In Vitro Haploid Production in Higher Plants

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Section 1

   1. The discovery of anther culture technique for the production of haploids

      • S. C. Maheshwari

      Pages 1-10

   2. Haploids in plant breeding

      • G. S. Khush, S. S. Virmani

      Pages 11-33

   3. Reflections on doubled haploids in plant breeding

      • P. Stephen Baenziger

      Pages 35-48

   4. Cytogenetics and potential of haploidy in forest tree genetics and improvement

      • Snorri Baldursson, M. Raj Ahuja

      Pages 49-66

   5. Haploidy and mutation techniques

      • M. Maluszynski, I. Szarejko, B. Sigurbjörnsson

      Pages 67-93

   6. Cytological and biochemical aspects of in vitro androgenesis in higher plants

      • R. S. Sangwan, B. S. Sangwan-Norreel

      Pages 95-109

   7. Molecular and biochemical events during the induction of microspore embryogenesis

      • Jan H. G. Cordewener, Jan B. M. Custers, Hans J. M. Dons, Michiel M. Van Lookeren Campagne

      Pages 111-124

   8. The utility of doubled haploid populations for studying the genetic control of traits determinated by recessive alleles

      • K. P. Pauls

      Pages 125-144

3. Section 2

   1. Anther culture

      • Sudhir K. Sopory, Meenakshi Munshi

      Pages 145-176

   2. Influence of ethylene in microspore embryogenesis

      • Taina Tiainen

      Pages 177-187

   3. Effect of gelling agents on anther cultures

      • Eva K. Calleberg, Lars B. Johansson

      Pages 189-203

   4. Microspore culture

      • J. M. Dunwell

      Pages 205-216

   5. Ovary and ovule culture for haploid production

      • E. R. Joachim Keller, Larissa Korzun

      Pages 217-235

   6. In vitro pollination and fertilization

      • Sant S. Bhojwani, A. P. Raste

      Pages 237-262

   7. Irradiated pollen for haploid production

      • Sara Sestili, Nadia Ficcadenti

      Pages 263-274

   8. Polyhaploid production in the Triticeae by sexual hybridization

      • Abdul Mujeeb-Kazi, Oscar Riera-Lizarazu

      Pages 275-296

   9. Conditional lethal markers: spontaneous haploid selection in plants

      • C. Horlow, S. Hamza, Y. Chupeau, G. Pelletier

      Pages 297-315

   10. Methods to double haploid chromosome numbers

       • P. S. Rao, P. Suprasanna

       Pages 317-339

4. Back Matter

   Pages 341-358

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The 18 chapters making up In Vitro Haploid Production in Higher Plants are divided into two sections. Section 1 (eight chapters) covers historical and fundamental aspects of haploidy in crop improvement. Section 2 deals with methods of haploid production, including anther culture, micropore culture, ovary culture, pollination with irradiated pollen, in vitro pollination, and special culture techniques, including polyhaploid production in the Triticeae by sexual hybridization, the influence of ethylene and gelling agents on anther culture, conditional lethal markers, and methods of chromosome doubling.

• Allele
• Embryo
• Mutation
• Polle
• chromosome
• crop improvement
• fertilization
• forest
• genetics
• hybridization
• plant
• plant breeding
• plants
• pollination
• tree

`It should be an invaluable reference for researchers interested in theoretical and practical aspects of haploidy in higher plants. Plant cytogeneticists, geneticists, plant brreeders, and biotechnologists will find this book very useful.'
Journal of Heredity (March 1999)

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

  S. Mohan Jain

• School of Life Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

  S. K. Sopory

• Department of Horticulture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, USA

  R. E. Veilleux

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