Main description:

This book provides comprehensive information on micropropagation of economically important forest and fruit trees, which is usually available in scattered literature. Topics cover a wide range, from tropical forest and fruit trees for paper or food supply, to Prunus species for local craft bark production.

Contents:

Preface.
Section A:-
1. Effects of light quality on micropropagation of woody species; M. Stefano, M. Rosario. 2. Propagation and DNA markers characterization of Populus tremula L. and Populus alba L.; M. Angeles Bueno, A. Gomez, J.A. Manzanera. 3. Molecular DNA marker analysis to assess the genetic fidelity of micropropagated woody plants; V. Rani, S.N. Raina. 4. Micropropagation of woody trees and fruits: Pathogen elimination and contamination management; A.C. Cassells, E.A. O'Herlihy. 5. Beneficial influences of Arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi on the micropropagation of woody and fruit frees; J. Taylor, L.A. Harrier.
Section B:-
6. Micropropagation of tropical woody species; A.P.M. Rodriguez, W.A. Vendrame. 7. Micropropagation of Fagus spp.; A.M. Vieitez, M.C. San-Jose, M.C. Sanchez, A. Ballester. 8. Micropropagation of Eucalyptus; M.P.Watt, F.C. Blakeway, M.E.O. Mokotedi, S.M. Jain. 9. Micropropagation of Acacia species; M. Quoirin. 10. In vitro propagation of Aegle marmelos (L) Corr., a medicinal tree; S. Arumugam, A.S. Rao, M.V. Rao.
Section C:-
11. Micropropagation of the grapevine (Vitis spp.); A. Bouquet, L. Torregrosa. 12. Micropropagation of bananas; K. Matsumoto, S.P. da Silva Neto. 13. Micropropagation of arid zone fruit frees of India; R. Raj Bhansali, M. Singh. 14. Micropropagation of apples (Malus sp.); Ph. Druart. 15. Micropropagation of small fruits; S.C. Debnath. 16. Micropropagation of Prunus sargentii Rehder and P. verecunda (Koidz) Koche; Y. Sasaki. 17. Micropropagation of avocado (Persea americana Mill.); A. Barcelo-Munoz, F. Pliego-Alfaro. 18. Micropropagation of Carica papaya and related species; R. Drew. 19. Micropropagation of Pistachio; A. Onay. 20. Micropropagation of Citrus; F. Carimi, F. De Pasquale. 21. Micropropagation of olive (Olea europaea L.); M. Lambardi, E. Rugini. 22. Micropropagation of kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.); E. Rugini, P. Gutierrez-Pesce. 23. Micropropagation of tea (Camellia sinensis L.); T.K. Mondal. 24. Micropropagation of litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.); N. Bhalla- Sarin, U.S. Prasad, A.S. Kantharajah, S.M. Jain.
Section D:-
25. Micropropagation of woody plants using bioreactor; Paek Kee Yoeup, D. Chakrabarty. 26. Photoautotrophic micropropagation of woody and tropicai plants; T. Kozai, Q.T. Nguyen. 27. Thin cell layer (TCL) morphogenesis as a powerful tool in woody plant and fruit crop micropropagation and biotechnology, floral genetics and genetic transformation; D.T. Nhut, J.A. Teixeira da Silva, B.V. Le, K. Tran Thanh Van. 28. Application of tissue culture to the germplasm conservation of temperate broad-leaf trees; M. Lambardi, A. Dr Carlo.