Woody Plant Biotechnology

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Woody Plant Biotechnology: Perspectives and Limitations....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
 In Vitro Propagation of Conifers: Fidelity of the Clonal Offspring....Pages 13-21
The Transition between Shoot Regeneration Competence and Callus Determination in Internodal Stem Explants of Populus deltoides ....Pages 23-29
Micropropagation of Silver Birch (Betula pendula Roth.) and Clonal Fidelity of Mass Propagated Birch Plants....Pages 31-36
 In Vitro Studies with White Ash ( Fraxinus Americana ) Nodules....Pages 37-44
Optimizing Potential for Adventitious Shoot Organogenesis in Hybrid Populus Explants In Vitro with Wound Treatment and Micro-Cross Sections....Pages 45-58
Somaclonal Variation in Populus Hybrids Regenerated from Protoplast Culture....Pages 59-61
 In Vitro Disease Resistance for Expression of Somaclonal Variation in Larix ....Pages 63-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Gene Expression during Growth and Maturation....Pages 69-75
Cellular, Biochemical, and Molecular Analysis of Maturation Related Characteristics in Hedera Helix ....Pages 77-81
Adventitious Bud Production from Mature Picea Abies : Rejuvenation Associated with Female Strobili Formation....Pages 83-90
Eucalypt Juvenility....Pages 91-102
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Variations in Somatic Polyembryogenesis: Induction of Adventitious Embryonal-Suspensor Masses on Developing Douglas Fir Embryos....Pages 105-121
Necking in Embryonal Tube Cells and Its Implications for Morphogenic Protoplasts and Conifer Tree Improvement....Pages 123-137
Comparison of Larch Embryogeny In Vivo and In Vitro ....Pages 139-155
Application of Somatic Embryogenesis to Clonal Propagation of Interior Spruce....Pages 157-169
Effect of Explant and Media on Initiation, Maintenance, and Maturation of Somatic Embryos in Pseudotsuga Menziesii (Mirb.) Franco (Douglas-fir)....Pages 171-178
Maturation of Yellow-Poplar Somatic Embryos....Pages 179-187
Somatic Embryogenesis in Tissue Cultures of Euterpe Edulis Mart. (Palmae)....Pages 189-196
Genetic and Morphogenic Stability of Plantlets Regenerated from Somatic Embryos of Norway Spruce (Picea abies)....Pages 197-199
Front Matter....Pages 103-103
Somatic Embryogenesis and Organogenesis of Embryonic Explants of Abies Alba and Acer Pseudoplatanus ....Pages 201-203
Front Matter....Pages 205-205
Genetic Transformation of Trees via Direct Gene Transfer....Pages 207-211
 Agrobacterium -Mediated Transformation of Apple ( Malus Pumila Mill.)....Pages 213-226
Transfer of Foreign Genes into Yellow-Poplar ( Liriodendron Tulipifera) ....Pages 227-232
Evidence for Agrobacterium -Mediated Genetic Transformation in Larix Decidua ....Pages 233-235
Regeneration and Transformation Experiments in Apple....Pages 237-246
Producing Herbicide Tolerant Populus Using Genetic Transformation Mediated by Agrobacterium Tumefaciens C58: A Summary of Recent Research....Pages 247-263
Wound-Responsive Gene Expression in Poplars....Pages 265-268
A Transient Assay for Heterologous Promoter Activity in Picea Glauca ....Pages 269-281
Insertion of the Maize Transposable Element AC Into Poplar....Pages 283-294
Approaches to Studying DNA Elements Associated with Light-Regulated Gene Expression in Conifers....Pages 295-303
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
Application of Biotechnology to Preservation of Forest Tree Germplasm....Pages 307-313
Influences of Subculturing Period and Different Culture Media on Cold Storage Maintenance of Populus Alba X P. grandidentata Plantlets....Pages 315-321
The Problem of Biotechnological Constipation....Pages 323-328
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Plant Regeneration of Hybrid Poplars Using Nodule Culture System....Pages 331-331
Positional and Rejuvenation Effects of Micropropagation of Matue Fagus Sylvatica L. ....Pages 333-333
Establishment of a Shoot Culture System for Larix Decidua ....Pages 335-337
Protoplast Culture from Fagus, Ulmus and Abies ....Pages 339-340
Stump Sprouts: A Valuable Source for Clonal Propagation and Germplasm Preservation of Adult Sessile Oak....Pages 341-343
Recovery of Juvenile Characteristics Through In Vitro Propagation of Mature Fast-Growing Birch Hybrids....Pages 345-346
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Somatic Embryogenesis in Larix Decidua....Pages 347-348
Response of Abies Alba Embryonal-Suspensor Mass to Various Carbohydrate Treatments....Pages 349-349
Somatic Embryogenesis in Aesculus Hippocastanum and Quercus Petraea from Old Trees (10 to 140 Years)....Pages 351-352
Androgenesis in Quercus Petraea, Fagus Sylvatica and Aesculus Hippocastanum ....Pages 353-354
Cryopreservation of Haploid Embryos of Quercus Petraea, Fagus Sylvatica and Somatic Embryos of Aesculus Hippocastanum ....Pages 355-356
Transformation of Populus — From System Development to Field Plantings....Pages 357-358
Transient Expression of B-Glucuronidase and Luciferase in Electroporated Conifer Protoplasts....Pages 359-359
 CAB Expression in Douglas-Fir Demonstrates Weak Light Regulation....Pages 361-361
Paternal Inheritance of Organelle DNA in Conifers....Pages 363-363
RFLP Mapping of the Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.) Genome....Pages 365-365
Back Matter....Pages 367-373