5 The role of arabinogalactan proteins in Centaurium erythraea Rafn morphogenesis in vitro
Milana Trifunović, Angelina Subotić, Marija Petrić, Sladjana Jevremović
6 Somatic embryogenesis in long-term cultures of Gentiana lutea L. in the presence of osmotic stress
Irina Holobiuc
7 Protoplast culture and somatic cell hybridization of gentians.
Karolina Tomiczak, Anna Mikuła, J. Rybczyński
8 Haploid and doubled haploid plants production in gentian (Gentiana spp.)
Hisako Doi and Yoshihito Takahata
9 Genetic variation induced by tissue and organ culture in Gentiana species
Victor A. Kunakh, Vitaliy M. Mel’nyk, Nadia.M. Drobyk, Ivan O. Andreev, Katarina.V. Spiridonova, Maryanna.O. Twardovska, Iryna.I. Konvalyuk, Victor I. Adonin
10 Molecular breeding of Japanese gentians - Applications of genetic transformation, metabolome analyses, and genetic markers
11 Cryopreservation of Gentianaceae: trends and applications
Anna Mikuła, Karolina Tomiczak, Lucyna Domżalska, Jan J Rybczyński
12 Postharvest physiology of flowersfrom family Gentianaceae
Fisun G. Çelikel
13 Tissue and organ cultures of gentians as potential sources of xanthones and flavonoids
Nadia M. Drobyk, Vitaliy M. Mel’nyk, Maryana O. Twardovska, Iryna I. Konvalyuk, Viktor A. Kunakh
14. Bioactive secondary metabolites in several genera of the Gentianaceae species from the central region of Balkan Peninsula
Katarina Šavikin, Ivana S. Aljančić, Vlatka E. Vajs, Slobodan M. Milosavljević, Milka Jadranin, Iris Đorđević, Nebojša R. Menković
15 Profiling, isolation, chemical characterisation and distribution of Gentianaceae constituents
Jean-Luc Wolfender, Aurélie Urbain, Kurt Hostettmann
16 Phytochemistry and Biotechnological Approches
Ewa Skrzypczak-Pietraszek
17 Gentianae radix
Waldemar Buchwald, Paweł Ł Mikołajczak
18Gentians used in South America as antimalarial agents
Renata Braga Souza Lima, Gina Frausin, Stacy Brody, Lena Struwe, Adrian Martin Pohlit
This book, the second of two volumes on the Gentianaceae, is devoted to aspects of biotechnology and their applications. It consists of 18 chapters and covers micropropagation by means of organogenesis or somatic embryogenesis, and single cell manipulation of various species belonging to the horticultural genera Blakstonia, Centaurium, Gentiana, Gentianalla and Swertia. Furthermore, the application of somatic cell hybridization, haploidization and genetic variation arising from tissue and organ culture for the production of plants with new horticultural traits, such as new flower colors or sizes, or with special pharmaceutical values, is treated in detail. Also discussed are molecular markers that facilitate breeding and cultivar identification, the preservation of genetic resources by cryopreservation, the postharvest physiology of cut Gentian flowers and potted plants, and different analytical methods for the evaluation of Gentians as sources of secondary metabolites, such as xanthones and flavonoids, secoiridoids and C-glucoflavonoids, and their positive impacts on human health.
This volume as well as the companion book The Gentianaceae – Volume 1: Characterization and Ecology will serve as key reference works for scientists and students in the fields of botany, plant breeding, biotechnology and horticulture, as well as professional gardeners.