Evaluating costs for the in vitro propagation and preservation of endangered plants

VC Pence - In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant, 2011 - Springer
In vitro methods provide opportunities for propagating and preserving endangered plant
species when seed-based methods are not adequate. Such species include those that …

Biotechnology for saving rare and threatened flora in a biodiversity hotspot

E Bunn, SR Turner, KW Dixon - In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract The Southwest Australian Floristic Region (SWAFR) is a plant biodiversity hotspot
with a geographically isolated and predominantly endemic flora. Known threatening …

Use of RAPD analysis in devising conservation strategies for the rare and endangered Grevillea scapigera (Proteaceae)

M Rossetto, PK Weaver, KW Dixon - Molecular Ecology, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Extensive human impact in south western Australia has resulted in a high incidence of rarity
throughout the highly endemic flora of the region. Grevillea scapigera (Proteaceae) is a …

Rapid Genetic Decline in a Translocated Population of the Endangered Plant Grevillea scapigera

SL Krauss, B Dixon, KW Dixon - Conservation Biology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Grevillea scapigera is one of the world's rarest plant species, currently known from only five
plants in the wild. In 1995, 10 plants were selected from the 47 plants known at the time to …

The application of biotechnology for the conservation of endangered plants

VC Pence - Plant conservation biotechnology, 1999 - taylorfrancis.com
It is estimated that there are more than 270 000 plant species in existence and
approximately 34 000, or 1 in 8, of these are considered endangered (IUCN, 1998) …

The contribution of in vitro technology and cryogenic storage to conservation of indigenous plants

E Bunn, S Turner, M Panaia… - Australian Journal of …, 2007 - CSIRO Publishing
In vitro culture has enabled a variety of recalcitrant and threatened plant taxa to be
micropropagated in the absence of viable conventional propagation methods. Cryogenic …

The influence of medium aeration on in vitro rooting of Australian plant microcuttings

C Newell, D Growns, J McComb - Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 2003 - Springer
Media with different air filled porosity were compared with standard agar medium for root
induction and root elongation for two Australian plants Grevillea thelemanniana and …

[图书][B] Breeding of neglected and under-utilized crops, spices, and herbs

S Ochatt - 2007 - taylorfrancis.com
This book includes 20 different chapters, where the authors have addressed various aspects
of the cultivation, taxonomy, socio-economic importance and breeding and development as …

Micropropagation of the critically endangered Western Australian species, Symonanthus bancroftii (F. Muell.) L. Haegi (Solanaceae)

M Panaia, T Senaratna, E Bunn, KW Dixon… - Plant cell, tissue and …, 2000 - Springer
A micropropagation protocol was developed for the conservation of the critically endangered
Western Australian shrub, Symonanthus bancroftii. It was necessary to screen antioxidant …

Hormone effects on in vitro proliferation and rooting of Grevillea explants

C Leonardi, A Ruggeri, S la Malfa - Scientia Horticulturae, 2001 - Elsevier
Explants of Grevillea rosmarinifolia A. Cunn. and Grevillea× semperflorens FE Brigs ex
Mullig., obtained from vegetative stem segments, were grown on a modified MS medium …