Genetic manipulation of woody plants

Keynote Address.- Biotechnology Applied to the Improvement of Underground Systems of Woody Plants.- Tissue Culture Systems.- Gene Transfer in Forest Trees.- In Vitro Manipulation of Slash Pine (Pinus elliottii).- Potential Application of Haploid Cultures of Tree Species.- Biochemical and Anatomical Studies of Birch (Betula pendula Roth) Buds Exposed to Different Climatic Conditions in Relation to Growth In Vitro.- Physiological Genetics of Organogenesis In Vitro.- Tissue Culture of Conifers Using Loblolly Pine as a Model.- Use of Leaf Petioles of Hedera helix to Study Regulation of Adventitious Root Initiation.- Nodule Culture: A Developmental Pathway with High Potential for Regeneration, Automated Micropropagation, and Plant Metabolite Production from Woody Plants.- Physiology of Bud Induction in Conifers In Vitro.- Use of Protoplasts and Cell Cultures for Physiological and Genetic Studies of Conifers.- Plantlet Regeneration In Vitro Via Adventitious Buds and Somatic Embryos in Norway Spruce (Picea abies).- Dna Analysis and Manipulation.- Analysis of Host Range in Transformation of Higher Plants by Agrobacterium tumefaciens.- Development of a DNA Transfer System for Pines.- Development of Glyphosate-Tolerant Populus Plants through Expression of a Mutant aroA Gene from Salmonella typhimurium.- Inheritance and Evolution of Conifer Organelle Genomes.- DNA Analysis During Growth and Development.- The Anaerobic Stress Response and its Use for Studying Gene Expression in Conifers.- Regulation of Gene Expression.- Metabolic Phenotypes in Somatic Embryogenesis and Polyembryogenesis.- Alkaloid Production from Cinchona Cell and Organ Systems.- Biosynthesis of Lower Terpenoids: Genetic and Physiological Controls in Woody Plants.- Approaches to Altering Regulatory Controls of Secondary Pathways in Cultured Cells.- Tissue Cultures of Euphorbia Species.- Control of Morphogenesis in Calocedrus decurrens Tissue Culture.- Intregration of Genetic Manipulation into Breeding Programs.- Potential of Cell Culture in Plantation Forestry Programs.- Multiplication of Meristematic Tissue: A New Tissue Culture System for Radiata Pine.- Integrating Biotechnology into Woody Plant Breeding Programs.- Contents: Poster Abstracts.- Poster Abstracts.- Roster of Speakers, Participants, and Personnel.