Ebook: Somatic Hybridization in Crop Improvement II

Somatic hybrids through the fusion of plant protoplasts have widened the genetic variability of cultivated plants. As "Somatic Hybridization in Crop Improvement I", published in 1994, this volume describes how this discipline can contribute to the improvement of crops. It comprises 24 chapters dealing with interspecific and intergeneric somatic hybridization and cybridization. It is divided into four sections:
I. Cereals: Barley, rice, and wheat.
II. Vegetables and Fruits: Arabidopsis, Asparagus, Brassica, chicory, Citrus, Cucumis, Diospyros, Ipomoea, and various Solanaceous species, e.g., tomato, potato, and eggplant.
III. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Atropa, Dianthus, Nicotiana, and Senecio.
IV. Legumes/Pasture Crops: Alfalfa.
This book is tailored to the needs of advanced students, teachers and researchers in the fields of plant breeding, genetic engineering, and plant tissue culture.

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Somatic hybrids through the fusion of plant protoplasts have widened the genetic variability of cultivated plants. As "Somatic Hybridization in Crop Improvement I", published in 1994, this volume describes how this discipline can contribute to the improvement of crops. It comprises 24 chapters dealing with interspecific and intergeneric somatic hybridization and cybridization. It is divided into four sections:
I. Cereals: Barley, rice, and wheat.
II. Vegetables and Fruits: Arabidopsis, Asparagus, Brassica, chicory, Citrus, Cucumis, Diospyros, Ipomoea, and various Solanaceous species, e.g., tomato, potato, and eggplant.
III. Medicinal and Aromatic Plants: Atropa, Dianthus, Nicotiana, and Senecio.
IV. Legumes/Pasture Crops: Alfalfa.
This book is tailored to the needs of advanced students, teachers and researchers in the fields of plant breeding, genetic engineering, and plant tissue culture.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages I-XXI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Somatic Hybridization Between Hordeum vulgare L. (Barley) and Daucus carota L. (Carrot)....Pages 3-16
Cybridization in Oryza sativa L. (Rice)....Pages 17-36
Somatic Hybridization Between Oryza sativa L. (Rice) and Hordeum vulgare L. (Barley)....Pages 37-47
Somatic Hybridization Between Triticum aestivum L. (Wheat) and Haynaldia villosa L.....Pages 48-64
Asymmetrie Somatic Hybridization Between Triticum aestivum L. (Wheat) and Leymus chinensis (Trin.) Tzvel....Pages 65-77
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Somatic Hybridization in Cichorium intybus L. (Chicory)....Pages 81-94
Cybridization in Citrus unshiu Marc. (Satsuma Mandarin) and C. sinensis (L.) Osbeck (Sweet Orange)....Pages 95-111
Somatic Hybridization in Diospyros (Persimmon)....Pages 112-123
Somatic Hybridization in Ipomoea (Sweet Potato) Species....Pages 124-138
Somatic Hybridization Between Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. (Tomato) and Wild Nontuberous Solanum Species....Pages 139-151
Somatic Hybridization Between Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. (Tomato) and Solanum melongena L. (Eggplant)....Pages 152-163
Somatic Hybridization Between Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. (Tomato) and Solanum ochranthum Dun.....Pages 164-187
Somatic Hybridization Between Solanum melongena L. (Eggplant) and Solanum sanitwongsei Craib.....Pages 188-198
Somatic Hybridization Between Solanum commersonii Dun. and S. tuberosum L. (Potato)....Pages 199-216
Front Matter....Pages 217-232
Somatic Hybridization in Dianthus Species....Pages 233-244
Somatic Hybridization Between Nicotiana sylvestris Speg. & Comes and N. plumbaginifolia Viv.....Pages 245-263
Front Matter....Pages 264-274
Somatic Hybridization Between Nicotiana tabacum L. (Tobacco) and Atropa belladonna L. (Deadly Nightshade)....Pages 275-275
Front Matter....Pages 277-291
Somatic Hybridization Between Medicago sativa L. (Alfalfa) and Lotus corniculatus L. (Birdsfoot Trefoil)....Pages 292-303
Somatic Hybridization Between Medicago sativa L. (Alfalfa) and Medicago falcata L.....Pages 275-275
Back Matter....Pages 304-327
....Pages 328-337