Somaclonal Variation in Crop Improvement II [Paperback]

Section I Somaclonal Variation in Agricultural Crops - Cereals, Potato, Fruits, Legumes.- 1.1 In Vitro Production of Fusarium-Resistant Wheat Plants.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Review of In Vitro Studies.- 3 Induced or Noninduced Somaclonal Variation for Fusarium Resistance?.- 4 Summary and Conclusions.- 5 Protocol.- References.- 1.2 In Vitro Production of Male Sterile Rice Plants.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Sterile Mutants from Somaclones in Rice.- 3 A Male Sterile Line, 54257/162-5, from Somaclones.- 4 Origin of the Maintainer, Somaclone 162-5.- 5 Summary and Conclusions.- References.- 1.3 Release of the Rice Variety Dama Developed by Haploid Somaclone Breeding.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Somaclonal Breeding.- 3 Summary and Conclusions.- References.- 1.4 Somaclonal Variation for Fusarium Tolerance in Maize.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Brief Review of Fusarium Studies on Maize.- 3 Somaclonal Variation for Fusarium moniliforme Tolerance in Maize.- 4 Summary.- 5 Protocol.- References.- 1.5 In Vitro Production of Fall Army worm (Spodoptera frugiperda)-Resistant Maize and Sorghum Plants.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Establishment of In Vitro Systems.- 3 In Vitro Studies on Fall Armyworm Resistance.- 4 Release and Registration of In Vitro-Derived Resistant Plants of Maize and Sorghum.- 5 Summary.- References.- 1.6 Somaclonal Variation in Sorghum.- 1 Introduction.- 2 In Vitro Culture Studies.- 3 Somaclonal Variation.- 4 Summary.- References.- 1.7 In Vitro Production of Late Blight (Phytophthora infestans)-Resistant Potato Plants.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Phytophthora infestans.- 3 Conventional Breeding for Foliar Late Blight Resistance.- 4 In Vitro Induction of Resistance to Late Blight.- 5 Summary and Conclusions.- References.- 1.8 In Vitro Production of Verticillium dahliae-Resistant Potato Plants.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Brief Review of Verticillium Resistance Studies on Potato.- 3 In Vitro Production of Plants Resistant to Verticillium.- 4 Summary and Conclusions.- 5 Protocol.- References.- 1.9 Somaclonal Variatils,