It is an honor to present this paper to IPPS Western Region. Although last year I presented a
workshop in Wilsonville, Oregon, on computer tracking of pesticides, and I have presented …

Reviews experience (mainly the author's own) on propagating Taxus capitata from seed
and, more especially, Taxus species and varieties from cuttings. KEYWORDS: plant growth …

Yews are usually dioecious, evergreen (gymnosperm) trees or shrubs (Fig. 1a). The leaves
are simple, flat, linear, often falcate, with distinct but short petioles, arranged spirally though …

Taxol®, a new anti-cancer drug registered in the US in 1992 for the treatment of ovarian
cancer, is derived from plant tissues of the genus Taxus. While the bark of Pacific yew (T …

About 10 genus of Taxus spp. are now disposing in temperate zones at the Northern
Hemisphere of which the most popular are Taxus brevifolia Nutt., Taxus baccata L., Taxus …

Callus was induced from Taxus baccata cv. Repandens Parsons ex Rehd., T. brevifolia
Nutt., T. cuspidata Sieb. & Zucc., and T. x media cvs. Hicksii and Densiformis Rehd. using …

Conditions have been established for the induction and maintenance of callus cultures of
Taxus brevifolia (Pacific yew) from bark, stem, and needle tissues. Cultures were …

Two-year-old T. cuspidata cuttings were potted in April in 2-gallon polyethylene containers
using hardwood bark (100%) or a soil: peat: sand (1: 1: 1) mixture. After potting, plants were …

Vegetative propagation techniques for Pacillc ye $(Id. r! J b/ew&/id Nurt.) are little lnown and
could bc useful for the anagenert of thii tong livea underslory species whether for …

Taxol has been approved by the FDA for treatment of ovarian and breast cancers. In
addition, preliminary clinical studies have shown encouraging results when using taxol to …