Molecular Biology of Woody Plants

Section I: Genetic Engineering and gene expression. 1. Optimization of the expression of a transgene in plants; S.C. Minocha. 2. Genetic engineering of forest trees; M.R. Ahuja. 3. Molecular biology of somatic embryogenesis in conifers; J.Z. Dong, D.I. Dunstan. 4. Molecular aspects of bud dormancy in trees; A. Rohde, et al. 5. Options for genetic engineering of floral sterility in forest trees; J.S. Skinner. 6. Molecular control of the development and function of the vascular cambium; O. Olsson, C.H.A. Little. 7. Genetic engineering of wood formation; H. Tuominen, et al. 8. Molecular biology of cellulose biosynthesis; T. Arioli, et al. 9. Control of lignin biosynthesis; J.H. Christensen, et al. 10. Molecular biology of tropical nitrogen-fixing trees in the Casuarinaceae family; L. Laplaze, et al. 11. Proteins of the conifer extracellular matrix; C.A. Loopstra. 12. Gene expression during Pseudotsuga menziesii embryogenesis: Low molecular weight; M. Chatthai, S. Misra. Section II: Molecular Genetics. 13. Tissue culture of woody plants and its relevance to molecular biology; R. Minocha, S.M. Jain. 14. Variation in woody plants: molecular markers, evolutionary processes and conservation biology; Y.B. Linhart. 15. Molecular markers and genome mapping in woody plants; M.T. Cervera, et al. 16. Assessment of biodiversity with molecular tools in forest trees; O. Savolainen and A. Karhu. 17. Mapping quantitative traits in forest trees; M.M. Sewell, D.B. Neale. 18. Somaclonal variation and genetic molecular markers in woody plants; J.-L. Fourre. 19. Molecular breeding of Eucalyptus; D. Grattapaglia. 20. Molecular dissection of quantitative traits: new perspectives from Populus; R. Wu, et al. 21. Molecular genetic analysis of pathogenic forest fungi; X.-R. Wang, A.E. Szmidt.