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Deals with biotechnological approaches incorporated into po-
tato improvement progammes. These methods have far-reaching
implications for the synthesis of improved, disease- resist-
ant and nutritious cultivars of potato.
List of contents
Section I Micropropagation, Virus-Free Plants, Haploid Production and Field Trials.- I.1 Biotechnology and 21st Century Potato.- I.2 In Vitro Propagation of Potato - Progress in Czechoslovakia.- I.3 Virus-Free Potatoes Through Meristem Culture.- I.4 In Vitro Induction of Virus-Free Potatoes by Chemotherapy.- I.5 In Vitro Improvement of Potatoes: The New Zealand Approach.- I.6 In Vitro Production and Release of Potato Varieties in China.- I.7 Field Performance of Micropropagated Potato Plants.- I.8 Anther Culture and Haploid Production in Potato.- Section II Physiological, Biochemical and Nutritional Studies, and Molecular Genetics.- II. 1 Potato Tuber Storage: Biochemical and Physiological Changes.- II.2 Biotechnology of Nutritional Improvement of Potato.- II.3 Molecular Genetics of Potato.- Section III Protoplast Isolation, Culture and Somatic Hybridization.- III.1 Viability, DNA Synthesis and Cell Wall Regeneration on Potato Protoplasts.- III.2 Improved Culture Techniques for PotatoProtoplasts.- III.3 Regeneration of Plants from Potato Protoplasts.- III.4 Electrofusion and Analysis of Potato Somatic Hybrids.- III.5 Markers for Identifying Somatic Hybrids in Potato.- Section IV Somaclonal Variation, Selection of Mutants and Resistant Plants.- IV. 1 Effect of the Origin of Explant on Callus Initiation and Differentiation in Potato.- IV2 In Vitro Induction of Cold Acclimation in Potato.- IV3 Potato Improvement Through In Vitro Selection for Increased Levels of Free Amino Acids.- IV.4 Biotechnologies of Obtaining Herbicide Tolerance in Potato.- IV.5 In Vitro Production of Potatoes Bearing Resistance to Fungal Diseases.- IV.6 Selection of Variants by Dual Culture of Potato and Phytophthora infestans.- IV.7 Testing Somaclonal Variants of Potato for Resistance to Virus Disease.- IV.8 Breeding for Virus and Nematode Resistance in Potato Through Microspore Culture.- IV.9 Genetic Diversity in Protoplast- and Cell-Derived Plants of Potato.- IV. 10 Variation in Tubers in Single Cell-Derived Clones of Potato in Ireland.- IV. 11 Genetic Variability in Tuber Disc-Derived Potato Plants.- IV. 12 In Vitro Induction of Mutation in Potato.- Section V Conservation and Exchange of Germplasm.- V.1 Preservation of Potato Pollen.- V.2 In Vitro Conservation of Potato Germplasm in Hungary.- V.3 Tissue Culture for the International Exchange of Potato and Cassava Germplasm.- V.4 Freeze Preservation of Suspension Cultures of Potato.- V.5 Cryopreservation of Potato Germplasm.- V.6 Fluid Drilling of Embryos in Potato Improvement - A Future Possibility.
