Biotechnology of Orchids and Other Ornamentals

Pablo Bolaños-Villegas, Fure-Chyi Chen

• Publisher: CAB International
• Year: 2025
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9781800627895
• Subtopic: Biotechnology
• Index: Biological Sciences

Advancement of plant tissue culture, or micropropagation, breeding, genetics and genomics have contributed to mass production of propagules, creating novel hybrids or cultivars, as well as modern tools for improving the molecular breeding efficiency of important crop plants, including ornamentals. This book covers these areas in relation to ornamental plants to fulfil the needs of students and researchers, in addition to commercial vendors. Ornamental biotechnology enables the mass production of young plants, including seed-derived seedlings, and tissue-culture-derived propagules, or mericloned plants. Two chapters are focused on flower industry development and tissue culture business in both Taiwan and Thailand as each produces a large quantity of tropical and subtropical ornamentals, both pot plants and cut flowers, as well as having a strong micropropagation industry to support the floriculture business worldwide. Work in the emerging markets of Latin America is also covered. Breeding and micropropagation of economically important or novelty orchids are elaborated in several chapters, including Dendrobium and Phalaenopsis hybrids. Aroids and roses are also covered. Modern molecular tools such as genomics, molecular markers, gene editing and transformation can help in improving desirable traits and creating potential novel hybrids of ornamentals, and these are covered in detail.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Contributors
• Preface
• 1. Breeding and Micropropagation of Phalaenopsis Orchids
• 2. Micropropagation of Ornamental Chalk Agave
• 3. Mutation Breeding and Micropropagation of Monstera deliciosa
• 4. Cryopreservation of Orchids and Ornamental Plants
• 5. Tissue Culture of Ornamental Plants in Thailand
• 6. Molecular Insights into Developmental Pathways of Micropropagation in Phalaenopsis Orchids
• 7. Micropropagation and Genetic Transformation of Ornamental Succulent Plants
• 8. Applications and Future Perspectives of Genome-Wide Association Studies in Horticultural Flower Crops
• 9. Genetic Transformation of Orchids
• 10. Biotechnology and Breeding of Orchids in Brazil
• 11. Genetics and Propagation of Sobralia Orchids
• 12. Intergeneric Hybridization of Holcoglossum Alliance
• 13. Modern Approaches to the Hybridization of Roses
• Index