Tissue Culture in Forestry

1982
ISBN: 978-90-247-2660-8
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 5, 420 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1730 g

Reihe: Forestry Sciences

2. IMPORTANCE OF NITROGEN METABOLISM 2. 1. Range of naturally occurring nitrogenous components in forest trees 2. 2. Gene expression and mapping 2. 3. Metabolic changes in organized and unorganized systems 2. 4. Nitrogen and nutrition 2. 5. Aspects of intermediary nitrogen metabolism 3. NITROGEN METABOLISM IN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT 3. 1. Precultural factors 3. 2. Callus formation 3. 3. Cell suspensions 3. 3. 1. Conifers 3. 3. 2. Acer 3. 4. Morphogenesis 3. 4. 1. Nitrogen metabolism of natural embryos 3. 4. 2. Somatic embryogenesis 3. 4. 2. 1. Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua) 3. 4. 2. 2. Douglar-fir and loblolly pine 3. 4. 3. Organogenesis 4. OUTLOOK 11. CARBOHYDRATE UTILIZATION AND METABOLISM - T. A. Thorpe 325 1. INTRODUCTION 2. NUTRITIONAL ASPECTS 3. CARBOHYDRATE UPTAKE 4. CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM 4. 1. Sucrose degradation 4. 2. Metabolism of other carbon sources 4. 3. Hexose mobilization and metabolism 4. 3. 1. Cell cycle studies 4. 3. 2. Growth studies 4. 3. 3. Organized development 4. 4. Cell wall biogenesis 4. 4. 1. Primary cell walls 4. 4. 2. Cell wall turnover 4. 4. 3. Secondary cell walls 4. 5. Carbon skeleton utilization 5. OSMOTIC ROLE 6. CONCLUDING THOUGHTS 369 12. THE USE OF IN VITRO TECHNIQUES FOR GENETIC MODIFICATIO~FOREST TREES - E. G. Kirby 1. INTRODUCTION 2. IN VITRO SELECTION 2. 1. Natural variation 2. 2. Induction of variation 2. 3. Selection techniques 2. 4. Plant regeneration 2. • 5. Applications x 3. SOMATIC HYBRIDIZATION 3. 1.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Durzan, D. J.

Bonga, J.M.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Tiergenetik, Reproduktion
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Genetik und Genomik (nichtmedizinisch)
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenreproduktion, Verbreitung, Genetik
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Forstbotanik, Baumbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Tissue Culture Techniques.- 3. Cell and Tissue Culture in Forest Industry.- 4. In Vitro Propagation of Gymnosperms.- 5. Vegetative Propagation of Dicotyledonous Trees.- 6. Vegetative Propagation of Eucalyptus.- 7. Vegetative Propagation of Palm Trees.- 8. Phytopathology and Tissue Culture Alliances.- 9. Action of Growth Regulators.- 10. Nitrogen Metabolism and Vegetative Propagation of Forest Trees.- 11. Carbohydrate Utilization and Metabolism.- 12. The Use of inVitro Techniques for Genetic Modification of Forest Trees.- 13. Vegetative Propagation in Relation to Juvenility, Maturity, and Rejuvenation.- 14. Tree Species Index.- 15. General Index.