SECTION A PROTOCOLS FOR MICROPROPAGATION OF FRUIT AND NUT SPECIES

1- Micropropagation of Pear (Pyrus sp.)
Barbara M. Reed, Jeanine DeNoma, Sugae Wada and Joseph Postman
2- In Vitro Propagation of Jojoba
Berta E. Llorente and Nancy M. Apóstolo
3- In Vitro Propagation of Olive (Olea europaea L.) by Nodal
Segmentation of Elongated Shoots
Maurizio Lambardi, Elif Aylin Ozudogru and Romano Roncasaglia
4- Micropropagation Systems of Feijoa (Acca sellowiana
(O. Berg) Burret)
Miguel Pedro Guerra, Gabriela Claudia Cangahuala-Inocente, Lirio Luiz Dal Vesco, Rosete Pescador and Clarissa Alves Caprestano
5- Micropropagation of Vaccinium sp. by In Vitro Axillary Shoot Proliferation
Wojciech Litwińczuk
6- In Vitro Propagation of Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) by Shoot Tip Culture
Elif Aylin Ozudogru and Ergun Kaya
7- In Vitro Propagation of Persimmon (Diospyrus kaki Thunb.)
Edgardo Giordani, Mar Naval and Carla Benelli
8- Micropropagation of Citrus spp. by Organogenesis and Somatic Embryogenesis
Benedetta Chiancone and Maria Antonietta Germanà
9- Micropropagation of Prunus Species Relevant to Cherry Fruit Production
Philippe Druart
10- Micropropagation of Peach Rootstocks and Cultivars
Ildikó Balla and Lucienne Mansvelt
11- Micropropagation of Rubus and Ribes spp.
Ewa Dziedzic and Joanna Jagla
12- Somatic Embryogenesis for Efficient Micropropagation of Guava (Psidium gnajava L.)
Nasim Akhtar
13- Micropropagation of Chokeberry by In Vitro Axillary Shoot Proliferation
Wojciech Litwińczuk

SECTION B PROTOCOLS FOR MICROPROPAGATION OF ORNAMENTALS AND CUT FLOWERS

14- Micropropagation of Lavandula spp
Sandra Gonçalves and Anabela Romano
15- In Vitro Propagation of Acacia mangium and A. mangium x A. auriculiformis
Olivier Monteuuis, Antoine Galiana and Doreen Goh16- In Vitro Propagation of Ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) by Somatic Embryogenesis
Maurizio Capuana
17- Micropropagation of Paradise Tree (Melia azedarach) by In Vitro Culture of Axillary Buds
Luis A. Mroginski and Hebe Y. Rey
18- In Vitro Propagation of Hydrangea spp.
Barbara Ruffoni, Ermanno Sacco and Marco Savona
19- In Vitro Propagation of Fraser Photinia Using Azospirillum-Mediated Root Development
Berta E. Llorente and Ezequiel E. Larraburu
20- Micropropagation of Helleborus Through Axillary Budding
Margherita Beruto, Serena Viglione and Alessandro Bisignano
21- Micropropagation of Cordyline terminalis
Tui Ray, Prasenjit Saha and Satyesh C. Roy
22- Micropropagation of African Violet (Saintpaulia ionantha Wendl.)
Mukund Shukla, J. Alan Sullivan, S. Mohan Jain, Susan J. Murch and Praveen K. Saxena
23- Micropropagation of Iris sp.
Slađana Jevremovic, Zoran Jeknic and Angelina Subotic
24- Micropropagation of Gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii Bolus)
Ghani Minerva and Surinder Kumar

SECTION C PROTOCOLS FOR MICROPROPAGATION OF VEGETABLES

25- Micropropagation of Onion (Allium cepa L.) from Immature Inflorescences
Pablo Marinangeli
26- In Vitro Propagation of Cauliflower Using Curd Microexplants
Martin Kieffer and Michael P. Fuller
27- Micropropagation of Asparagus by In Vitro Shoot Culture
Natasa Stajner
28- Micropropagation and Cryopreservation of Garlic
E. R. Joachim Keller and Angelika Senula
29- Micropropagation of Globe Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus L. var. scolymus)
Giovanni Iapichino

SECTION D APLLICATIONS OF IN VITRO PROPAGATION

30- In Vitro Rejuvenation of Woody Species
Paul E. Read and Christina M. Bavougian
31- Encapsulation of In Vitro-Derived Explants: An Innovative Tool for Nurseries
Alvaro Standardi and Maurizio Micheli
32- Thermotherapy, Chemotherapy and Meristem Culture in Banana
Ludivine Lassois, Philippe Lepoivre, Rony Swennen, Ines Van den Houwe
About the Author:

Maurizio Lambardi, PhD
IVALSA-Istituto per la Valorizzazione del Legno e delle Specie Arboree, National Research Council (CNR), Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, Italy

Elif Aylin Ozudogru, PhD
Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gebze Institute of Technology, Gebze-Kocaeli, Turkey

Shri Mohan Jain, PhD
Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland