This book covers various basic and applied aspects of somatic embryogenesis and the technology of synthetic seed. It contains thirty-one chapters and is divided into the following three sections:I: Cell's Commitment to Embryogenesis; Early Events and Anatomy; Molecular Basis and Gene Expression; Role of Polyamines; Machine Vision Analysis of Somatic Embryos.II: Applications of Somatic Embryos; Synthetic Seed; Fluid Drilling; Micropropagation; Genetic Transformation Through Somatic Embryos; Cryopreservation.III: Somatic Embryogenesis in Tree Species of Aesculus, Betula, Carica, Citrus, Cocos, Corylus, Elaeis, Hevea, Juglans, Larix, Liriodendron, Magnolia, Olea, Picea, Populus, and Theobroma.
I.1 The Cell’s Commitment to Somatic Embryogenesis.- I.2 Early Events in Embryogenesis.- I.3 Molecular Basis of Somatic Embryogenesis.- I.4 Gene Expression in Somatic Embryos.- I.5 Role of Polyamines in Somatic Embryogenesis.- I.6 Anatomy of Somatic Embryogenesis.- I.7 Machine Vision Analysis of Plant Cells and Somatic Embryos.- II.1 Somatic Embryogenesis and Its Applications for Crop Improvement.- II.2 Somatic Embryogenesis and the Technology of Synthetic Seed.- II.3 Role of Maturation and Desiccation of Somatic Embryos in the Production of Dry Artificial Seed.- II.4 Artificial Seed Production Through Encapsulation of Hairy Root and Shoot Tips.- II.5 Fluid Drilling as a Delivery System for Somatic Embryo-Derived Plantlets.- II.6 Micropropagation Through Somatic Embryos.- II.7 Genetic Transformation of Somatic Embryos.- II.8 Cryopreservation of Somatic Embryos.- III.1 Somatic Embryogenesis in Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum L.).- III.2 Somatic Embryogenesis in Birches (Betula spp.).- III.3 Somatic Embryogenesis in Papaya (Carica papaya L.).- III.4 Somatic Embryogenesis in Citrus Species.- III.5 Somatic Embryogenesis in Coconut (Cocos nucifera L.).- III.6 Somatic Embryogenesis in Hazelnut (Corylus Species).- III.7 Somatic Embryogenesis in Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.).- III.8 Somatic Embryogenesis in Rubber Tree (Hevea brasiliensis Müll. Arg.).- III.9 Somatic Embryogenesis in Walnut (Juglans Species).- III.10 Somatic Embryogenesis in Western Larch (Larix occidentalis).- III.11 Somatic Embryogenesis in Magnoliaceae (Liriodendron and Magnolia).- III.12 Somatic Embryogenesis in Olive (Olea europaea L.).- III.13 Somatic Embryogenesis in Norway Spruce (Picea abies).- III.14 Somatic Embryogenesis in Black Spruce [Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P.] and Red Spruce (P.rubens Sarg.).- III.15 Somatic Embryogenesis in Poplars (Populus nigra L. × P. maximowiczii Henry).- III.16 Somatic Embryogenesis in Cacao (Theobroma cacao).
"This volume as the many preceding volumes of this series, contains a mass of information. Researchers in the field should make ample use of it." Euphytica