In Vitro Haploid Production in Higher Plants

Volume 1: Fundamental Aspects and Methods
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-90-481-4579-9
Verlag: Springer Netherlands

Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 356 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 569 g

Reihe: Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture

The 18 chapters making up are divided into two sections. Section 1 (eight chapters) covers historical and fundamental aspects of haploidy in crop improvement. Section 2 deals with methods of haploid production, including anther culture, micropore culture, ovary culture, pollination with irradiated pollen, pollination, and special culture techniques, including polyhaploid production in the Triticeae by sexual hybridization, the influence of ethylene and gelling agents on anther culture, conditional lethal markers, and methods of chromosome doubling.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jain, S. Mohan

Veilleux, R. E.

Sopory, S.K.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau Nutzpflanzen: Biologie, Genetik, Pflanzenzüchtung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Molekularbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Proteinforschung
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Botanik Pflanzenreproduktion, Verbreitung, Genetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I1. The discovery of anther culture technique for the production of haploids A personal reflection.- I.2. Haploids in plant breeding.- I.3. Reflections on doubled haploids in plant breeding.- I.4. Cytogenetics and potential of haploidy in forest tree genetics and improvement.- I.5. Haploidy and mutation techniques.- I. 6. Cytological and biochemical aspects of in vitro androgenesis in higher plants.- I.7. Molecular and biochemical events during the induction of microspore embryogenesis.- I.8. The utility of doubled haploid populations for studying the genetic control of traits determined by recessive alleles.- I.9. Anther culture.- I.10. Influence of ethylene in microspore embryogenesis.- I.11. Effect of gelling agents on anther cultures.- I.12. Microspore culture.- I.13. Ovary and ovule culture for haploid production.- I.14. In vitro pollination and fertilization.- I.15. Irradiated pollen for haploid production.- I.16. Polyhaploid production in the Triticeae by sexual hybridization.- I.17. Conditional lethal markers: spontaneous haploid selection in plants.- I.18. Methods to double haploid chromosome numbers.- List of Contributors.- Species and Subject index.