In the past few decades, many investigations in the field of plant biology have employed
selectively neutral, multilocus, dominant markers such as inter‐simple sequence repeat …

Colchicine induced polyploids have notdirectly contributed for crop improvementin the past.
On the other hand, theso-called natural polyploids, derived fromthe functioning of …

Although a great deal of research on ornamental geophytes has been conducted since the
beginning of the 1990s, current information has not been comprehensively presented to …

Modern powerful techniques in plant biotechnology have been developed in lilies (Lilium
spp., Liliaceae) to propagate, improve and make new phenotypes. Reliable in vitro culture …

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 …

Breeding for new ornamental varieties is quite often a profitable occupation in the world.
Worldwide breeding activities have generated a massive amount of literature. All present …

Lilies and tulips (Liliaceae family) are economically very important ornamental bulbous
plants. Here, we summarize major breeding goals, the role of an integrated method of cut …

Interspecific hybridisation and polyploidy are recognized as the most impor-tant sources of
evolution and domestication of flowering plants. In ornamental plant breeding these …

This article provides an overview of the origin, genetic diversity and methods and trends in
breeding of selected ornamental geophytes (Lilium, Tulipa, Narcissus and Hippeastrum) …

Key message The innovations in chromosome engineering have improved the efficiency of
interrogation breeding, and the identification and transfer of resistance genes from alien to …