Editors:
- The second of two volumes on Gentianaceae
- Written by experts
- Richly illustrated
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book, the second of two volumes on the Gentianaceae, is devoted to aspects of biotechnology and their applications. It consists of 18 chapters and covers micropropagation by means of organogenesis or somatic embryogenesis, and single cell manipulation of various species belonging to the horticultural genera Blakstonia, Centaurium, Gentiana, Gentianalla and Swertia. Furthermore, the application of somatic cell hybridization, haploidization and genetic variation arising from tissue and organ culture for the production of plants with new horticultural traits, such as new flower colors or sizes, or with special pharmaceutical values, is treated in detail. Also discussed are molecular markers that facilitate breeding and cultivar identification, the preservation of genetic resources by cryopreservation, the postharvest physiology of cut Gentian flowers and potted plants, and different analytical methods for the evaluation of Gentians as sources of secondary metabolites, such as xanthones and flavonoids, secoiridoids and C-glucoflavonoids, and their positive impacts on human health.
This volume as well as the companion book The Gentianaceae – Volume 1: Characterization and Ecology will serve as key reference works for scientists and students in the fields of botany, plant breeding, biotechnology and horticulture, as well as professional gardeners.
Keywords
- Blakstonia
- Centaurium
- Cryopreservation
- Doubled haploid plants
- Gentiana
- Gentianella
- Gentians
- Haploid plants
- Micropropagation
- Molecular breeding
- Phytochemistry
- Plant breeding
- Plant organ culture
- Plant propagation
- Plant tissue culture
- Protoplasts
- Secondary metabolites
- Somatic cell hybridization
- Somatic embryogenesis
- Swertia
Editors and Affiliations
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Botanical Garden-Center for Biological Diversity Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Jan J. Rybczyński, Anna Mikuła
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Plant and Crop Sciences Division, University of Nottingham School of Biosciences, Loughborough, United Kingdom
Michael R. Davey
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Gentianaceae - Volume 2: Biotechnology and Applications
Editors: Jan J. Rybczyński, Michael R. Davey, Anna Mikuła
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54102-5
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-54101-8Published: 01 July 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51067-4Published: 29 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-54102-5Published: 17 June 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 452
Number of Illustrations: 91 b/w illustrations, 37 illustrations in colour
Topics: Plant Breeding/Biotechnology, Biotechnology, Biological Techniques