

A detailed characterization of crops in terms of their adequacy as food or feed is a prerequisite to their exploitation for either of these purposes, but also in terms of their taxonomical distinction when this is incomplete or not up-to-date, as is frequently the case with neglected crops. One additional, and important, feature of cell parameters is their impact of the competence for regeneration in vitro and for growth and development in vivo. The summation of such cell traits is the cell morphology while the numerical measurement of them is the cell morphometry. In this chapter, the role of such cell traits on all of these aspects is addressed and their influence on the further agro-economic relevance of the crops considered and their breeding is discussed.