Biography:
Meltem BAYRAKTAR got her bachelors’ degree in Biology in 2000 and then her master degree in Biotechnology in 2004 at Ege University in İzmir/Turkey. She completed her PhD programme in Biotechnology Department of Ege University by specializing on Plant Tissue Culture and now conducts her research activities as an Assistant Professor of Genetic and Bioengineering Department at Ahi Evran University in Turkey. She has studies on micropropagation of fruit and forest trees, ornamental, medicinal and endangered plants; large-scale propagation in bioreactors; disease-free plant production; secondary metabolite production via plant tissue cultures. She has future interest in the production of plant secondary metabolites in bioreactors using plant cell, tissue and organ cultures, in addition to her interest in in vitro selection studies.
Title : Contributions of Plant Tissue Culture to Plant Science