Somaclonal Variation in Crop Improvement II: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, cartea 36

Section I Somaclonal Variation in Agricultural Crops - Cereals, Potato, Fruits, Legumes.- 1.1 In Vitro Production of Fusarium-Resistant Wheat Plants.- 1.2 In Vitro Production of Male Sterile Rice Plants.- 1.3 Release of the Rice Variety Dama Developed by Haploid Somaclone Breeding.- 1.4 Somaclonal Variation for Fusarium Tolerance in Maize.- 1.5 In Vitro Production of Fall Army worm (Spodoptera frugiperda)-Resistant Maize and Sorghum Plants.- 1.6 Somaclonal Variation in Sorghum.- 1.7 In Vitro Production of Late Blight (Phytophthora infestans)-Resistant Potato Plants.- 1.8 In Vitro Production of Verticillium dahliae-Resistant Potato Plants.- 1.9 Somaclonal Variation for Salt Tolerance in Tomato and Potato.- 1.10 Somaclonal Variation in Lotus corniculatus L. (Birdsfoot Trefoil).- 1.11 Somaclonal Variation in Stylosanthes Species.- 1.12 Somaclonal Variation in Banana and Plantain (Musa Species).- 1.13 Somaclonal Variation for Resistance to Fusariumand Glomerella-Caused Diseases in Strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa).- 1.14 In Vitro Selection for Salt Tolerance in Citrus Rootstocks.- 1.15 In Vitro Selection for Salt/Drought Tolerance in Colt Cherry (Prunus avium x pseudocerasus).- Section II Somaclonal Variation in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants.- II. 1 In Vitro Induction of Herbicide Resistance in Atropa belladonna.- 11.2 In Vitro Induction of Resistance to Alternaria Leaf Blight Disease in Carthamus tinctorius L.(Safflower).- 11.3 Somaclonal Variation in Hypericum perforatum (St.John’s Wort).- 11.4 Somaclonal Variation in Lavatera Species.- 11.5 Tobacco Somaclones Resistant to Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus.- 11.6 Somaclonal Variation in Primula.- 11.7 Somaclonal Variation in Rauwolfia.- 11.8 Somaclonal Variation in Scilla scilloides Complex.- 11.9 Somaclonal Variation in Zinnia.

In continuation of Somaclonal Variation and Crop Improvement I (1990), this volume is comprised of twenty-four chapters dealing with somaclonal variants showing resistance to salt/drought, herbicides, viruses, Alternaria, Fusarium, Glomerella, Verticillium, Phytophthora, fall armyworm, etc. in a number of plants of economic importance.
It is divided into two sections:
Section I. Somaclonal Variation in Agricultural Crops: wheat, rice, maize, sorghum, potato, tomato, Lotus, Stylosanthes, banana, strawberry, citrus, colt cherry. Section II. Somaclonal Variation in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Atropa, Carthamus, Hypericum, Lavatera, Nicotiana, Primula, Rauwolfia, Scilla, and Zinnia. This book will be of great assistance to research workers, teachers, and advanced students of plant pathology, tissue culture, pharmacy, horticulture, and especially plant breeding.