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Summary
The quality of human life has been maintained and enhanced for generations by the use of trees and their products. In recent years, ever rising human population growth has put tremendous pressure on trees and tree products; growing awareness of the potential of previously unexploited tree resources and environmental pollution have both accelerated development of new technologies for tree propagation, breeding and improvement. Biotechnology of trees may be the answer to solve the problems which cannot be solved by conventional breeding methods. The combination of biotechnology and conventional methods such as plant propagation and breeding may be a novel approach to improving and multiplying in large number the trees and woody plants. So far, plant tissue culture technology has largely been exploited in the propagation of ornamental plants, especially foliage house plants, by com mercial companies. Generally, tissue culture of woody plants has been recal citrant. However, limited success has been achieved in tissue culture of angiosperm and gymnosperm woody plants. A number of recent reports on somatic embryogenesis in woody plants such as Norway spruce (Picea abies), Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda), Sandalwood (Santalurn album), Citrus, Mango (Mangifera indica), etc. , offer a ray of hope of: a) inexpensive clonal propa gation for large-scale production of plants or "emblings" or "somatic embryo plants", b) protoplast work, c) cryopreservation, d) genetic transformation, and e) artificial or manufactured seed production.
Table of Contents
Volume 1 General Preface |
1 IntroductionH. Kreibel |
2 Historical aspects of somatic embryogenesis in woody plantsS.C. Minocha and R. Minocha |
3 Anatomical comparison of somatic and zygotic embryogeny in conifersR. Nagmani and A.M. Diner and S. Garton and A.E. Zipf |
4 Somatic embryogenesis in some angiosperm woody plantsS.V. Kendurkar and R.S. Nadgauda and C.H. Phake and M.M. Jana and S.V. Shirke and A.F. Mascarenhas |
5 Somatic embryogenesis in conifersP.K. Gupta and J.B. Grob |
6 Somatic embryogenesis and rejuvenation of treesJ.N. Ruaud and M. Paques |
7 Molecular analysis of zygotic and somatic conifer embryosS. Mishra |
8 Progress in protoplast technology for woody angiospermsA. Tibok and J.B. Power and M. Davey |
9 Gymnosperm protoplastsF. Bekkaoui. T.J. Tautorus and D.I. Dunstan |
10 Genetic transformation in angiospermsA.M. Dandekar |
11 Transformation of gymnospermsD. Ellis |
12 Manufactured seeds of woody plantsW. Carlson and J.E. Hartle |
13 Scale-up of embryogenic plant suspension cultures in bioreactorsT.J. Tautorus and D.I. Dunstan |
14 Cryopreservation for germplasm collection in woody plantsA. Sakai |
15 The biochemistry of conifer embryo development: amino acids, polyamines and storage proteinsR. Feirer |
16 Polyamines and somatic embryogenesis in woody plantsR. Minocha and S.C. Minocha and L.K. Simola |
17 Evaluation of somaclonal variation during somatic embryogenesisL. DeVerno |
18 Mutation work with somatic embryogenesis in woody plantsB. Heinze and J. Schmidt |
19 Prospects and limits of somatic embryogenesis of Picea abiesM. Paques and J. Bercetche and M. Palada |
20 Future uses of somatic embryogenesis in woody plantation speciesL.W. Handley |
Index |
Volume 2 |
1 Somatic embryogenesis in Citrus speciesS.S. Gosal and M.I.S. Gill and H. Grewal |
2 Somatic embryogenesis in EucalyptusE.M. Muralidharan and A.F. Mascarenhas |
3 Somatic embryogenesis in BambooS.H. Woods and J.E. Woods and G.B. Collins |
4 Somatic embryogenesis of Bambusa oldhamii, B. beecheyana, and Sinocalamus latifloraW.C. Chang |
5 Somatic embryogenesis in oak (Quercus sps.)V. Chalupa |
6 Somatic embryogenesis in Populus sps.C.H. Michler |
7 Somatic embryogenesis in walnut (Juglans regia)J. Preece and G.H. McGranahan and L.M. Long and C.A. Leslie |
8 Somatic embryogenesis in Rubber (Hevea brasiliensis Mull. Arg.)M.P. Carron and H. Etienne and L. Lardet and S. Campagna and Y. Perrin and A. Leconte and C. Chaine |
9 Somatic embryogenesis in Birch (Betula pendulum)V. Chalupa |
10 Somatic embryogenesis in sandalwood (Santalum album L.)P.S. Rao and V.A. Bapat |
11 Somatic embryogenesis in olive (Olea europaea L.)E. Rugini |
12 Somatic embryogenesis in GrapeD.J. Gray |
13 Somatic embryogenesis in SalixL. Gronroos |
14 Somatic embryogenesis in Camellia spp.A.M. Vieitez |
15 Somatic embryogenesis in Rosa sps.A.V. Roberts and K. Yokoya and S. Walker and J. Mottley |
16 Somatic embryogenesis in cacao (Theobroma cacao L.)A. Figueira and J. Janick |
17 Somatic embryogenesis in white ash (Fraxinus americana L.)J. Preece and B. Sharon |
18 Somatic embryogenesis in coconutJ. Blake and R. Hornung |
19 Somatic embryogenesis in Mangifera indica L. (Magno)R.E. Litz and P.A. Moon and H. Mathews and S. Jayasankar and M.J. Monsalud and F. Pliego-Alfaro |
20 Somatic embryogenesis in Neem (Azadirachta indica)S. Thengane and M. Joshi and A.F. Mascarenhas |
21 Somatic embryogenesis in chestnutF.J. Vieitez |
22 Somatic embryogenesis in HorsechestnutL. Radojevic |
23 Somatic embryogenesis in Apple (Malus)A. Wallin and M. Nyman and M. Svensson |
24 Somatic embryogenesis in Date palmS. Bhaskaran and R.H. Smith |
25 Somatic embryogenesis in Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis)R.N. Trigiano and R.L. Geneve and L.G. Buckley |
Index |
Volume 3 General Preface |
1 Somatic embryogenesis in CycadalesR.E. Litz and V.M. Chavez and P.A. Moon |
2 Somatic embryogenesis in Norway spruce (Picea abies)S. von Arnold and U. Egertsdotter and I. Ekberg and P. Gupta and H. Mo and J. Norgaard |
3 Somatic embryogenesis in White spruce (Picea glauca), Engelmann spruce (P |