Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants

by Jain, S. Mohan; Gupta, Pramod K.; Newton, Ronald J.

• ISBN13: 9780792364191
• ISBN10: 0792364198
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

The rapid progress on somatic embryogenesis and its prospects for potential application to improving woody plants prompted us to edit this book initially in three volumes, and now an additional three more volumes. We were all convinced that such a treatise was needed and would be extremely useful to researchers and students. This volume 6 is dedicated to Prof. Harry Waris, Helsinki, Finland, who did pioneer work on somatic embryogenesis during the time when Prof. Steward and others were actively engaged in this area. His former student Prof. Liisa Simols, University of Helsinki, Finland, has written a dedication 'Harry Waris, a pioneer in somatic embryogenesis' to her teacher Prof. Waris. This volume is divided into three sections and contains a total of 26 chapters. Section A comprises seven chapters covering topics such as: Historical insights into some contemporary problems in somatic embryogenesis (SE); Thin cell layer for somatic embryogenesis induction in woody trees; SE in tropical fruit and forest trees; SE in fruit and forest arid trees; Status of SE in Indian forest trees; SE research in fruit trees in India; Applications of SE for the improvement of tropical fruit trees. Section B comprises 15 chapters, dealing with: SE in oil palm, hazelnut (Corylus avellana L.), pistachio (Pistacia vera L.), Araucaria angustifolia, Quercus suber, Aspidosperma polyneuron, Acacia senegal, Simmondsia chiensis, Cupressus sempervirens, pecan (Carya illinoinensis), rattan (Calamus spp.), tamarillo (Cyphomandra betacea, longan (Dimocarpus longan Lor.), Aegle marmelos, and Euonymus europaeus. Section C comprises three chapters related to cryo-storage of citrus, conifers and rubber. All the chapters have been peer-reviewed and revised accordingly to improve the quality of the chapters. We are thankful to all: (a) contributory authors for their co-operation in submitting manuscripts in time, and (b) reviewers for spending their valuable time in reviewing the manuscripts.

Table of Contents

General preface	vii
Preface	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Section A
Dedication: Harry Waris, a pioneer in somatic embryogenesis	1	(16)
Liisa Simola
Historical insights into some contemporary problems in somatic embryogenesis	17	(34)
A. D. Krikorian
Current status of thin cell layer method for the induction of organogenesis or somatic embryogenesis in woody trees	51	(42)
K. Tran Thanh Van
Bui Van Le
Somatic embryogenesis in tropical fruit trees	93	(48)
N. Akhtar
N. Kumari
S. Pandey
H. Ara
M. Singh
U. Jaiswal
S.M. Jain
Somatic embryogenesis in fruit and forest trees of arid zone	141	(28)
R. Raj Bhansali
Manjit Singh
Status of somatic embryogenesis in Indian forest trees	169	(24)
P. S. Rao
P. Suprassana
T. R. Ganapathi
V.A. Bapat
Somatic embryogenesis research on fruit trees in India	193	(22)
R. Nadgauda
G. Mathur
S. Gogte
Applications of somatic embryogenesis for the improvement of tropical fruit trees	215	(34)
N. Akhtar
S. Mohan Jain
Section B
Somatic embryogenesis in oil palm	249	(42)
A. Rival
Applied and basis studies on somatic embryogenesis in hazelnut (Corylus avellana L)	291	(70)
R. Rodriguez
B. Berros
M. Luz Centeno
M. Rovira
A. Rodriguez
L. Radojevic
Somatic embryogenesis in Pistachio (Pistacia vera L.)	361	(30)
A. Onay
C.E. Jeffree
Somatic embryogenesis in pecan (Carya illinoinensis)	391	(24)
H.Y. Wetzstein
B.S. Jeyaretnam
W.A. Vendrame
A.P.M. Rodriguez
Somatic embryogenesis in longan (Dimocarpus longan Lour.)	415	(18)
Z. Lai
C. Chen
L. Zeng
Z. Chen
Somatic embryogenesis induction in Tamarillo (Cyphomandra betacea)	433	(24)
M.L. Lopes
M.R. Ferreira
J.M. Carloto
G.S. Cruz
J.M. Canhoto
Somatic embryogenesis in Araucaria angustifolia (Bert) O. Ktze	457	(22)
M.P. Guerra
V. Silveira
A.L.W. dos Santos
L.V. Astarita
R.O. Nodari
Somatic and gametic embryogenesis in Quercus suber L.	479	(30)
M.A. Bueno
A. Gomez
J.A. Manzanera
Somatic embryogenesis in Aspidosperma polyneuron Mull. Arg	509	(30)
L.L.F. Ribas
M. P. Guerra
F. Zanette
L. Kulchetscki
Somatic embryogenesis in a leguminous tree-Acacia senegal (L.) Willd.	539	(14)
S. Shahana
S.C. Gupta
Somatic embryogenesis in cypress (Cupressus sempervirens L.)	553	(16)
M. Lambardi
Somatic embryogenesis in rattan (Calamus spp.)	569	(18)
D.K.S. Goh
O. Monteuuis
M-C. Bon
Somatic embryogenesis in jojoba (Simmondsia chiensis)	587	(18)
V. Agrawal
S. Prakash
S.C. Gupta
Somatic embryogenesis in Aegle marmelos (L.) corr., a medicinal tree	605	(52)
S. Arumugam
M. V. Rao
Environmental and biochemical factors controlling the in vitro emergence of somatic embryos European spindle tree (Euonymus europaues L.)	657	(14)
L.M. Bonneau
Somatic Embryogenesis in Quercus acutissima	671	(16)
Kim Yong-Wook
Section C
Crystorage of Citrus embyogenic cultures	687	(20)
R.M. Perez
Cryopreservation of embryogenic cultures of conifers	707	(22)
H.M. Haggman
T.S. Aronen
L.A. Ryynanen
Cryopreservation of embryogenic calli of Heavea brasiliensis	729
F. Engelman
H. Etienne