Tissue culture in forestry and agriculture

Keynote Address.- A Random Walk Through Plant Biology.- Regeneration Phenomena.- Patterns of Development in Culture.- Somatic Embryogenesis and Its Consequences in the Gramineae.- Somatic Embryo Ontogeny in Tissue Cultures of Orchardgrass.- Developmental Mechanisms.- Factors Affecting Developmental Processes in Alfalfa Cell Cultures.- Factors Influencing Tomato Protoplast Development.- An Embryogenic Culture of Soybean: Towards a General Theory of Somatic Embryogenesis.- Applications of Developmental Systems.- Somatic Embryogenesis for Mass Cloning of Crop Plants.- Bioreactor Technology for Plant Propagation.- Genetic Variability and Stability.- Treasure Your Exceptions.- Somaclonal Variation in Progeny of Plants from Corn Tissue Cultures.- Whole Plant Genetics in the Study of Plant Ontogeny.- Propagation of Woody Species.- Application of Tissue Culture Propagation to Woody Plants.- Somatic Embryogenesis in Tropical Fruit Trees.- Micropropagation of Two Tropical Conifers: Pinus Oocarpa Schiede and Cupressus Lusitanica Miller.- Propagation of Coffee.- Tissue Culture for Forest Improvement.- Tissue Culture and Improvement of Woody Perennials: An Overview.- In Vitro Colonization and Resistance of Loblolly Pine Embryos Infected with the Fusiform Rust Fungus.- Loblolly Pine Tissue Culture: Laboratory, Greenhouse, and Field Studies.- Countering the Effects of Tropical Deforestation with Modern Technology.- Poster Abstracts.- Somatic Embryogenesis in Common Bermudagrass.- Somatic Embryogenesis in Callus and Cell Suspension Cultures in Three Species of Medicago.- Micropropagation of Endangered Native Rhododendron Chapmanii Gray.- Optimization of Electrofusion for the Formation and Culture of Protoplast Heterokaryons.- The Culture of Eragrostis Tef In Vitro.- The Effects of Putrescine on Somatic Embryogenesis of Daucus Carota as Examined by Two-Dimensional Electrophoresis.- Rapid Propagation of Boston Ferns by Tissue Culture.- In Vitro Culture and Somatic Embryogenesis in Cucumis Species.- Embryogenesis and Plant Regeneration in Tissue Cultures Derived from Mature and Immature Somatic Tissues of Rice (Oryza Sativa) and Wheat (Triticum Aestivum).- Somatic Embryogenesis from Commercially Important Maize Inbreds.- Plant Regeneration from Embryos of Cucumis Metuliferus Cross-Pollinated with Cucumis Anguria.- Characterization of Chlorate Resistant Mutants of Arabidopsis Thaliana in Tissue Cultures.- Rapid In Vitro Propagation of Virus-Indexed Freesia.- Stability of Nuclear DNA Content in Long-Term Callus Cultures of Loblolly Pine.- In Vitro Culture of Camellia Sinensis.- Tissue Culture of Pinus Eldarica (Med.).- Selection and Micropropagation of Eucalyptus Cloning Candidates.- In Vitro Regeneration of Plantlets from Cultured Tissues of Scots Pine (Pinus Sylvestris L.).- Effect of Explant Type on Shoot Proliferation and Physical Support on Root Initiation for a Range of Horticultural Species.- Organ Formation from Callus Cultures of Bananas and Plantains.- Seasonal Variation in Callus Proliferation from Expiants of Mature Pinus Strobus Trees.- Plant Regeneration from Tissue Cultures of Amaranthus Species.- Organogenesis and Embryogenesis from Maize Inbred Line B73. K..- Somatic Embryogenesis from Mature Wheat Embryos.- Asexual Propagation of Coffee Through Shoot-Tip Culture.- Nitrogen and Growth Regulator Effects on Shoot and Root Growth of Soybean In Vitro.- Plant Regeneration from Embryogenic Suspension-Derived Protoplasts of Sandalwood (Santalum Album).- Regeneration of Broccoli from Buds and Leaves.- Histology of Structures from a Soybean (Glycine Max) Somatic Embryogenesis Protocol.- In Vitro Regeneration Capacity of Corn and Teosinte Genotypes.- High-Frequency Plant Regeneration in Long-Term Tissue Cultures of Rice.- In Vitro Cloning of Dalbergia Latifolia Roxb. (Indian Rosewood).- In Vitro Callus Formation and Propagation of Sugarcane.- Variation for Salt Tolerance in Tobacco Cell Suspensions.- Somatic Embryogenesis in Tobacco Callus.- Agar Induced Variations on the Nutritional Composition of Pear and Crabapple Shoots In Vitro.- Morphogenetic Response from Orchardgrass Pistils.- Detection of Cronartium Quercuum F. Sp. Fusiforme in Pinus Taeda Embryos Using the Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay.- Clonal Propagation of Chilopsis Linearis (Cav.) Through Tissue Culture.- Highly Morphogenic Callus of Arachis Paraguariensis from Agar and Suspension Cultures.- Anther Culture of Papaya (Carica Papaya L.).- Morphological Adaptation of Leaves of Strawberry Plants Grown In Vitro after Removal from Culture.- Clonal Variability and Field Performance in Sweet Potatoes Propagated In Vitro.- Induction and Selection of Atrazine Resistance Variants from Tobacco Cell Cultures.- Callus Morphology Associated with Somatic Embryogenesis in Barley.- Embryo Propagation by Direct Somatic Embryogenesis and Multiple Shoot Formation.- Protoclones of Sorghum Bicolor with Unusually High Mitochondrial DNA Variation.- Factors Affecting Isolation of Protoplasts from Leaves of Grape (Vitis Vinifera).- Somaclonal Variation in Tobacco and Sugar Beet Breeding.- Roster of Participants and Speakers.