Working with Ferns Issues and Applications [Paperback]

This well timed volume features a selection of chapters composed by experts in their respective fields. It covers a broad range of topics, from its fundamental biology to the ferns population genetics and environmental and therapeutic applications.

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTIONCONTRIBUTION OF FERNS TO UNDERSTANDING OF PLANT DEVELOPMENTChapter 2 Cellular, molecular and genetic changes during the development of Ceratopteris richardii gametophytesAuthors: Salmi M, Bushart T and Roux S JChapter 3 Laboratory-induced Apogamy and Apospory in Ceratopteris richardiiAuthors: Cordle AR., Bui LT, Irish EE, and Cheng C-LChapter 4 Sexual reproduction in fernsAuthors: Men?ndez V, Revilla A, Peredo E, Revilla MA, and Fern?ndez H.Chapter 5 Gibberellic acid and ethylene control male sex determination and development of Anemia phyllitidis gametophytesAuthor: Kazmierczak A.Chapter 6 The sporophytes of seed-free vascular plants -major vegetative developmental features and molecular genetic pathwaysAuthors: Tomescu A.PROPAGATION, CONSERVATION AND CONTROL OF GENETIC VARIABILITY IN FERNS.Chapter 7 Form spore to sporophyte: How to proceed in vitroAuthors: Men?ndez V, Arbes? R, Somer M, Revilla A, and Fern?ndez H.Chapter 8 In vitro regeneration systems of PlatyceriumAuthors: Camloh M and Ambrozic-Dolinsek J.Chapter 9 Stipule propagation in five Marattioid species native to Taiwan (Marattiaceae; Pteridophyta)Authors: Huang Y-M, Huang M-H, Chen C-M, Chiou W-LChapter 10 Tree ferns biotechnology: from spores to sporophytesAuthors: Rybczy?ski JJ and Miku?a A.Chapter 11 In Vitro Propagation of Rare and Endangered Serpentine Fern SpeciesAuthors: Marsza?-Jagacka J and Kromer KChapter 12 Conservation of fern spores.Authors: Ballesteros D.Chapter 13 Exploration of cryo-methods to preserve tree and herbaceous fern gametophytesAuthors: Miku?a A, Makowski D, Walters C, and Rybczy?ski JJ.Chapter 14 Pteridophyte spores viabilityAutores: Gabriel y Gal?n JM, and Prada C.Chapter 15 MicrosatellilS