List price   € 89     This title is available in ActaHort CD-rom format only - not available in print format Convener   R.A. Drew  Editor   R.A. Drew  Publication date   1 August 1998  ISBN   978-90-66058-90-3  ISSN   0567-7572  Number of articles   60  Volumes   1  Place   Brisbane, Queensland, Australia  Online articles: SIGNIFICANT APPLICATIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY IN TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL SPECIES (R. Péres, P. Debergh) IN VITRO GERMPLASM CONSERVATION (F. Engelmann) MOLECULAR MARKERS IN TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL HORTICULTURE (U. Lavi, D. Sharon, S. Mhameed, H. Kashkush, A. Adato, D. Kaufman, P.B. Cregan, E. Lahav, E. Tomer, J. Hillel) BIOTECHNOLOGY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND REGION (M. Taylor) BIOTECHNOLOGY OF PAPAYA (R. M. Manshardt, R. A. Drew) THE BIOTECHNOLOGY CASE HISTORY FOR MUSA (D.R. Vuylsteke, J.H. Crouch, A. Pellegrineschi, G. Thottappilly) BIOTECHNOLOGY OF MEDICINAL PLANTS-CASE STUDIES FROM SOUTH AFRICA (J. van Staden) MICROPROPAGATION AND BIOTECHNOLOGY OF TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL ORNAMENTALS (Paul E. Read, E. Szendrák) PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF MOLECULAR MARKERS TO TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL SPECIES (R.J. Henry) ACRONYMS TO STUDY THE MUSACEAE - REVIEWED PAPER (P.J.L. Lagoda, C. Amson, G. Aubert, E. Auboiron, F. Bakry, F.-C. Baurens, F. Carreel, L. Costet, D. Dambier, S. Fauré, E. Fouré, J. Ganry, D. Gonzales-de León, A. Grapin, J.-P. Horry, C. Jenny, J.-L. Noyer, P. Ollitrault, L.-M. Raboin, F. Reschœur, H. Tézenas-du Montcel, K. Tomekpe, C. Lanaud) CONSTRUCTION OF A LINKAGE MAP IN CUCUMIS MELO (L.) USING RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA MARKERS (P.-C. Liou, Y.-M. Chang, W.-S. Hsu, Y.-H. Cheng, H.-R. Chang, C.-H. Hsiao) RANDOMLY AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA MARKERS FOR A CARICA INTERSPECIFIC HYBRID (P. M. Magdalita, R. A. Drew, Ian D. Godwin, S. W. Adkins) DEVELOPING MOLECULAR MARKERS FOR SEX PREDICTION IN PAPAYA (CARICA PAPAYA L.) (S. Somsri, Robert J. Fletcher, M. Jobin, R. Drew, W. Lawson, M. W. Graham) POTENTIAL FOR THE USE OF MOLECULAR MARKERS IN IMPROVEMENT OF MUSA FOR DISEASE RESISTANCE REVIEWED PAPER (L.W. Smith, E.A. Aitken, I.D. Godwin) USE OF A SCAR-BASED MARKER FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF DWARF OFF-TYPES IN MICROPROPAGATED CAVENDISH BANANAS (O.P. Damasco, S.W. Adkins, I.D. Godwin, M.K. Smith) MOLECULAR SEARCH FOR MRNA AND GENOMIC MARKERS OF THE OIL PALM "MANTLED" SOMACLONAL VARIATION (A. Rival, J. Tregear, J.L Verdeil, F. Richaud, T. Beulé, Y. Duval, C. Hartmann, A. Rode) INFLUENCE OF CULTURE CONDITIONS ON 7S GLOBULINS ACCUMULATION IN SOMATIC EMBRYOS OF OIL PALM (ElLAEIS GUINEENSIS JACQ.) (F. Morcillo, J. Tregear, F. Aberlenc-Bertossi, Y. Duval, C. Hartmann) IMPROVING COLD TOLERANCE AND INSECT RESISTANCE IN CHICKPEA AND THE USE OF AFLPS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF MOLECULAR MARKERS FOR THESE TRAITS (H.J. Lawlor, K.H.M. Siddique, R.H. Sedgley, N. Thurling) APPLICATIONS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY TO KIWIFRUIT (ACTINIDIA) IN NEW ZEALAND (C.F. Harvey, L.G. Fraser, G.P. Gill, R.W.M. Fung, M. Yoon, K. Weising, R.C. Gardner) PROGRESS MADE WITH MOLECULAR MARKERS FOR GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF MACADAMIA (V. Vithanage, C. Hardner, K.L. Anderson, N. Meyers, C. McConchie, C. Peace) DETECTION OF GENETIC DIVERSITY USING RAPD MARKERS IN THE GENUS MELALEUCA (K. Aitken, J. Botero, R. Zwart, R. Teasdale) MICROPROPAGATION AND MUTATION BREEDING TECHNIQUES FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF BANANAS (C. Mak, Y.W. Ho, Y.P. Tan) GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF PINEAPPLE (ANANAS COMOSUS L.) PLANTLETS CULTURED IN VITRO AT ENRICHED AND AMBIENT CO2 ENVIRONMENTS (S. Mayak, T. Tirosh, A. Ilan, A. Duvdevani, E. Khayat) SPORE CULTURE STUDIES ON SOME ECONOMIC FERNS OF MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES (C.B. Amoroso, V.B. Amoroso) DEVELOPMENT OF PILOT SCALE PROCESS FOR MASS PRODUCTION OF LILIUM BULBLETS IN VITRO (S. Lim, J.H. Seon, K.Y. Paek, B.H. Han, S.H. Son) EFFECTS OF MEDIUM COMPOSITION AT DIFFERENT RECULTURES ON VITRIFICATION OF CARNATION (DIANTHUS CARYOPHYLLUS) IN VITRO SHOOT PROLIFERATION (H. Tsay) PERFORMANCE OF COMMERCIAL SCALE CLONAL OIL PALM (ELAEIS GUINEENSIS JACQ.) PLANTINGS IN MALAYSIA (C.H. Khaw, S.K. Ng) MICROPROPAGATION AND IN VITRO CULTURE OF WILD RICE SPECIES (A. Baset, S. Tobita, C. Li, S. Yashima, T. Senboku) DECONTAMINATION OF KAVA (PIPER METHYSTICUM) FOR IN VITRO PROPAGATION (Dr. M. Taylor, L. Taufa) CHANGES IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC PARAMETERS DURING IN VITRO GROWTH AND SUBSEQUENT ACCLIMATIZATION OF COCONUT (COCOS NUCIFERA L.) ZYGOTIC EMBRYOS (K. Triques, A. Rival, T. Beulé, F. Morcillo, V. Hocher, J.-L. Verdeil, S. Hamon) DEVELOPMENT OF CARICA INTERSPECIFIC HYBRIDS (R.A. Drew, P.M. Magdalita, C.M. O'Brien) VARIABILITY WITHIN DOUBLED HAPLOID LINES FROM RICE VARIETIES RPKN2 AND BW 306–8 (C. B. Andaya, L. S. Sebastian, C. Leaño, V. C. Andaya) BREEDING OF RESISTANT PEPPER LINES (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.) TO BACTERIAL SPOT (XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. VESICATORIA) THROUGH ANTHER CULTURE (J.K. Hwang, K.Y. Paek, D.H. Cho) EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OF PAPAYA RINGSPOT VIRUS RESISTANT PAPAYA WITH UNTRANSLATABLE COAT PROTEIN GENE USING A MODIFIED MICROPROJECTILE TRANSFORMATION METHOD (C. Gonsalves, W. Cai, P. Tennant, D. Gonsalves) PROGRESS IN TRANSGENIC PAPAYA (CARICA PAPAYA) RESEARCH: TRANSFORMATION FOR BROADER RESISTANCE AMONG CULTIVARS AND MICROPROPAGATING SELECTED HYBRID TRANSGENIC PLANTS (M. Fitch, P. Moore, T. Leong) GREENHOUSE AND FIELD EVALUATIONS OF COAT-PROTEIN TRANSGENIC PAPAYA RESISTANT TO PAPAYA RINGSPOT VIRUS (S. Yeh, H. Bau, Y. Cheng, T. Yu, J. Yang) CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF FRUIT-EXPRESSED ACC SYNTHASE AND ACC OXIDASE FROM PAPAYA (CARICA PAPAYA L.) (K.R. Neupane, U.T. Mukatira, C. Kato, J.I. Stiles) IN VITRO REGENERATION OF AVOCADO (PERSEA AMERICANA, MILL.) AND TRANSIENT GENE EXPRESSION (M.F. Ahmed, A.S. Kantharajah, P. Holford) DEVELOPMENT OF AN AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION SYSTEM FOR BLACK PEPPER (PIPER NIGRUM L.) (S.L. Sim, R. Jafar, J.B. Power, M.R. Davey) A BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME (BAC) LIBRARY FOR CLONING A CITRUS TRISTEZA VIRUS-RESISTANCE GENE (F.G. Gmitter Jr, E.S. Louzada, Z. Deng, S. Huang) CO-TRANSFORMATION AS A POTENTIAL TOOL TO CREATE MULTIPLE AND DURABLE DISEASE RESISTANCE IN BANANA (MUSA SPP.) (S. Remy, I. François, B.PA. Cammue, R. Swennen, L. Sági) CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A CDNA ENCODING XANTHOSINE-N7-METHYLTRANSFERASE FROM COFFEE (COFFEA ARABICA) (S. Moisyadi, K.R. Neupane, J.I. Stiles) GUS GENE EXPRESSION IN ANTHURIUM ANDREANUM, ONCIDIUM GOWER RAMSEY AND BRASSOLAELIOCATTLEYA ORANGE GLORY EMPRESS AFTER PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT (G. Chi, H. K.-L. Goh, K. Hoo, T. Legavre) ENGINEERING FOR RESISTANCE TO SCMV IN SUGARCANE (P.A. Joyce, R.B. McQualter, M.J. Bernard, G.R. Smith) PRODUCTION OF TRANSGENIC RICE WITH RICE RAGGED STUNT VIRUS SYNTHETIC RESISTANCE GENES (N.M. Upadhyaya, Z. Li, K. Ramm, J. Gaudron, P.M. Waterhouse, W. Kositratana, M.-B. Wang, Z.-X. Gong) IMPROVED VECTORS FOR AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION OF MONOCOT PLANTS (M. Wang, Z. Li, Peter R. Matthews, N. M. Upadhyaya, Peter M. Waterhouse) STUDIES TO IMPROVE TRANSIENT GUSA EXPRESSION IN A. TUMEFACIENS-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION OF RICE (R. R. Aldemita) GENETIC ENGINEERING OF REPRODUCTIVE STERILITY IN PINUS RADIATA (A. Mouradov, T. Sawbridge, B. Hamdorf, T. Glassick, L. Murphy, S. Marla, Y. Yang, R.D. Teasdale) THE EFFECT OF LIGHT ON THE INDUCTION, DEVELOPMENT AND MATURATION OF SOMATIC EMBRYOS FROM VARIOUS HORTICULTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL SPECIES (S. E. Kintzios, G. Hiureas, E. Shortsianitis, E. Sereti, P. Blouhos, C. Manos, O. Makri, N. Taravira, John B. Drossopoulos, C. D. Holevas) IN VITRO FLOWERING OF ALBINO BAMBOO (BAMBUSA OLDHAMNII MUNRO) REGENERANTS DERIVED FROM AN ELEVEN-YEAR OLD EMBRYOGENIC CELL LINE (C. Ho, W. Chang) PINEAPPLE (ANANAS COMOSUS MESS.) REGENERATION FROM LEAF EXPLANTS (S.V. Dolgov, T.V. Shushkova, A.P. Firsov) THE UTILISATION OF AN EMBRYO BREEDER TECHNIQUE FOR MATURATION OF SOMATIC EMBRYOS (S. Sorvari, K. Ahanen, V. Uusitalo, R. Tahvonen) THE EFFECT OF EXOGENOUS POLYAMINES ON SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS AND PLANT REGENERATION FROM SORGHUM BICOLOR AND SACCHARUM SPP. (H.R. Sargent, I.D. Godwin, S.W. Adkins) CONTROL OF ETHYLENE AND USE OF POLYAMINES CAN OPTIMISE THE CONDITIONS FOR SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN COCONUT (COCOS NUCIFERA L.) AND PAPAYA (CARICA PAPAYA L.) (S.W. Adkins, Y.M. Samosir, A. Ernawati, I.D. Godwin, R.A. Drew) AN IMPROVED PROTOCOL FOR SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN COCONUT (COCOS NUCIFERA L.) (Y.M.S. Samosir, I.D. Godwin, S.W. Adkins) THE STATUS OF IN VITRO CONSERVATION OF TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL SPECIES (Sarah E. Ashmore) CRYOPRESERVATION OF VEGETATIVELY PROPAGATED TROPICAL CROPS BY VITRIFICATION (H. Takagi, N.T. Thinh, P.M. Kyesmu) DEVELOPMENT OF A CLEAN-PLANTING-MATERIAL PRODUCTION SYSTEM ON TROPICAL ROOT AND TUBER CROPS, USING IN VITRO PROPAGATED PLANTS (F. Saborío, S. Torres, L. Gómez) SEED PRODUCTION AND IN VITRO CONSERVATION SYSTEMS FOR GARLIC AND SHALLOT (Lilian F. Pateña, S. M. Rasco-Gaunt, V. P. Chavez-Lapitan, Alice L. Bariring, Ramon C. Barba) CONSERVATION OF BANANA GERMPLASM THROUGH CRYOPRESERVATION (B. Panis, K. Vandenbranden, H. Schoofs, R. Swennen)