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 …

Coffee is one of the most important plantation crops, grown in about 80 countries across the
world. The genus Coffea comprises approximately 100 species of which only two species …

In recent years, the massive influx of pelagic Sargassum spp. has generated great interest in
the scientific community, highlighting the urgency of addressing the physiology and …

Embryogenic suspensions that involve extensive cell division are risky in respect to genome
and epigenome instability. Elevated frequencies of somaclonal variation in embryogenic …

During plant tissue culture, the genetic stability of in vitro plantlets is often compromised and
the underlying factors include the plant species or varieties involved, mode of regeneration …

The stability, both genetic and phenotypic, of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) cultivar Desiree
plants derived from alternative propagation methodologies has been compared. Plants …

A new protocol for in vitro regeneration through direct somatic embryogenesis for two
muskmelon cultivars (Cucumis melo L.,“Mashhadi” and “Eivanaki”) is reported. Somatic …

Somaclonal variations (SV) are genetic or epigenetic changes induced in plant cell and
tissue culture. Induction of somaclonal variation, is an alternate approach to conventional …

Several varieties of Agave tequilana Weber have been described, but only A. tequilana
Weber var.“azul” is accepted for the production of tequila. Discrimination between the …

Somatic embryogenesis (SE) is an excellent example of mass plant propagation. Due to its
genetic variability and low somaclonal variation, coffee SE has become a model for in vitro …