Dodds, J. H. and L. W. Roberts: Experiments in Plant Tissue Culture, 3d. ed., Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 1995. This book is an elementary textbook with simple instructions in plant tissue-culture techniques.

Helentjaris, T.: "Implications for Conserved Genomic Structure Among Plant Species," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 90, 1993, pages 8308–9. This article considers the importance and usefulness of synteny in mapping the genomes of related crop species.

Meinke, J., and others: "Arabidopsis thaliana: A model Plant for Genome Analysis," Science, vol. 282, October 1998, pages 662–681. A good overview of progress in sequencing the 20,000 genes of this widely-studied plant, accompanied by a detailed genomic map.

Raubeson, L.A. and R.K. Jansen: "Chloroplast DNA Evidence on the Ancient Evolutionary Split in Vascular Land Plants," Science, vol. 255, 1992, pages 1697–99. These authors seek to answer the question regarding which group of plants represents the living representations of the earliest diverging lineage in vascular plant evolution.

Snow, A.A. and P.M. Palma: "Commercialization of Transgenic Plants: Potential Ecological Risks—Will Evolutionary Effects of Engineered Crops Exacerbate Weed and Pest Problems?" BioScience, vol. 47, no. 2, 1997, pages 86–96. Discusses the possible risks associated with key species used in genetically engineered crop production, such as hybridization with populations of free-living relatives.

Various authors: Trends in Biotechnology, vol. 13, September, 1995. This volume contains many review articles describing new and anticipated uses of plant genetic engineering, such as "Plants as Bioreactors," "Floriculture: Genetic Engineering of Commercial Traits," and "Transgenic Plants as Vaccine Production Systems."