PLANT TISSUE CULTURE AND ITS AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS

By JOHN JACKSON

CONTENTS SECTION A PROTOCOLS FOR IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 1 MICROPROPAGATION AND ORGANOGENESIS OF ANTHURIUM ANDREANUM LIND CV RUBRUN 2 A HIGHLY EFFICIENT PROTOCOL FOR MICROPROPAGATION OF BEGONIA TUBEROUS 3 MICROPROPAGATION OF VANDA TERES (ROXB ) LINDLE 4 IN VITRO PROPAGATION THROUGH AXILLARY SHOOT CULTURE OF RANUNCULUS ASIATICUS L 5 MICROPROPAGATION OF CRATAEVA ADANSONII D C PRODR: AN ORNAMENTAL AVENUE TREE 6 STRATEGIES FOR THE MICROPROPAGATION OF BROMELIADS 7 MICROPROPAGATION OF POINSETTIA BY ORGANOGENESIS 8 MICROPROPAGATION OF PHALAENOPSIS BLUME 9 GENETIC TRANSFORMATION OF CARNATION (DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLUS L ) 10 MATRIX SUPPORTED LIQUID CULTURE AND MACHINE VISION ANALYSIS OF REGENERATED SHOOTS OF GLADIOLUS 11 IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF CARNATION (DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS L ) 12 IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF JASMINUM OFFICINALE L : A WOODY ORNAMENTAL VINE YIELDING AROMATIC OIL FROM FLOWERS 13 MICROPROPAGATION OF LYSIONOTUS PAUCIFLORUS MAXIM (GESNERIACEAE) 14 MICROPROPAGATION OF RHODODENDRON 15 IN VITRO REGENERATION AND MULTIPLICATION OF PASSIFLORA HYBRID “GUGLIELMO BETTO” 16 IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF ROSE 17 IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF CHRYSANTHEMUM 18 MICROPROPAGATION OF CODIAEUM VARIEGATUM (L ) BLUME AND REGENERATION INDUCTION VIA ADVENTITIOUS BUDS AND SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS 19 METHODS FOR IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF PELARGONIUM X HORTORUM AND OTHERS: FROM MERISTEMS TO PROTOPLASTS 20 MARIGOLD REGENERATION AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF CAROTENOGENIC GENES 21 SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN IN VITRO CULTURE OF LEUCOJUM VERNUM L 22 IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF AUSTRALIAN NATIVE ORNAMENTAL PLANT, SCAEVOLA 23 MICROPROPAGATION OF TULIP: PRODUCTION OF VIRUS-FREE STOCK PLANTS ´ 24 IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF ORNAMENTAL MYRTUS (MYRTUS COMMUNIS) 25 SUNFLOWER PROPAGATION 26 CLONAL PROPAGATION OF CYCLAMEN PERSICUM VIA SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS SECTION B PROTOCOLS FOR IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 27 IN VITRO PRODUCTION OF SWEET PEAS (LATHYRUS ODORATUS L ) VIA AXILLARY SHOOTS 28 IN VITRO CONSERVATION AND CRYOPRESERVATION OF ORNAMENTAL PLANTS 29 GENETIC ENGINEERING OF NOVEL FLOWER COLORS IN FLORICULTURAL PLANTS: RECENT ADVANCES VIA TRANSGENIC APPROACHES 30 AZALEA PHYLOGENY RECONSTRUCTED BY MEANS OF MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES 31 STATUS OF FLORICULTURE IN EUROPE 32 THIN CELL LAYERS: POWER-TOOL FOR ORGANOGENESIS OF FLORICULTURAL CROPS