InhaltsangabeSECTION A     PROTOCOLS FOR MICROPROPAGATION OF FRUIT AND NUT SPECIES1- Micropropagation of Pear (Pyrus sp.) Barbara M. Reed, Jeanine DeNoma, Sugae Wada and Joseph Postman 2 In Vitro Propagation of Jojoba Berta E. Llorente and Nancy M. Apóstolo 3 In Vitro Propagation of Olive (Olea europaea L.) by Nodal Segmentation of Elongated Shoots Maurizio Lambardi, Elif Aylin Ozudogru and Romano Roncasaglia 4 Micropropagation Systems of Feijoa (Acca sellowiana (O. Berg) Burret) Miguel Pedro Guerra, Gabriela Claudia Cangahuala-Inocente, Lirio Luiz Dal Vesco, Rosete Pescador and Clarissa Alves Caprestano 5 Micropropagation of Vaccinium sp. by In Vitro Axillary Shoot Proliferation Wojciech Litwinczuk 6 In Vitro Propagation of Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) by Shoot Tip Culture Elif Aylin Ozudogru and Ergun Kaya 7 In Vitro Propagation of Persimmon (Diospyrus kaki Thunb.) Edgardo Giordani, Mar Naval and Carla Benelli 8 Micropropagation of Citrus spp. by Organogenesis and Somatic Embryogenesis Benedetta Chiancone and Maria Antonietta Germanà 9 Micropropagation of Prunus Species Relevant to Cherry Fruit Production Philippe Druart 10 Micropropagation of Peach Rootstocks and Cultivars Ildikó Balla and Lucienne Mansvelt 11 Micropropagation of Rubus and Ribes spp. Ewa Dziedzic and Joanna Jagla 12 Somatic Embryogenesis for Efficient Micropropagation of Guava (Psidium gnajava L.) Nasim Akhtar 13 Micropropagation of Chokeberry by In Vitro Axillary Shoot Proliferation Wojciech Litwinczuk SECTION B     PROTOCOLS FOR MICROPROPAGATION OF ORNAMENTALS AND CUT FLOWERS 14- Micropropagation of Lavandula spp Sandra Gonçalves and Anabela Romano 15 In Vitro Propagation of Acacia mangium and A. mangium x A. auriculiformis Olivier Monteuuis, Antoine Galiana and Doreen Goh16- In Vitro Propagation of Ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) by Somatic Embryogenesis Maurizio Capuana 17 Micropropagation of Paradise Tree (Melia azedarach) by In Vitro Culture of Axillary Buds Luis A. Mroginski and Hebe Y. Rey 18 In Vitro Propagation of Hydrangea spp. Barbara Ruffoni, Ermanno Sacco and Marco Savona 19  In Vitro Propagation of Fraser Photinia Using AzospirillumMediated Root Development Berta E. Llorente and Ezequiel E. Larraburu 20  Micropropagation of Helleborus Through Axillary Budding Margherita Beruto, Serena Viglione and  Alessandro Bisignano 21  Micropropagation of Cordyline terminalis Tui Ray, Prasenjit Saha and Satyesh C. Roy 22  Micropropagation of African Violet (Saintpaulia ionantha Wendl.) Mukund Shukla, J. Alan Sullivan, S. Mohan Jain, Susan J. Murch and Praveen K. Saxena 23  Micropropagation of Iris sp. Sladana Jevremovic, Zoran Jeknic and Angelina Subotic 24  Micropropagation of Gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii Bolus) Ghani Minerva and Surinder KumarSECTION C     PROTOCOLS FOR MICROPROPAGATION OF VEGETABLES25-  Micropropagation of Onion (Allium cepa L.) from Immature Inflorescences Pablo Marinangeli 26  In Vitro Propagation of Cauliflower Using Curd Microexplants Martin Kieffer and Michael P. Fuller 27  Micropropagation of Asparagus by In Vitro Shoot Culture Natasa Stajner 28  Micropropagation and Cryopreservation of Garlic E. R. Joachim Keller and Angelika Senula 29  Micropropagation of Globe Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus L. var. scolymus) Giovanni Iapichino  SECTION D    APLLICATIONS OF IN VITRO PROPAGATION30-  In Vitro Rejuvenation of Woody Species Paul E. Read and Christina M. Bavougian 31  Encapsulation of In VitroDerived Explants: An Innovative Tool for Nurseries Alvaro Standardi and Maurizio Micheli 32  Thermotherapy, Chemotherapy and Meristem Culture in Banana Ludivine Lassois, Philippe Lepoivre, Rony Swennen, Ines Van den Houwe and Bart Panis 33  AgrobacteriumMediated Genetic Transformation of Pineapple (Ananas comosus L., Merr.) Minal Mhatre 34  Protocol for Inducing Flower Color Somaclonal Variation in Torenia (T

Maurizio Lambardi, PhD IVALSAIstituto per la Valorizzazione del Legno e delle Specie Arboree, National Research Council (CNR), Sesto Fiorentino, Florence, ItalyElif Aylin Ozudogru, PhD Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gebze Institute of Technology, Gebze-Kocaeli, TurkeyShri Mohan Jain, PhD Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland