Somatic Hybridization in Crop Improvement I

by Y. P. S. Bajaj

Overview

Thirty-five chapters on various aspects of fusion of plant protoplasts and somatic hybridization deal with the regeneration of interspecific and intergeneric somatic hybrids and cybrids in various plants: cereals, grasses, legumes, potato, tomato, eggplant, lettuce, Brassica, Datura, Hyoscyamus, Nicotiana, Catharanthus, Rauwolfia, Citrus, Poncirus, Prunus, Pyrus, Populus, algae, bryophytes, and ferns. The implications of somatic hybridization in gene transfer in wide crosses and for the induction of genetic variability in various crops are discussed. The book is an invaluable source of information for advanced students, teachers, and research scientists in the field of plant breeding, genetic engineering, plant tissue culture, and general plant biotechnology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540574453
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	12/02/1994
Series:	Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry , #27
Edition description:	1994
Pages:	533
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.05(d)

Table of Contents

Section I Protoplast Fusion, Somatic Hybrids, Asymmetric Hybrids, Cybrids — Transfer of Chloroplast Traits.- I.1 Somatic Hybridization — A Rich Source of Genetic Variability.- I.2 Fluorescence Microscope Study of Protoplast Fusion.- I.3 Somatic Hybridization by Microfusion of Protoplasts.- I.4 Asymmetric Somatic Hybrids.- I.5 Cybrids — Transfer of Chloroplast Traits Through Protoplast Fusion Between Sexually Incompatible Solanaceae Species.- Section II Somatic Hybridization in Cereals, Grasses, and Legumes.- II. 1 Somatic Hybridization in the Family Gramineae.- II.2 Somatic Hybridization Between Zea mays and Triticum sect, trititrigia.- II.3 Somatic Hybridization in Festuca and Lolium.- II.4 Somatic Hybridization Between Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus L.) and Soybean (Glycine max L.).- II.5 Somatic Hybridization in the Genus Medicago.- Section III Somatic Hybridization in Potato, Tomato, Eggplant, and Lettuce.- III. 1 Cybridization in Potato.- III.2 Somatic Hybridization in Solanum Tuberosum × S. chacoense.- III.3 Somatic Hybridization Between Solanum tuberosum and Nicotiana plumbaginifolia.- III.4 Pomato: Potato Protoplast System and Somatic Hybridization Between Potato and a Wild Tomato.- III.5 Somatic Hybridization Between Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. and Lycopersicon peruvianum var. dentatum Dun.- III.6 Somatic Hybridization Between Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) and Pepino (Solanum muricatum).- III.7 Somatic Hybridization of Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) with Its Close and Wild Relatives.- III.8 Somatic Hybridization in Lettuce (Lactuca Species).- Section IV Somatic Hybridization in Brassicaceae.- IV.1 Resynthesis of Brassica napus Through Protoplast Fusion Between B. oleracea and B. rapa.- IV.2 Analysis of Somatic Hybrids and Cybrids Obtained by Fusion of Brassica rapa and B. oleracea.- IV. 3 Somatic Hybridization Between Radish (Raphanus sativus) and Rapeseed (Brassica napus).- IV.4 Somatic Hybridization Between Brassica and Sinapi.- Section V Somatic Hybridization in Medicinal Plants — Including Tobacco.- V.I Somatic Hybridization of Medicinal Plants in the Family Solanaceae.- V.2 Somatic Hybridization in Datura.- V.3 Somatic Hybrids Between Nicotiana repanda and N. tabacum Show Resistance to Tobacco Mosaic Virus and Meloidogyne arenaria.- V.4 Somatic Hybridization Between Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) and Black Nightshade (Solanum nigrum L.), and the Selection of a New Strain, 694-L.- V.5 Transfer of Lincomycin Resistance Through Somatic and Sexual Cybridization in Nicotiana Á. CSÉPL? (With 4 Figures).- V.6 Somatic Hybridization in the Family Apocynaceae (Catharanthus, Rauwolfia, Rhazya, and Vinca Species).- Section VI Somatic Hybridization in Trees (Citrus, Poncinus, Prunus, Pyrus, and Populus Species).- VI. 1 Somatic Hybridization of Citrus with Sexually Incompatible Wild Relatives.- VI.2 Somatic Hybridization Between Citrus sinensis and Poncirus trifoliata.- VI.3 Somatic Hybridization Between Pyrus × Prunus Species.- VI.4 Somatic Hybridization in Populus Species (Poplars).- Section VII Somatic Hybridization in Algae, Bryophytes, and Ferns.- VII. 1 Somatic Hybridization in Algae.- VII.2 Somatic Hybridization in Bryophytes.- VII.3 Somatic Hybridization in Ferns.