Working with Ferns : Issues and Applications - Fernández, Helena; Kumar, Ashwani; Revilla, Maria Angeles; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010)
CONTRIBUTION OF FERNS TO UNDERSTANDING OF PLANT DEVELOPMENT -- Cellular, Molecular, and Genetic Changes During the Development of Ceratopteris richardii Gametophytes -- Laboratory-Induced Apogamy and Apospory in Ceratopteris richardii -- Sexual Reproduction in Ferns -- Gibberellic Acid and Ethylene Control Male Sex Determination and Development of Anemia phyllitidis Gametophytes -- The Sporophytes of Seed-Free Vascular Plants - Major Vegetative Developmental Features and Molecular Genetic Pathways -- PROPAGATION, CONSERVATION AND CONTROL OF GENETIC VARIABILITY IN FERNS -- From Spore to Sporophyte: How to Proceed In Vitro -- In Vitro Regeneration Systems of Platycerium -- Stipule Propagation in Five Marattioid Species Native to Taiwan (Marattiaceae; Pteridophyte) -- Tree Ferns Biotechnology: From Spores to Sporophytes -- In Vitro Propagation of Rare and Endangered Serpentine Fern Species -- Conservation of Fern Spores -- Exploration of Cryo-methods to Preserve Tree and Herbaceous Fern Gametophytes -- Pteridophyte spores viability -- Microsatellites: A Powerful Genetic Marker for Fern Research -- Diversity in Natural Fern Populations: Dominant Markers as Genetic Tools -- ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: ECOTOXICOLOGY AND BIOREMEDIATION IN FERNS -- Mitochondrial Activity of Fern Spores for the Evaluation of Acute Toxicity in Higher Plant Development -- Chronic Phytotoxicity in Gametophytes: DNA as Biomarker of Growth and Chlorophyll Autofluorescence as Biomarker of Cell Function -- Arsenic Hyperaccumulator Fern Pteris vittata: Utilities for Arsenic Phytoremediation and Plant Biotechnology -- Aerobiology of Pteridophyta Spores: Preliminary Results and Applications -- THERAPEUTICAL/MEDICINAL APPLICATIONS -- Studies on Folk Medicinal Fern: An Example of "Gu-Sui-Bu" -- Ecdysteroids in Ferns: Distribution, Diversity, Biosynthesis, and Functions -- Ferns: From Traditional Uses to Pharmaceutical Development, Chemical Identification of Active Principles -- Functional Activities of Ferns for Human Health -- Toxicological and Medicinal Aspects of the Most Frequent Fern Species, Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn.
Keywords: Plant science; Botany; Plant Sciences