Genetic implications of somaclonal variation in plants

VM Peschke, RL Phillips - Advances in genetics, 1992 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the genetic implications of somaclonal variation
in plants. The chapter investigates the topic of somaclonal variation from two perspectives …

Tissue culture-induced variation and crop improvement

RR Duncan - Advances in agronomy, 1996 - Elsevier
Publisher Summary The selection of regenerants with good agronomic performance
depends on the relative effects of induced and introduced variation during the in vitro …

Biochemical and molecular analysis of plants derived from embryogenic tissue cultures of napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum K. Schum)

VB Shenoy, IK Vasil - Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 1992 - Springer
We have investigated the extent of biochemical and molecular variation in 63 plants of
napier grass (Pennisetum purpureum K. Schum.) regenerated from 3-to 24-week-old …

In vitro chromosome doubling of nineZantedeschia cultivars

D Cohen, JL Yao - Plant cell, tissue and organ culture, 1996 - Springer
Tetraploid plants have been produced from nine Zantedeschia cultivars using in vitro
colchicine treatment. Rapidly-multiplying shoot cultures were treated on a medium …

Effectiveness of colchicine and oryzalin at inducing polyploidy in Watsonia lepida NE Brown

GD Ascough, J Van Staden, JE Erwin - HortScience, 2008 - journals.ashs.org
Genetic modification and manipulation offers the possibility of introducing novel traits into
existing plants, thereby increasing marketability. Polyploid induction has in the past …

Ploidy manipulation for citrus breeding, genetics, and genomics

P Ollitrault, MA Germanà, Y Froelicher, J Cuenca… - The citrus …, 2020 - Springer
Polyploidy appears to have played a limited role in citrus germplasm evolution. However,
today, ploidy manipulation is an important component of citrus breeding strategies. For …

Somatic embryogenesis in woody plants

DI Dunstan, TE Tautorus, TA Thorpe - In vitro embryogenesis in plants, 1995 - Springer
Woody plants may be defined as trees and shrubs" whose stems live for a number of years
and increase in diameter each year by addition of woody tissue"[1]. This contrasts with the …

Production of synthetic tetraploids as a tool for polyploid research

M Castro, S Castro, J Loureiro - Web Ecology, 2018 - we.copernicus.org
Polyploidization has been traditionally considered a phenomenon that mediates ecological
differentiation; however, the adaptive value of genome duplications has been seldom …

In vitro rescue of zygotic embryos of sour orange, Citrus aurantium L., and their detection based on RFLP analysis

F Carimi, F De Pasquale, AM Puglia - Plant Breeding, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Embryo development in vivo has been studied in four Citrus aurantium L. polyembryonic
genotypes. Seeds were collected 65, 85, 105, 125 and 220 days after pollination (DAP) …

In vitro production of autotetraploid Ponkan mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) using cell suspension cultures

M Dutt, M Vasconcellos, KJ Song, FG Gmitter… - Euphytica, 2010 - Springer
An efficient protocol for colchicine mediated production of in vitro autotetetraploids from
Ponkan mandarin using cell suspension cultures is described. Cells were treated with 1 gl …