Somaclonal variation in plants: causes and detection methods

MW Bairu, AO Aremu, J Van Staden - Plant Growth Regulation, 2011 - Springer
Plant tissue culture has become one of the fundamental tools of plant science research. It is
extensively employed in the production, conservation and improvement of plant resources …

Non-zygotic embryogenesis in hardwood species

E Corredoira, SA Merkle, MT Martínez… - Critical Reviews in …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Hardwood species are valuable biological resources that have an important role in the
economy and ecology of ecosystems worldwide. Non-zygotic or somatic embryogenesis …

Breeding next generation tree fruits: technical and legal challenges

L Dalla Costa, M Malnoy, I Gribaudo - Horticulture research, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The new plant breeding technologies (NPBTs) have recently emerged as powerful tools in
the context of 'green'biotechnologies. They have wide potential compared to classical …

Biotechnologies and strategies for grapevine improvement

A Butiuc-Keul, A Coste - Horticulturae, 2023 - mdpi.com
Grapevine (Vitis vinifera subsp. vinifera) is one of the most widespread and economically
important perennial fruit crops in the world. Viticulture has changed over the years in …

Unlocking grapevine in vitro regeneration: Issues and perspectives for genetic improvement and functional genomic studies

F Nuzzo, G Gambino, I Perrone - Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
In vitro plant regeneration is a pivotal process in genetic engineering to obtain large
numbers of transgenic, cisgenic and gene edited plants in the frame of functional gene or …

Flow cytometry–a modern method for exploring genome size and nuclear DNA synthesis in horticultural and medicinal plant species

E Sliwinska - Folia Horticulturae, 2018 - sciendo.com
Flow cytometry (FCM) has been used for plant DNA content estimation since the 1980s;
however, presently, the number of laboratories equipped with flow cytometers has …

Plant tissue culture: applications in plant improvement and conservation

A Shahzad, S Parveen, S Sharma, A Shaheen… - Plant Biotechnology …, 2017 - Springer
Plant tissue culture is a significant contribution in micropropagation of ornamental and forest
trees, production of pharmaceutically interesting compounds and plant breeding for …

CRISPR/Cas9 editing of Downy mildew resistant 6 (DMR6-1) in grapevine leads to reduced susceptibility to Plasmopara viticola

S Djennane, S Gersch, F Le-Bohec… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Downy mildew of grapevine (Vitis vinifera), caused by the oomycete Plasmopara viticola, is
an important disease that is present in cultivation areas worldwide, and using resistant …

An Arabidopsis AT-hook motif nuclear protein mediates somatic embryogenesis and coinciding genome duplication

O Karami, A Rahimi, P Mak, A Horstman… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Plant somatic cells can be reprogrammed into totipotent embryonic cells that are able to form
differentiated embryos in a process called somatic embryogenesis (SE), by hormone …

Autotetraploid Emergence via Somatic Embryogenesis in Vitis vinifera Induces Marked Morphological Changes in Shoots, Mature Leaves, and Stomata

C Catalano, L Abbate, A Motisi, D Crucitti, V Cangelosi… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polyploidy plays an important role in plant adaptation to biotic and abiotic stresses.
Alterations of the ploidy in grapevine plants regenerated via somatic embryogenesis (SE) …