Clonal Forestry I

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-IX

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2. Genetics, Biotechnology and Clonal Forestry

   • M. R. Ahuja, W. J. Libby

   Pages 1-4

3. The Genetics of Clones

   • W. J. Libby, M. R. Ahuja

   Pages 5-13

4. Maturation as a Developmental Process

   • M. S. Greenwood, K. W. Hutchison

   Pages 14-33

5. The Population Biology of Clonal Deployment

   • D. Lindgren

   Pages 34-49

6. Selection and Breeding for Extreme Genotypes

   • G. S. Foster

   Pages 50-67

7. Clonal Material as a Focus for Genetic and Physiological Research in Forest Trees

   • R. F. Stettler, R. J. Ceulemans

   Pages 68-86

8. Regeneration and Genetic Variation in Plant Tissue Cultures

   • Z. Chen, M. R. Ahuja

   Pages 87-100

9. Clone Identification

   • W. M. Cheliak

   Pages 101-109

10. Field Testing Vegetative Propagules

    • L. J. Frampton Jr., G. S. Foster

    Pages 110-134

11. Biotechnology and Clonal Forestry

    • M. R. Ahuja

    Pages 135-144

12. Conifer Vegetative Propagation: an Overview from a Commercialization Perspective

    • C. B. Talbert, G. A. Ritchie, P. Gupta

    Pages 145-181

13. Rejuvenation of Tissues from Mature Conifers and its Implications for Propagation in Vitro

    • J. M. Bonga, P. von Aderkas

    Pages 182-199

14. Conifer Somatic Embryogenesis and Clonal Forestry

    • M. R. Becwar

    Pages 200-223

15. Molecular Structure of Forest Trees

    • H. B. Kriebel

    Pages 224-240

16. DNA Transfer in Conifers

    • R. R. Sederoff, A. M. Stomp

    Pages 241-254

17. Back Matter

    Pages 255-277

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Clonal forestry has come of age. Basic techniques in genetics and biotechnology of other organisms are generally applicable to forest trees. However, there are some differences, in particular in the juvenile- and maturation-related regeneration. Examined here are crucial topics of juvenility, maturation and rejuvenation in clonal propagation of trees. In addition, the genetics of clones, population biology of clonal deployment, propagation and field testing of clones, clone identification, clonal physiology, regeneration and variation in plant tissue cultures, the role of somatic embryogenesis in clonal forestry, and recent developments in biotechnology, including the molecular structure of trees and gene transfer are covered in depth.

• Embryo
• Forestry
• Forstwirtschaft
• biology
• biotechnology
• development
• forest
• gene transfer
• genetics
• physiology
• plant tissue culture
• plants
• regeneration
• tissue
• tree

• Institute of Forest Genetics, Federal Research Center for Forestry and Forest Products, Grosshansdorf, Fed. Rep. of Germany

  Mulkh-Raj Ahuja

• Department of Forestry and Resource Management, University of California, Berkeley, USA

  William J. Libby

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