Somaclonal variations and their applications in horticultural crops improvement

H Krishna, M Alizadeh, D Singh, U Singh, N Chauhan… - 3 Biotech, 2016 - Springer
The advancements made in tissue culture techniques has made it possible to regenerate
various horticultural species in vitro as micropropagation protocols for commercial scale …

Cyclotides: from structure to function

SJ De Veer, MW Kan, DJ Craik - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
This Review explores the class of plant-derived macrocyclic peptides called cyclotides. We
include an account of their discovery, characterization, and distribution in the plant kingdom …

The role of somaclonal variation in plant genetic improvement: A systematic review

MS Ferreira, AJ Rocha, FS Nascimento, WDS Oliveira… - Agronomy, 2023 - mdpi.com
The instability of in vitro cultures may cause genetic and epigenetic changes in crops called
somaclonal variations. Sometimes, these changes produce beneficial effects; for example …

Bioreactor-based advances in plant tissue and cell culture: challenges and prospects

A Valdiani, OK Hansen, UB Nielsen… - Critical reviews in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Bioreactors are engineered systems capable of supporting a biologically active situation for
conducting aerobic or anaerobic biochemical processes. Stability, operational ease …

Discovery, structure, function, and applications of cyclotides: circular proteins from plants

J Weidmann, DJ Craik - Journal of Experimental Botany, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Cyclotides are plant-derived cyclic peptides that have a head-to-tail cyclic backbone and
three conserved disulphide bonds that form a cyclic cystine knot motif. They occur in plants …

Somaclonal variation and methods used for its detection

VM Ranghoo-Sanmukhiya - Propagation and genetic manipulation of …, 2021 - Springer
During plant tissue culture, the genetic stability of in vitro plantlets is often compromised and
the underlying factors include the plant species or varieties involved, mode of regeneration …

Flow cytometry–a modern method for exploring genome size and nuclear DNA synthesis in horticultural and medicinal plant species

E Sliwinska - Folia Horticulturae, 2018 - sciendo.com
Flow cytometry (FCM) has been used for plant DNA content estimation since the 1980s;
however, presently, the number of laboratories equipped with flow cytometers has …

Somaclonal variation in improvement of agricultural crops: recent progress

MK Rai - Agricultural biotechnology: latest research and trends, 2022 - Springer
Genetic variability induced by cell and tissue culture provides a new source of variation
within a species that can be utilized for crop improvement. The selection of novel variants …

The involvement of cyclotides in the heavy metal tolerance of Viola spp.

K Sychta, A Słomka, R Shariatgorji, PE Andrén… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The Violaceae family is rich in metal-tolerant species and species producing cyclic peptides
(cyclotides) that are linked to the resistance to biotic factors. Plants that inhabit areas …

TDZ-induced axillary shoot proliferation of Rhododendron mucronulatum Turcz and assessment of clonal fidelity using DNA-based markers and flow cytometry

TI Novikova, SV Asbaganov, EV Ambros… - In Vitro Cellular & …, 2020 - Springer
In order to induce in vitro axillary shoot proliferation from single-node explants of
Rhododendron mucronulatum Turcz., two techniques of thidiazuron (TDZ) application were …