Somaclonal Variation in Crop Improvement I

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Somaclonal Variation — Origin, Induction, Cryopreservation, and Implications in Plant Breeding....Pages 3-48
Chromosome Variation in Plant Tissue Culture....Pages 49-84
Genetic Mosaics and Chimeras: Implications in Biotechnology....Pages 85-111
Genetic Bases of Variation from in Vitro Tissue Culture....Pages 112-133
Molecular Basis of Somaclonal Variation....Pages 134-152
Gene Amplification and Related Events....Pages 153-201
Optical Techniques to Measure Genetic Instability in Cell and Tissue Cultures....Pages 202-223
Environmentally Induced Variation in Plant DNA and Associated Phenotypic Consequences....Pages 224-235
Somaclonal Variation for Salt Resistance....Pages 236-257
Somaclonal Variation for Nematode Resistance....Pages 258-268
Front Matter....Pages 269-269
Somaclonal Variation in Cereals....Pages 271-287
Somaclonal Variation in Rice....Pages 288-325
Somaclonal Variation in Maize....Pages 326-351
Somaclonal Variation in Barley ( Hordeum vulgare L. )....Pages 352-375
Front Matter....Pages 377-377
Somaclonal Variation in Potato....Pages 379-399
Somaclonal Variation in Tomato....Pages 400-415
Somaclonal Variation in Eggplant ( Solanum melongena L.)....Pages 416-434
Somaclonal Variation in Cucurbits....Pages 435-464
Somaclonal Variation in Sugarbeet....Pages 465-490
Somaclonal Variation in Chicory....Pages 491-510
Front Matter....Pages 377-377
Somaclonal Variation in Strawberry....Pages 511-528
Somaclonal Variation in Peach....Pages 529-537
Front Matter....Pages 539-539
Somaclonal Variation in Pelargonium ....Pages 541-561
Somaclonal Variation in Fuchsia ....Pages 562-572
Somaclonal Variation in Carnations....Pages 573-585
Somaclonal Variation in Haworthia ....Pages 586-605
In Vitro Variation in Weigela ....Pages 606-623
Somaclonal Variation in Nicotiana sylvestris ....Pages 624-653
Somaclonal Variation in Alfalfa ( Medicago sativa L.)....Pages 654-678
Back Matter....Pages 679-685