Pathogen and Microbial Contamination Management in Micropropagation

Overview.- Pathogen and microbial contamination management in micropropagation — an overview.- Strategic considerations for the establishment of micro-organism-free tissue cultures for commercial ornamental micropropagation.- Improved virus detection in rosaceous fruit trees in vitro.- Trends in European plant tissue culture industry from 1990 to 1993.- Commercial micropropagation laboratories in the United States.- Pathogen and Contaminant Detection and Identification.- Walled and wall-less Eubacteria from plants: sieve-tube-restricted plant pathogens.- Modern methods for identifying bacteria.- Developments in serological methods to detect and identify plant viruses.- Molecular diagnostics for pathogen detection in seeds and planting material.- Isolation and analysis of double-stranded RNA in plant tissues to detect virus and virus-like agents.- A review of the lux-marker system: potential for application in plant tissue culture.- DNA profiling and strategies for in planta localization of bacteria intimately associated with Billbergia magnifica ssp. acutisepalia.- Cost analysis of detection of bacteria and phytoplasmas in plant tissue cultures by PCR.- Microbes intimately associated with tissue and cell cultures of tropical Dioscorea yams.- Detection and identification of bacterial contaminants of strawberry runner explants.- Evidence for the occurrence of endophytic prokaryotic contaminants in micropropagated plantlets of Prunus cerasus cv. ‘Montmorency’.- Occurrence and influence of endogenous bacteria in embryogenic cultures of Norway spruce.- Chemotherapy and Thermotherapy of Plants and Cultures.- Antibiotics in plant tissue culture and micropropagation — what are we aiming at?.- Elimination of external and internal contaminants in rhizomes of Zantedeschiaaethiopica with commercial fungicides and antibiotics.- Internal bacterial contamination of micropropagated hazelnut: identification and antibiotic treatment.- Elimination of several bacterial isolates from meristem tips of Hydrangea spp.- The application of antibiotics and sulphonamide for eliminating Bacillus cereus during the micropropagation of infected Dieffenbachia picta Schott.- Identification and antibiotic sensitivity of bacterial contaminants isolated from in vitro cultures of some tropical aquatic plants.- The effect of acetylsalicylic acid on development of bacterial contaminants and gas evolution in apricot shoot cultures.- Control of Bacillus contaminating date palm tissue in micropropagation using antibiotics.- Monitoring of virus diseases in Austrian grapevine varieties and virus elimination using in vitro thermotherapy.- Hot-water treatment before tissue culture reduces initial contamination in Lilium and Acer.- Elimination of bean seed-borne bacteria by thermotherapy and meristem culture.- Prevention and elimination of contamination for in vitro culture of several woody species.- Laboratory Contamination Management.- Laboratory contamination management; the requirement for microbiological quality assurance.- Microbial communities on human tissue: an important source of contaminants in plant tissue cultures.- Contamination by micro-arthropods in plant tissue cultures.- Photoautotrophic micropropagation — a strategy for contamination control?.- The use of Hortifoam substrate in a micropropagation system. Comparative study of sugar-based and sugar-free medium.- Plant tissue culture laboratory establishment under challenging conditions.- In vitro callus formation on watermelon cotyledon explants is influenced by the presence of endophytic organisms.-Disease at Microplant Establishment.- Epiphytic bacteria: activities, risks and benefits.- Fungal infections of micropropagated plants at weaning: a problem exemplified by downy mildew in Rubus and Rosa.- From laboratory to applications: challenges and progress with in vitro dual cultures of potato and beneficial bacteria.- Bacillus subtilis an endophyte of Chestnut (Castanea sativa) as an antagonist against Chestnut Blight (Cryphonectria parasitica).- Biological control of Botrytis, Phytophthora and Pythium by Bacillus Subtilis Cot1 and CL27 of micropropagated plants in high-humidity fogging glasshouses.- Microbial characterisation and preparation of inoculum for in vitro mycorrhization of strawberry in autotrophic culture.- Acclimation results of micropropagated Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) improved by symbiotic microorganisms.- A review of tissue proliferation of Rhododendron.- Problems with plant health of in vitro propagated Anthurium spp. and Phalaenopsis hybrids.