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In Vitro Culture of Trees

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Authors:
  1. J. M. Bonga

    1. Forestry Canada — Maritimes Region, Fredericton, Canada

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  2. P. Aderkas

    1. Centre for Forest Biology, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

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Part of the book series: Forestry Sciences (FOSC, volume 38)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction

    • J. M. Bonga, P. von Aderkas
    Pages 1-3

  3. Laboratory organization and equipment

    • J. M. Bonga, P. von Aderkas
    Pages 4-11

  4. Media preparation

    • J. M. Bonga, P. von Aderkas
    Pages 12-54

  5. Collection, sterilization, excision and culture

    • J. M. Bonga, P. von Aderkas
    Pages 55-71

  6. Clonal propagation

    • J. M. Bonga, P. von Aderkas
    Pages 72-125

  7. Special cultures

    • J. M. Bonga, P. von Aderkas
    Pages 126-143

  8. Secondary metabolite production

    • J. M. Bonga, P. von Aderkas
    Pages 144-145

  9. Pathology

    • J. M. Bonga, P. von Aderkas
    Pages 146-149

  10. Nitrogen fixation

    • J. M. Bonga, P. von Aderkas
    Pages 150-150

  11. Storage of cultures

    • J. M. Bonga, P. von Aderkas
    Pages 151-155

  12. Genetic modification

    • J. M. Bonga, P. von Aderkas
    Pages 156-165

  13. Epilogue

    • J. M. Bonga, P. von Aderkas
    Pages 166-166

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 167-238
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About this book

Woody plants provide many challenges to the tissue culturist. Although there are many excellent tissue culture books and manuals available, these are generally strongly biased towards herbacious crops. Consequently, they often do not pay sufficient attention to the problems that specifically apply to in vitro culture of tree species. Culture of the latter often poses problems which are either absent or of lesser significance when culturing herbacious species.
When trees in the field are used as explant source, the problems can be especially severe. For example, the physiological condition of the explants is difficult to control because of variation in weather and biotic factors. Furthermore, it is often difficult to obtain explants free of contaminants from field grown trees. Lack of genetic uniformity and maturation are additional problems one often has to deal with when culturing tree cells or tissues. These problems are emphasized in this text. In vitro culture of trees is not viewed in isolation. It is considered in conjunction with breeding, traditional cloning and other common tree improvement techniques. The text discusses theoretical as well as practical aspects of the in vitro culture of trees.

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` I consider this an excellent book for the active researcher on tissue culture of trees. It also provides an update for progress on species of interest and the subject/species index (with Latin and common names) is very helpful. '
Commonwealth Forestry Review, 73:1

Authors and Affiliations

  • Forestry Canada — Maritimes Region, Fredericton, Canada

    J. M. Bonga

  • Centre for Forest Biology, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada

    P. Aderkas

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: In Vitro Culture of Trees

  • Authors: J. M. Bonga, P. Aderkas

  • Series Title: Forestry Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8058-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1540-7Published: 31 May 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4108-1Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-015-8058-8Published: 29 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0924-5480

  • Series E-ISSN: 1875-1334

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 238

  • Topics: Tree Biology, Plant Sciences, Forestry Management

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