Plant Tissue Culture and its Agricultural Applications. Proceedings of Previous Easter Schools in Agricultural Science, Published by Butterworths, London

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Proceedings of Previous Easter Schools in Agricultural Science, published by Butterworths, London, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Pages v-vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Page vii
EDITORS' NOTE, Page xv
1 - THE TISSUE CULTURE REVOLUTION, Pages 3-20
2 - CONTROL AND EXPRESSION OF MORPHOGENESIS IN CULTURE, Pages 23-45
3 - PUTATIVE AUXIN RECEPTORS IN TOBACCO CALLUS, Pages 47-54
4 - A ROLE FOR ETHYLENE BIOSYNTHESIS IN ADVENTITIOUS BUD FORMATION ON BULB-SCALE TISSUE OF LILIUM SPECIOSUM, Pages 55-61
5 - VERNALIZATION STUDIES IN LOLIUM, Pages 63-68
6 - PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS IN THE IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF HERBACEOUS PLANTS, Pages 69-84
7 - PLANT REGENERATION FROM ROOT CALLUS IN THE FORAGE GRASS LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM, Pages 85-89
8 - PROPAGATION OF BULBS FROM FLORAL STEM TISSUES, Pages 91-97
9 - PLANT REGENERATION IN THE FORAGE LEGUMES, Pages 99-104
10 - HABIT DIFFERENCES IN AFRICAN VIOLETS PRODUCED FROM LEAF CUTTINGS, AND IN VITRO FROM LEAF DISCS AND RECYCLED AXENIC LEAVES, Pages 105-111
11 - POTATO TUBER FORMATION IN VITRO, Pages 113-122
12 - AN OVERVIEW OF THE IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF WOODY PLANTS AND PLANTATION CROPS, Pages 123-138
13 - MERISTEM TIP CULTURE OF MUSA: HISTOMORPHOLOGICAL STUDIES OF SHOOT BUD PROLIFERATION, Pages 139-147
14 - ADVENTITIOUS REGENERATION IN CASSAVA, Pages 149-157
15 - PROGRESS TOWARDS THE IN VITRO CLONAL PROPAGATION OF EUCALYPTUS GRANDIS, Pages 159-165
16 - VITRIFICATION IN SITKA SPRUCE CULTURES, Pages 167-174
17 - MICROPROPAGATION IN THE COMMERCIAL ENVIRONMENT, Pages 175-186
18 - IN VITRO HARDENING AND ACCLIMATIZATION OF TISSUE CULTURE PLANTS, Pages 187-196
19 - THE APPLICATION OF MICROPROPAGATION TO SEED POTATO PRODUCTION IN NORTHERN SCOTLAND, Pages 197-203
20 - CONSTRAINTS UPON THE USE OF MICROPROPAGATION FOR THE SCOTTISH STRAWBERRY CERTIFICATION SCHEME, Pages 205-210
21 - ECONOMICS OF MASS PROPAGATION OF PAPAYA THROUGH TISSUE CULTURE, Pages 211-215
22 - PRODUCTION AND INDEXING OF DISEASE-FREE PLANTS, Pages 219-238
23 - ELIMINATION OF VIRUSES FROM TISSUE CULTURES IN THE PRESENCE OF ANTIVIRAL CHEMICALS, Pages 239-248
24 - RAPID IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF VIRUS-INDEXED POTATOES FOR SEED PRODUCTION, Pages 249-255
25 - MICROPROPAGATION AS AN AID IN QUARANTINE PROCEDURES FOR POTATO MATERIAL, Pages 257-260
26 - IN VITRO APPROACHES TO THE CONSERVATION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES, Pages 261-276
27 - IN VITRO CONSERVATION OF AROID GERMPLASM AT REDUCED TEMPERATURES AND UNDER OSMOTIC STRESS, Pages 277-283
28 - GROWTH LIMITATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF PEAR GENOTYPES, Pages 285-290
29 - IN VITRO PROPAGATION AND GERMPLASM STORAGE OF CINCHONA, Pages 291-301
30 - EMBRYO CULTURE AND CRYOPRESERVATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF GENETIC RESOURCES OF SPECIES WITH RECALCITRANT SEED, Pages 303-309
31 - IN VITRO CULTURE IN PLANT BREEDING, Pages 313-336
32 - THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROTOPLAST SYSTEMS SUITABLE FOR GENE TRANSFER IN FORAGE LEGUMES, Pages 337-348
33 - PROTOPLAST CULTURE AND THE USE OF APOMIXIS IN VITRO FOR THE REGENERATION OF FRUIT PLANTS, Pages 349-357
34 - CELL AND PROTOPLAST CULTURE OF RICE, Pages 359-365
35 - THE USE OF ESCHERICHIA COLI SPHEROPLASTS: A POSSIBLE APPROACH FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF FOREIGN GENES INTO CROP PLANTS, Pages 367-374
36 - POLLEN, OVULE AND EMBRYO CULTURE AS TOOLS IN PLANT BREEDING, Pages 375-404
37 - EMBRYOID AND PLANT PRODUCTION FROM CULTURED BARLEY ANTHERS, Pages 405-411
38 - INDUCTION OF HAPLOID PLANTS OF POPULUS SPECIES, Pages 413-418
39 - CONVERSION IN VITRO OF CUCUMIS METULIFERUS AND C. METULIFERUS X C. ANGURIA EMBRYOS, Pages 419-426
40 - CULTURE OF OVULES AND EMBRYOS FROM AN INCOMPATIBLE CROSS IN THE GENUS ARACHIS, Pages 427-430
41 - MUTATION AND TISSUE CULTURE, Pages 431-449
42 - DEVELOPMENT OF AN IN VITRO SELECTION SYSTEM FOR NOVEL SOURCES OF RESISTANCE TO VERTICILLIUM WILT IN HOPS, Pages 451-459
43 - SPONTANEOUS AND INDUCED VARIATION IN TISSUE CULTURES AND REGENERATED PLANTS OF BREADWHEAT, Pages 461-467
44 - SALT STRESS: RESISTANCE MECHANISMS AND IN VITRO SELECTION PROCEDURES, Pages 469-478
45 - SELECTION FOR HERBICIDE RESISTANCE IN TISSUE CULTURES OF FRAGARIA and NICOTIANA, Pages 479-486
46 - THE PRESENT DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE OF PLANT CELL AND TISSUE CULTURE IN AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND HORTICULTURE, Pages 489-500
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS, Pages 501-513
SPECIES INDEX, Pages 515-520
SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 521-526