List price   € 75   Buy this book   This title is available in ActaHort USB-drive or e-Acta format - not available in print Convener   Fondazione per le Biotechnologie  Editors   S. Scannerini, A. Baker, B.V. Charlwood, C. Damiano, C. Franz  Publication date   1 July 1998  ISBN   978-90-66057-60-9  ISSN   0567-7572 (print)   2406-6168 (electronic)  Number of articles   52  Volumes   1  Place   Torino, Italy  Online articles: THE EFFECT OF PVP ON CHESTNUT CALLUS FORMATION (M.R. Abenavoli, A.M. Pennisi) GALEGA ORIENTALIS LAM. AS FODDER (E. Arapetyan, L. Martyniak, L. Gorb, M. Cherevko) BIOMONITORING METHOD FOR MOUNTAIN AREAS, DESIGN ASPECTS AND RESULTS (G. Badino, A. Sberze, M. Gulmini, G. Ostacoli, V. Zelano, G. Magrì) BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF MEDICINAL PLANTS (Y.P.S. Bajaj) THE USE OF CORK OAK IN THE ECOLOGICAL AND LANDSCAPE RESTORATION OF THE LATIUM HILLS (R. Bellarosa, B. Schirone, M. Busatto) GENETIC VARIABILITY OF FOREST TREE SPECIES IN NORTH-WESTERN ITALY (P. Belletti) IDENTIFICATION OF PEAR CULTIVARS BY MOLECULAR MARKERS (R. Botta, A. Akkak, G. Me, L. Radicati, V. Casavecchia) ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA AS A WAY OF PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OF MICROPROPAGATED PLANTS (S. Budi, C. Cordier, A. Trouvelot, V. Gianinazzi-Pearson, S. Gianinazzi, M. Lemoine, B. Blal) CRYOPRESERVATION OF WOODY PLANTS BY AXILLARY BUD VITRIFICATION: A FIRST APPROACH WITH POPLAR (A. Caccavale, M. Lambardi, A. Fabbri) ANTIOXIDANT COMPOUNDS IN SOME HERBACEOUS AROMATIC PLANTS (A. Carrubba, I. Calabrese) VEGETABLE EXTRACTS AS NATURAL SOURCES OF DYES (A. Carrubba, I. Calabrese) BIOLOGY AND ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY IN LYCOPODIUM SPECIES FROM PARANG MASSIF (ROMANIA) (G. C. Corneanu, G. G. Popescu, M. Corneanu, E. Glodeanu, V. Hãnescu, I. Popescu) MEDIUM CULTURE COMPOSITION AND ORGANOGENESIS PROCESSES IN DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA (M. Corneanu, G. C. Corneanu, E. Glodeanu, Vasile V. Morariu, L. Gabor, R. Minea, D. Bica, C. Badicã, V. Hãnescu) TEST OF THE VIABILITY AND CONSERVATION OF THE POLLEN OF ARTEMISIA ANNUA L. (N. Delabays, F. Obrist) THE ROLE OF MYCORRHIZAS IN THE PROPER MANAGEMENT OF PRODUCTIVE WOODLAND (A. Fontana) EXPLOITATION OF FOREST PRODUCTIVITY THROUGH INCREASED MUSHROOM PRODUCTION (G. Giovannetti, P. Zingari, P. Terzolo) CRYOPRESERVATION AS A TOOL FOR PRESERVING GENETIC VARIABILITY: ITS USE WITH SPANISH WILD SPECIES WITH POSSIBLE LANDSCAPING VALUE (M. Elena González Benito) BIODIVERSITY OF THE ANCIENT TRENTINO GRAPEVINE GERMPLASM (M. Grando, C. Frisinghelli) IMMUNOCHEMICAL EVALUATION OF BENZODIAZEPINE-LIKE MOLECULES IN PLANTS (G. Grassi, A. Moschella) UNDER-UTILIZED ANDEAN FOOD CROPS: STATUS AND PROSPECTS OF PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR THE CONSERVATION AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL USE OF GENETIC RESOURCES (J. Izquierdo, W. Roca) SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS AND IN VITRO SECONDARY METABOLITE PRODUCTION FROM COMMON MALLOW (MALVA SYSLVESTRIS L.) COLLECTED IN GREECE (S. E. Kintzios, E. Katsouri, D. Peppes, S. Koulocheri) MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL COMPARISONS OF PLANTLETS IN VITRO: RESPONSES TO SALINITY (C. Kirdmanee, S. Cha-um, R. Wanussakul) PHYTOREMEDIATION BY CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS: ASSESSMENT OF BIOPEDOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR RESOURCE-EFFICIENT FARMING WITH LIVESTOCK (P. Kowalik, I. Toczylowska, G. Vola, R. Scalenghe, V. Boero, R. Ambrosoli, E. Zanini, A. C. Edwards) IN VITRO CLONAL MULTIPLICATION OF ARNICA MONTANA L. (C.L. Lê) POSSIBILITY OF USING FIREWOOD TO PRODUCE THERMIC ENERGY (L. Lisa, A. Salsotto) THE USE OF PLANTS FOR BIOMONITORING INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION (M.H. Martin) TETRAGONOLOBUS PURPUREUS MOENCH. : A NEW PERSPECTIVE FODDER CROP (L. Martyniak, E. Arapetyan, M. Cherevko) SPECIFIC PRIMERS FOR RAPID TYPING OF TUBER BORCHII MYCORRHIZAL ROOTS (A. Mello, L. Garnero, F. Meotto, P. Bonfante) ELM TISSUE CULTURE: MICROPROPAGATION OF CLONES RESISTANT TO DUTCH ELM DISEASE (M. Anna, L. Mariella, M. Lorenzo) IN VITRO PROPAGATION OF AN EGYPTIAN LANDRACE OF GREEN PEPPER AND BREEDING FOR TOLERANCE TO HEAT AND DROUGHT STRESSES (M. F. Mohamed) GREEN RECLAMATION AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING IN PIEDMONT: TECHNICAL-LEGISLATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND EXPERIENCES IN HILLY AND MOUNTAIN SITES (V. Molinari) MICROPROPAGATION OF ARTEMISIA MUTELLINA VILL. (C. Mozzetti, M. Donato) VETIVERIA ZIZANIOIDES AS A TOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING (M. Mucciarelli, C.M. Bertea, M. Cozzo, S. Scannerini, M. Gallino) CHARACTERS USEFUL TO CULTIVATION IN SPONTANEOUS POPULATIONS OF MYRTUS COMMUNIS L. (M. Mulas, M.R. Cani, N. Brigaglia) EVALUATION OF PISTACIA LENTISCUS L. GENETIC RESOURCES TO SELECT ECOTYPES HAVING HIGH EFFICIENCY IN THE COLONISATION OF MARGINAL LANDS (M. Mulas, P. Abeltino, N. Brigaglia) CLONE SELECTION FROM SPONTANEOUS GERMPLASM TO IMPROVE ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS L. CROP (M. Mulas, N. Brigaglia, M.R. Cani) DOMESTICATION OF WOODY PLANTS FROM MEDITERRANEAN MAQUIS TO PROMOTE NEW CROPS FOR MOUNTAIN LANDS (M. Mulas, P. Deidda) MICROPROPAGATION OF CHAMOMILLA RECUTITA (L.) RAUSCHERT (F. Passamonti, E. Piccioni, A. Standardi, F. Veronesi) PHYTOTOXICITY OF CULTURE FILTRATES FROM CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA THE CAUSAL AGENT OF CHESTNUT BLIGHT (A. Pennisi, M. Abenavoli) BIOMONITORING WITH LICHENS IN THE LOWER SUSA VALLEY, PIEDMONT (N. ITALY) (R. Piervittori) PHYTOREMEDIATION: GREEN AND CLEAN (I. Raskin, D. Salt, U. Krämer, R. Schulman) INFLUENCE OF SHADING NET ON VEGETATIVE AND PRODUCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS, GAS EXCHANGE AND CHLOROPHYLL CONTENT OF THE LEAVES IN TWO BLACKBERRY (RUBUS ULMIFOLIUS SCHOTT.) CULTIVARS (A. Rotundo, M. Forlani, C. Di Vaio) BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR LANDSCAPE PROTECTION (G. Sauli) INTRODUCTION OF AMSONIA TABERNAEMONTANA WALT. IN HILLY AREA: GERMINATION TEST AND FIRST SEARCHES ABOUT THE RESULTS IN RUTIN (C. Scocco, P. Corvi Mora, C. Corti) GENETIC VARIATION IN NORWAY SPRUCE AS REVEALED BY MAPPED PCR-BASED MARKERS (I. Scotti, N. Soranzo, S. Ferrario, G. Binelli) USE OF WILD PLANT HERBACEOUS SPECIES FOR REVEGETATION (C. Siniscalco, A. Peyron, S. Pata, A. Reyneri, A. Ciotti) IN VITRO MYCORRHIZAL SYNTHESIS OF MICROPROPAGATED TILIA PLATYPHYLLOS SCOP. PLANTLETS WITH TUBER BORCHII VITTAD. MYCELIUM IN PURE CULTURE (D. Sisti, G. Giomaro, I. Rossi, P. Ceccaroli, B. Citterio, V. Stocchi, A. Zambonelli, P.A. Benedetti) PLANT REGENERATION IN CALLUS CULTURE OF CUMIN (CUMINUM CYMINUM L.) (Azza A. Tawfik) CHLOROPLAST MICROSATELLITES REVEAL HIGH LEVELS OF GENETIC DIVERSITY IN CONIFERS: A NEW TOOL FOR BIODIVERSITY ANALYSIS IN FOREST ECOSYSTEMS (G.G. Vendramin, M. Anzidei, V.A. Autino, A. Madaghiele, C. Sperisen, M. Morgante, B. Ziegenhagen) METABOLIC ENGINEERING AS A STRATEGY TO IMPROVE THE PRODUCTION OF SECONDARY METABOLITES IN PLANTS OR PLANT CELL CULTURES (R. Verpoorte) PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF REMAINING POPULATIONS OF ABIES ALBA MILL., PICEA EXCELSA LAM. AND TAXUS BACCATA L. IN THE EMILIAN APENNINES (G. Vignali, P. Piovani) CONCLUDING REMARKS: PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY AS A MEANS OF ENSURING THE CORRECT AND PROPER USE OF MOUNTAIN LANDS (S. Scannerini)