Protocols for In Vitro Propagation of Ornamental Plants [Paperback]

Providing crucial information for the expanding ornamental plant industry, leading researchers in the field compile comprehensive and step-wise protocols for rapid plant multiplication and in vitro storage of major commercially viable ornamental plants.

Section A: 1. Micropropagation and Organogenesis of Anthurium andreanum Lind cv. Rubrun Oropeza Maira, Mej?as Alexander, and Teresa Edith Vargas 2. A Highly Efficient Protocol for Micropropagation of Begonia tuberous Duong Tan Nhut, Nguyen Thanh Hai, and Mai Xuan Phan 3. Micropropagation of Vanda teres (Roxb.) Lindle M. Firoz Alam, Pinaki Sinha, and M. Lokman Hakim 4. In Vitro Propagation Through Axillary Shoot Culture of Ranunculus asiaticus L. Margherita Beruto 5. Micropropagation of Crataeva adansonii D.C. Prodr: An Ornamental Avenue Tree Purnima Tyagi, P.K. Sharma, and S.L. Kothari 6. Strategies for the Micropropagation of Bromeliads Miguel Pedro Guerra and Lirio Luiz Dal Vesco 7. Micropropagation of Poinsettia by Organogenesis Marcos Castellanos, J. Brian Power, and Michael R. Davey 8. Micropropagation of Phalaenopsis Blume Pinaki Sinha, M. Firoz Alam, and M. Lokman Hakim 9. Genetic Transformation of Carnation (Dianthus caryophylus L.) Chalermsri Nontaswatsri and Seiichi Fukai 10. Matrix Supported Liquid Culture and Machine Vision Analysis of Regenerated Shoots of Gladiolus S. Dutta Gupta and V.S. S. Prasad 11. In Vitro Propagation of Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) Jose L. Casas, Enrique Olmos, and Abel Piqueras 12. In Vitro Propagation of Jasminum officinale L.: A Woody Ornamental Vine Yielding Aromatic Oil from Flowers Sabita Bhattacharya and Sanghamitra Bhattacharyya 13. Micropropagation of Lysionotus pauciflorus Maxim. (Gesneriaceae) Toshinari Godo, Yuanxue Lu, and Masahiro Mii 14. Micropropagation of Rhododendron Tom Eeckhaut, Kristien Janssens, Ellen De Keyser, and Jan DeRiek 15. In Vitro Regeneration and Multiplication of Passiflora hybrid Guglielmo Betto Luca Pipil³Q