Trees are an integral part of human life, and a vital component of biodiversity. Forest trees in
particular are renewable sources of food, fodder, fuel wood, timber and other valuable non …

Advances in conifer biotechnology offer new opportunities in the field of vegetative
propagation and genetic engineering. Development of clonal propagation methods …

Plants of black spruce (Picea mariana, N= 7047 individuals) and white spruce (P. glauca, N=
3995 individuals) were regenerated from a total of 87 clones over a 5‐yr period by somatic …

Carbohydrate metabolism was investigated during spruce somatic embryogenesis. During
the period of maintenance corresponding to the active phase of embryogenic tissue growth …

The proliferation of embryogenic suspension culture in two cultivars (Jihel and Bousthami
Noir) of Phoenix dactylifera L. was tested on liquid media with or without 2, 4-d and with …

The effects of amino acids, abscisic acid (ABA), polyethylene glycol (PEG), and elevated
sucrose were tested on the maturation and germination of American chestnut (Castanea …

We assessed clonal variation in morphological variables, mineral nutrition, root growth
capacity, net photosynthesis, tannin distribution, and cuticle and epicuticular wax features …

Four different variegata phenotypes were identified among 2270 white spruce plants [Picea
glauca (Moench.) Voss.] produced over a period of 2 yr from the time of induction of …

Maturation of five embryogenic lines of Pinus strobus L. was tested on media with various
sugars and sources of organic nitrogen, and solidified with two gellan gum concentrations …

The somatic embryogenic process was investigated using immature and mature zygotic
embryos originating from 13 open-pollinated seed families selected for their embryogenic …