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Advances in Haploid Production in Higher Plants (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009)
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Advances in Haploid Production in Higher Plants (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009)
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The importance of haploids is well known to geneticists and plant
breeders. The discovery of anther-derived haploid Datura plants in
1964 initiated great excitement in the plant breeding and genetics
communities as it offered shortcuts in producing highly desirable
homozygous plants. Unfortunately, the expected revolution was slow
to materialise due to problems in extending methods to other
species, including genotypic dependence, recalcitrance, slow
development of tissue culture technologies and a lack of knowledge
of the underlying processes. Recent years have witnessed great
strides in the research and application of haploids in higher
plants. After a lull in activities, drivers for the resurgence have
been: (1) development of effective tissue culture protocols, (2)
identification of genes c- trolling embryogenesis, and (3) large
scale and wide spread commercial up-take in plant breeding and
plant biotechnology arenas. The first major international symposium
on "Haploids in Higher Plants" took place in Guelph, Canada in
1974. At that time there was much excitement about the potential
benefits, but in his opening address Sir Ralph Riley offered the
following words of caution: "I believe that it is quite likely that
haploid research will contr- ute cultivars to agriculture in
several crops in the future. However, the more extreme claims of
the enthusiasts for haploid breeding must be treated with proper
caution. Plant breeding is subject from time to time to sweeping
claims from ent- siastic proponents of new procedures.
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