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Current Advances in Fern Research

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  • © 2018

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Editors:
  1. Helena Fernández

    1. Department of Organisms and Systems Biology, Oviedo University, Oviedo, Spain

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  • Contributed by an international panel of experts
  • Comprehensive coverage of current pteridology research
  • Unique paradigm for the studies of plant growth and development

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Biology and Biotechnology in Ferns

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Gametophyte of Fern: Born to Reproduce

      • Alejandro Rivera, María Jesús Cañal, Ueli Grossniklaus, Helena Fernández
      Pages 3-19

    3. Azolla: A Model System for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and Evolutionary Developmental Biology

      • Sophie de Vries, Jan de Vries
      Pages 21-46

    4. Meristems of Seedless Vascular Plants: The State of the Art

      • Alicja Dolzblasz, Elżbieta Myśkow, Edyta M. Gola
      Pages 47-73

    5. Biotechnology in Clone Gametophytes: Future Perspectives in Homosporous Ferns

      • Deepali Johari, Ajit Pratap Singh
      Pages 75-97

    6. Morphogenic Events in Ferns: Single and Multicellular Explants In Vitro

      • Jan Jarosław Rybczyński, Karolina Tomiczak, Małgorzata Grzyb, Anna Mikuła
      Pages 99-120

    7. Experimental and Practical Application of Fern Somatic Embryogenesis

      • Anna Mikuła, Małgorzata Grzyb, Karolina Tomiczak, Jan Jarosław Rybczyński
      Pages 121-137

    8. Biotechnology and Apogamy in Dryopteris affinis spp. affinis: The Influence of Tissue Homogenization, Auxins, Cytokinins, Gibberellic Acid, and Polyamines

      • Alejandro Rivera, Paula Conde, Ma Jesús Cañal, Helena Fernández
      Pages 139-152

    9. Scope of Ferns in Horticulture and Economic Development

      • Ajit Pratap Singh, Deepali Johari
      Pages 153-175

  3. Evolution, Biodiversity and Conservation of Ferns

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Evolution and Classification of Ferns and Lycophytes

      • Emily B. Sessa
      Pages 179-200

    3. Reciprocal Illumination and Fossils Provide Important Perspectives in Plant Evo-devo: Examples from Auxin in Seed-Free Plants

      • Kelly K. S. Matsunaga, Alexandru M. F. Tomescu
      Pages 201-225

    4. Fern Conservation: Spore, Gametophyte, and Sporophyte Ex Situ Storage, In Vitro Culture, and Cryopreservation

      • Daniel Ballesteros, Valerie C. Pence
      Pages 227-249

    5. Azolla and Bougainville’s Voyage Around the World

      • Francisco Carrapiço
      Pages 251-267

  4. Ferns as Genetic and Metabolic Resources

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 269-269
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    2. The Power of Gametophyte Transformation

      • Linh Thuy Bui, Holly Long, Erin E. Irish, Angela R. Cordle, Chi-Lien Cheng
      Pages 271-284

    3. Generation of Transgenic Spores of the Fern Ceratopteris richardii to Analyze Ca2+ Transport Dynamics During Gravity-Directed Polarization

      • Ashley E. Cannon, Mari L. Salmi, Araceli Cantero, Stanley J. Roux
      Pages 285-303

    4. Secondary Metabolites of Ferns

      • Janos Vetter
      Pages 305-327

    5. Current Trends in Pteridophyte Extracts: From Plant to Nanoparticles

      • Liliana Cristina Soare, Nicoleta Anca Şuţan
      Pages 329-357
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Keywords

About this book

Ferns, collectively, represent an ancient species of vascular plant which has a direct connection to the beginning of life on Earth. Today they are valued for their ornamental appeal, environmental benefit or as sources of health benefiting metabolites. Current pteridology, the study of fern, encompasses a wide range of research activities including, but not limited to, plant physiology, stress tolerance, genetics and genomics. 


The goal of this book is to compile the most relevant research done with ferns during the last decade. It is organized into four parts: I, Biology and Biotechnology; II, Evolution and Conservation; III, Metabolism and Genetic Resources, and IV, Environment. Each section reveals the utilization of ferns as a tool to explore challenges unique to plant development and adaptation.


This project represents our collective effort to raise the awareness of ferns as a model system to study higher plant functions. Among the distinctive features of our proposed book are: (i) a wide range of topics with contributing researchers from all around the world, and (ii) recent advances of theoretic and applied knowledge with implications to crop species of economic value.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Organisms and Systems Biology, Oviedo University, Oviedo, Spain

    Helena Fernández

About the editor

Helena FernándezProfessor of Plant Physiology at the Department of Organisms and Systems Biology, University of Oviedo, Spain. She has an experience of almost three decades working with ferns, and dealing with basic and applied topics such as morphogenesis, reproduction by sexual or asexual means, and micropropagation. Presently, her interest is focussed on deciphering the molecular mechanisms involved on apogamy under trancriptomic and proteomic approaches. 

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