This short review briefly introduces the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) as by-
products of oxidation/reduction (redox) reactions, and the ways in which the antioxidant …

A suite of mechanisms or processes that together have been implicated in the acquisition
and maintenance of desiccation tolerance in orthodox seeds is discussed in the context of …

Active oxygen species (AOS) are involved in various aspects of seed physiology. Their
generation, which occurs during seed desiccation, germination and ageing, may lead to …

Saffron is made with the dried stigmas of Crocus sativus, an Iridaceae that has been
traditionally cultivated in different countries of Asia and the Mediterranean region. Saffron …

This book is intended to provide a general introduction to this exciting field of plant cell and
tissue culture as tool in biotechnology, without overly dwelling on detailed descriptions of all …

Both priming (mixing seeds with moist vermiculite for 36h at 20° C) and hot water soaking
(soaking seeds for 4h in water at 40° C) improved the percentage and mean emergence …

Plant embryogenesis is a fascinating developmental program that is very successfully
established in nature in seeds. In case of in vitro somatic embryogenesis this process is …

Callus was obtained from hypocotyls of Mesembryanthemum crystallinum seedlings
cultured on two types of medium—germination medium (GM) and callus induction medium …

The ontogenetic developmental stages of saffron somatic embryogenesis have been studied
and characterized using light microscopy and the biochemical determination of the …

Co-cultivation of grape embryogenic callus (EC) and somatic embryos with Agrobacterium
often leads to necrogenesis, which manifests in tissue browning and subsequent cell death …