Somaclonal Variation in Crop Improvement II

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 num...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bajaj, Y. P. S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1996, 1996
Edition:1st ed. 1996
Series:Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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