Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants

1. Front Matter

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2. Somatic embryogenesis in Citrus species

   • S. S. Gosal, M. I. S. Gill, H. S. Grewal

   Pages 1-21

3. Somatic embryogenesis in Eucalyptus

   • E. M. Muralidharan, A. F. Mascarenhas

   Pages 23-40

4. Somatic embryogenesis in bamboo

   • Susan H. Woods, John E. Woods, Glenn B. Collins

   Pages 41-51

5. Somatic embryogenesis of Bambusa oldhamii, Bambusa beecheyana and Sinocalamus latiflora

   • Wei-Chin Chang

   Pages 53-65

6. Somatic embryogenesis in oak (Quercus spp.)

   • Vladimír Chalupa

   Pages 67-87

7. Somatic embryogenesis in Populus spp.

   • Charles H. Michler

   Pages 89-97

8. Somatic embryogenesis in walnut (Juglans regia)

   • John E. Preece, Gale H. McGranahan, Lynn M. Long, Charles A. Leslie

   Pages 99-116

9. Somatic embryogenesis in rubber (Hevea brasiliensis Müll. Arg.)

   • M. P. Carron, H. Etienne, L. Lardet, S. Campagna, Y. Perrin, A. Leconte et al.

   Pages 117-136

10. Somatic embryogenesis in birch (Betula pendula Roth.)

    • Vladimír Chalupa

    Pages 137-151

11. Somatic embryogenesis in sandalwood (Santalum album L.)

    • P. S. Rao, V. A. Bapat

    Pages 153-170

12. Somatic embryogenesis in olive (Olea europaea L.)

    • Eddo Rugini

    Pages 171-189

13. Somatic embryogenesis in grape

    • D. J. Gray

    Pages 191-217

14. Somatic embryogenesis in Salix

    • Lotta Grönroos

    Pages 219-234

15. Somatic embryogenesis in Camellia spp.

    • Ana M. Vieitez

    Pages 235-276

16. Somatic embryogenesis in Rosa spp.

    • A. V. Roberts, K. Yokoya, S. Walker, J. Mottley

    Pages 277-289

17. Somatic embryogenesis in cacao (Theobroma cacao L.)

    • Antonio Figueira, Jules Janick

    Pages 291-310

18. Somatic embryogenesis in white ash (Fraxinus americana L.)

    • John E. Preece, Sharon Bates

    Pages 311-325

19. Somatic embryogenesis in coconut (Cocos nucifera L.)

    • Jennet Blake, Roland Hornung

    Pages 327-340

20. Somatic embryogenesis in mango (Mangifera indica L.)

    • Richard E. Litz, Pamela A. Moon, Helena Mathews, Subramanian Jayasankar, Mary Joy Monsalud, Fernando Pliego-Alfaro

    Pages 341-356

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.

• Embryo
• Flora
• Mutation
• biotechnology
• conifers
• genetic transformation
• hevea brasiliensis
• molecular aspects
• olive
• woody plants
• Tree Biology

• Department of Plant Production, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

  S. Mohan Jain

• Weyerhaeuser Inc., Tacoma, USA

  Pramod K. Gupta

• Department of Forest Science, Texas A & M University, College Station, USA

  Ronald J. Newton

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