Somatic Embryogenesis: Fundamental Aspects and Applications

1. Somatic Embryogenesis. An Overview
Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas, Neftalí Ochoa-Alejo

Part I. Basic Aspects

2. The History of Somatic Embryogenesis
Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas

3. The Many Ways of Somatic Embryo Initiation
Attila Fehér, Dóra Bernula, Katalin Gémes

4. Transcriptome Profile of Somatic Embryogenesis
José E. Cetz-Chel, Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas

5. Transcription Factors in the Regulation of Somatic Embryogenesis
Katarzyna Nowak, Małgorzata D. Gaj

6. Epigenetic Advances in Somatic Embryogenesis in Sequenced Genome Crops
Fátima Duarte-Aké, Clelia De-la-Peña

7. The Current Status of Proteomic Studies in Somatic Embryogenesis
Martín Mata Rosas, Francisco Quiroz-Figueroa, Laura M. Shannon, Eliel Ruiz-May

8. Plant Fidelity in Somatic Embryogenesis-Regenerated Plants
Hervé Etienne, Romain Guyot, Thierry Beulé, Jean-Christophe Breitler, Estelle Jaligot

9. The Relationship Between Stress and Somatic Embryogenesis
Geovanny I. Nic-Can, Johny R. Avilez-Montalvo, Randy N. Aviles-Montalvo, Ruth E. Márquez-López, Erika Mellado-Mojica, Rosa M. Galaz-Ávalos, Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas

10. The Role of the Auxins During Somatic Embryogenesis
Geovanny I. Nic-Can, Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas

Part II. Somatic Embryogenesis of Basic Models and Industrial and Agronomical Crops

11. Somatic Embryogenesis in Arabidopsis
Barbara Wójcikowska, Małgorzata D. Gaj

12. Maize Somatic Embryogenesis: Agronomic Features for Improving Crop Productivity
Verónica Garrocho-Villegas, Erika Almeraya, Estela Sánchez Jiménez

13. Somatic Embryogenesis in Annatto (Bixa orellana L.)
Elyabe Monteiro Matos, Andréa Dias Koehler, Daniele Vidal Faria, Ludmila Nayara Freitas Correia, Viviane Santos Moreira, Ana Claudia Ferreira Cruz, Tatiana Souza Moraes, Diego Ismael Rocha, Virgínia Lúcia Fontes Soares, Vespasiano Borges Paiva Neto, Marcio Gilberto Cardoso Costa, Wagner Campos Otoni

14. Somatic Embryogenesis in Capsicum spp.
Neftalí Ochoa-Alejo

15. Somatic Embryogenesis in Coffea spp.
Víctor M. Loyola-Vargas, Johny R. Avilez-Montalvo, Randy N. Avilés-Montalvo, Ruth E. Márquez-López, Rosa M. Galaz-Ávalos, Erika Mellado-Mojica

16. Somatic Embryogenesis in Agave spp.
Benjamín Rodríguez-Garay

17. Somatic Embryogenesis in Agave: An Overview
Kelly Maribel Monja-Mio, Manuel L. Robert

18. Somatic Embryogenesis in Cocos nucifera L.
Luis Sáenz-Carbonell, Mayra Montero-Cortés, Teresa Pérez-Nuñez, Alfonso Azpeitia-Morales, Antonio Andrade-Torres, Iván Córdova-Lara, José Luis Chan-Rodríguez, Gabriela Sandoval-Cancino, Gustavo Rivera-Solis, Carlos Oropeza-Salín

19. Somatic Embryogenesis for More Effective Breeding and Deployment of Improved Varieties in Pinus spp.: Bottlenecks and Recent Advances
Marie-Anne Lelu-Walter, Krystyna Klimaszewska, Célia Miguel, Tuija Aronen, Cathy Hargreaves, Caroline Teyssier, Jean-François Trontin

20. Direct and Indirect Somatic Embryogenesis in Mango Ginger (Curcuma amada Roxb.)
Appakan Shajahan, Chellappan Soundar Raju, Chandrasekaran Thilip, Kandhan Varutharaju, Kunnampalli Faizal, Valiyaparambath Musfir Mehaboob, Abubakker Aslam

21. Somatic Embryogenesis in Banana, Musa ssp.
Rosa María Escobedo-GraciaMedrano, Adrián José Enríquez-Valencia, Muhammad Youssef, Pablo López-Gómez, Carlos Iván Cruz-Cárdenas, José Roberto Ku-Cauich

22. Somatic Embryogenesis in Jatropha curcas

Rupesh Kumar Singh, Eliel Ruiz-May, Luz María García-Pérez, Francisco R. Quiroz-Figueroa

Part III. Applications and Techniques

23. The Uses of Somatic Embryogenesis for Genetic Transformation
Neftalí Ochoa-Alejo

24. Somatic Embryogenesis in Temporary Immersion Bioreactors
Kelly Maribel Monja-Mio, Miguel Ángel Herrera-Alamillo, Manuel L. Robert

25. Application of Somatic Embryogenesis to Secondary Metabolite-Producing Plants
Felipe A. Vázquez-Flota, Miriam Monforte-González, María Miranda-Ham

26. Histology and Histochemistry of Somatic Embryogenesis
Diego Ismael Rocha, Ewa Kurczyńska, Izabela Potocka, Douglas André Steinmacher, Wagner Campos Otoni

27. Laser-Assisted Microdissection to Study Global Transcriptional Changes During Plant Embryogenesis
Ricardo A. Chávez Montes, Joanna Serwatowska, Stefan de Folter

28. Erratum to: Plant Fidelity in Somatic Embryogenesis-Regenerated Plants
Hervé Etienne, Romain Guyot, Thierry Beulé, Jean-Christophe Breitler, Estelle Jaligot

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