Protocols for In Vitro Propagation of Ornamental Plants

Section A: 1. Micropropagation and Organogenesis of Anthurium andreanum Lind cv. Rubrun Oropeza Maira, Mejías Alexander, and Teresa Edith Vargas 2. A Highly Efficient Protocol for Micropropagation of Begonia tuberous Duong Tan Nhut, Nguyen Thanh Hai, and Mai Xuan Phan 3. Micropropagation of Vanda teres (Roxb.) Lindle M. Firoz Alam, Pinaki Sinha, and M. Lokman Hakim 4. In Vitro Propagation Through Axillary Shoot Culture of Ranunculus asiaticus L. Margherita Beruto 5. Micropropagation of Crataeva adansonii D.C. Prodr: An Ornamental Avenue Tree Purnima Tyagi, P.K. Sharma, and S.L. Kothari 6. Strategies for the Micropropagation of Bromeliads Miguel Pedro Guerra and Lirio Luiz Dal Vesco 7. Micropropagation of Poinsettia by Organogenesis Marcos Castellanos, J. Brian Power, and Michael R. Davey 8. Micropropagation of Phalaenopsis Blume Pinaki Sinha, M. Firoz Alam, and M. Lokman Hakim 9. Genetic Transformation of Carnation (Dianthus caryophylus L.) Chalermsri Nontaswatsri and Seiichi Fukai 10. Matrix Supported Liquid Culture and Machine Vision Analysis of Regenerated Shoots of Gladiolus S. Dutta Gupta and V.S. S. Prasad 11. In Vitro Propagation of Carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) Jose L. Casas, Enrique Olmos, and Abel Piqueras 12. In Vitro Propagation of Jasminum officinale L.: A Woody Ornamental Vine Yielding Aromatic Oil from Flowers Sabita Bhattacharya and Sanghamitra Bhattacharyya 13. Micropropagation of Lysionotus pauciflorus Maxim. (Gesneriaceae) Toshinari Godo, Yuanxue Lu, and Masahiro Mii 14. Micropropagation of Rhododendron Tom Eeckhaut, Kristien Janssens, Ellen De Keyser, and Jan DeRiek 15. In Vitro Regeneration and Multiplication of Passiflora hybrid 'Guglielmo Betto' Luca Pipino, Luca Braglia, Annalisa Giovannini, Giancarlo Fascella, and Antonio Mercuri 16. In Vitro Propagation of Rose Pratap Kumar Pati, Navtej Kaur, Madhu Sharma, and Paramvir Singh Ahuja 17. In Vitro Propagation of Chrysanthemum Diana Nencheva 18. Micropropagation of Codiaeum variegatum (L.) Blume and Regeneration Induction via Adventitous Buds and Somatic Embryogenesis Silvia Radice 19. Methods for in vitro Propagation of Pelargonium x hortorum and Others: From Meristems to Protoplasts Noëlle Dorion, Hatem Ben Jouira, Anthony Gallard, Anber Hassanein, Mazen Nassour, and Agnès Grapin 20. Marigold Regeneration and Molecular Analysis of Carotenogenic Genes Alma Angélica Del Villar-Martínez, Pablo Emilio Vanegas-Espinoza, and Octavio Paredes-López 21. Somatic Embryogenesis in in vitro Culture of Leucojum vernum L. Agata Ptak 22. In Vitro Propagation of Australian Native Ornamental Plant, Scaevola Chui Eng Wong and Prem L. Bhalla 23. Micropropagation of Tulip: Production of Virus-free Stock Plants Malgorzata Podwyszynska and Dariusz Sochacki 24. In Vitro Propagation of Ornamental Myrtus (Myrtus communis) Barbara Ruffoni, Carlo Mascarello, and Marco Savona 25. Sunflower Propagation M. L. Mayor, G. Nestares, T. Vega, R. Zorzoli, and L. A. Picardi 26. Clonal Propagation of Cyclamen persicum via Somatic Embryogenesis Traud Winkelmann Section B: 27. In Vitro Production of Sweet Peas (Lathyrus odoratus L.) Via Axillary Shoots Sergio J. Ochatt, C. Conreux, and L. Jacas 28. In vitro Conservation and