September 4, 2007 (Tuesday) - Arrival day

16.00-19.00. Registration
19.00. Welcome party

September 5, 2007 (Wednesday) - 1^st day

8.30-8.40. Welcome address by Rector of University of Forestry, Sofia.
8.40-8.50. Welcome address by Minister, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Bulgaria.
8.50-9.00. Welcome address by President of IPPS, Region of GB & I.

Plenary session I
Chair Persons: Acad. Alexander Alexandrov (Bulgaria), Dr. Sharon Pond (Canada).

9.00-9.30. Key lecture:John Preece and Paul Read. Forcing leafy explants and cuttings from woody species.
9.30-10.00. Key lecture:Wolfgang Spethmann. Increase of rooting success and further shoot growth by long cuttings of woody plants.

10.00-10.30. Coffee break

Plenary session II
Chair Persons: Prof. Patrick von Aderkas (Canada), Robert Geneve (USA).

10.30-10.45. Katsuaki Ishii, Yoshihisa Hosoi, and Emilio Maruyama. The effects of carbon dioxide on rooting of woody plants.
10.45-11.00. Traud Winkelmann, Anika Brünig, Janine Speecht, and Margrethe Serek. Plant regeneration from protoplasts isolated from embtyogenic suspension cultures of Cyclamen persicum Mill.
11.00-11.15. Alena Gajdošová, Gabriela Libiaková, Andrea Hricová, and Josef Fejér. Amaranthus spp. - new ornamental and food crop with ancient history.
11.15-11.30. Sinead Phelan, Alan Hunter, and Gerry Douglas. Micropropagation and growth regulation of Erysimum linifolium 'variegatum'.
11.30-11.45. Bożena Matysiak and Jacek Nowak. Coconut-coir media for rooting of ornamental ericaceous plants.
11.45-12.00. Elena Rakosy-Tican, Barna Bors, Zsolt Szilagy, Raluca Bumbulut, and Ana-Maria Szatmari. In vitro culture and medium-term conservation of the rare species Gladiolus imbricatus.
12.00-12.15. Tatyana Poluboyarova and Tatyana Novikova. In vitro culture of Alium karataviense Regel.; a rare and endemic species.
12.15-12.30. Jeremy Darby. The UK ornamentals industry and the part we play.

12.30-14.00. Lunch

Plenary session III
Key lecture: Prof. Gabor Schmidt (Hungary), Michael Davey (UK)

14.00-14.30. Key lecture: Toyoki Kozai. Propagation, grafting and transplant production in closed systems with artificial lighting commercialized in Japan.
14.30-14.45. Gregor Osterc, Aleksander Šiftar, and Franci Štampar. Determination of physiological ageing in woody species as a key approach in successfully propagation processing.
14.45-15.00. Sharon Pond and Judy Loo. Conservation and propagation of American beech (Fagus grandiflora) through somatic embryogenesis.
15.00-15.15. Hendrik-Jan Van Telgen, Barbara Eveleens, Nieves Garcia, and Wouter Verkerke. Production of uniform cuttings for use in mobile cultivation system.
15.15-15.30. Yan-You Wu, Wen-Xiang Xu, Hua-Kun Huang, and Qiu-Yue Zhou. Effect of several kinds of auxin on root formation and growth of Orychophragmus violaceus plantlet in vitro.
15.30-15.45. Gabriel Corneanu, Mihaela Corneanu, and Constantin Craciun. The DDW effects at the ultrastructural level in in vitro cultivated Robinia pseudoacacia var. oltenica.
15.45-16.00. Vanja Stamenković, Marta Tkalec, Biserka Jelenčić, and Branka Pevalek-Kozlina. Micropropagation and antioxidative enzymes activity of Campanula tommasiniana C. Koch.
16.00-16.15. Viera Paganová. Generative reproduction of Sorbus domestica L. as a limiting factor of its wider utilization in conditions of Slovakia.

16.15-16.45. Coffee break

16.45-17.30. General discussion
Moderators: Prof. Margareta Welander (Sweeden), Prof. Athanassios Rubos (Greece)

17.30-19.00. Poster session I

19.00. Dinner

September 6, 2007 (Thursday) - 2^nd day

Plenary session IV
Chair Persons: Prof. Toyoki Kozai (Japan), Prof. Mihaela Corneanu (Romania)

8.30-9.00. Key lecture: Paul Read and John Preece. Micropropagation of Ornamentals: The wave of the future?
9.00-9.30. Key lecture: Patrick von Aderkas, Lisheng Kong, Barbara Hawkins, and René Rohr. Effects of non-freezing low temperatures on quality and cold tolerance of mature somatic embryos of interior spruce.
9.30-9.45. Khalid Mahmood Khawar, Cigdem Alev Ozel, Secil Yildrim, Funda Ozdemir, Dilek Cam, Fatos Uzuntas, Orhan Arslan, and Sebahattin Ozcan. Factors affecting in vitro plant regeneration of Iranian knapweed (Centaurea depressa Bieb.) using immature zygotic embryos.
9.45-10.00.Alberto Previati, Carla Benelli, Francesco De Re, Aylin Ozudogru, and Maurizio Lambardi. Micropropagation and in vitro conservation of virus-free rose germplasm.

10.00-10.30. Coffee break

Plenary session V
Chair Persons: Prof. Wolfgang Spethmann (Germany), Dr. Ina Pinker (Germany)

10.30-10.45. Carmine Damiano, Maria Arias Padro, and Andrea Frattarelli. Propagation and establishment in vitro of myrtle (Myrtus communis), pomegranute (Punica granatum) and mulberry (Morus alba).
10.45-11.00. Andrej Kormut'ák, Bozena Vookova, and Peter Maňka. Abortive embryogenesis in hybrid swarm population of Pinus sylvestris L. and Pinus mugo Turra.
11.00- 11.15. Meira Ziv. Paclobutrazol and xanthan gum involvement in proliferation and stress response of Ornithugalum dubium bud clusters cultured in bioreactors.
11.15-11.30. Georgios Vakouftsis, Stefanos Kostas, Thomas Syros, Maria Tsaktsira, Apostolos Scaltsoyiannes, Athanasios Economou, and Demetrios Metaxas. Efficient propagation of Cupressocyparis leylandii cv. Castlewellan gold by cuttings.
11.30-11.45. Shri Mohan Jain. In vitro propagation of ornamental plants including mutants.
11.45-12.00. Laurie Holloway, Marek Krasowski, Ronald Smith, and Stewart Cameron. Rooting of stem cuttings in Canada yew.
12.00-12.15. Iyyakkannu Sivanesan, Young Mi Lee, Ju Yeon Song, and Byoung Ryong Jeong. Adventitious shoot regeneration from leaf and petiole explants of Campanula punctata var. rubrifolia.
12.15-12.30. Evgeny Banaev, Tatyana Novikova, and Elena Chernykh. Different methods of propagation of ornamental Alnus clones.

12.30-14.00. Lunch

Plenary session VI
Chair Persons: Prof. Meira Ziv (Israel), Carmine Damiano (Italy)

14.00-14.30. Key lecture: Margareta Welander, Li-Hua Zhu, and Xue-Yuan Li. Different factors influencing conventional and large-scale micropropagtion.
14.30-14.45. Robert Geneve and Manjul Dutt. Using sequential digital images to study seed germination and dormancy.
14.45-15.00. Georgios Vakouftsis, Stefanos Kostas, Thomas Syros, Parthena Tsoulpha, Apostolos Scaltsoyiannes, Athanasios Economou, and Demetrios Metaxas. Vegetative propagation in Cupressus macrocarpa cv. 'Gold Crest'.
15.00-15.15. Nina Novak, Ruslan Obpal, and Maksym Melnychuk. Microclonal propagation of Metasequoia glyptostroboides.
15.15-15.30. Abdul Mujib, Saumitra Banerjee, and Parthe Deb Ghosh. Morphological and cytogenetical variations in rhizome-calli derived plants of Caladium bicolour cv. 'Bleeding heart'.
15.30-15.45. Máte Ördögh, Erzsébet Jámbor-Benczúr, Andrea Tilly-Mándy, and László Lelik. The effects of growth regulators in proliferation of Sorbus borbásii "Herkulesfudrõ".
15.45-16.00. Pavel Matiska, Hana Vejsadová, and Anna Pret'ová. Initiation and histology of somatic embryogenesis and organogenesis in Phlox paniculata L.
16.00-16.15. Dilek Doğan-Kalyonncu, Arif Ipek, Neşet Arslan, and Sebahattin Özcan. In vitro bulblet production in endemic wild Tulipa species.

16.15-16.45. Coffee break

16.45-17.30. General discussion
Moderators: Prof. John Preece (USA), Dr. Traud Winkelmann (Germany)

17.30-19.00. Poster session II

17.30-19.00. Meeting and discussion of the plant producers

19.00. Dinner

September 7, 2007 (Friday) - 3^rd day

Plenary session VII
Chair Persons: Prof. Rene Rohr (France), Prof. Apostolos Scaltsoiyannes (Greece)

8.30-9.00. Key lecture: Geert-Jan De Klerk. Stress related to plant tissue culture.
9.00-9.15. Veselka Gjuleva. Somatic embryogenesis of Picea pungens Engelm.: Initiation, maturation and regeneration ability.
9.15-9.30. Stefanos Hatzilazarou, Nikoleta Rifaki, Marianna Patsou, Stefanos Kostas, and Athanassios Economou. In vitro propagation of Viburnum dentatum L. var. lucidum aiton.
9.30-9.45. Ina Pinker, Gjik Vuksani, Reiner Dietz, and Michael Böhme. Effects of different substrates on acclimatization of Echinodorus in vitro plants in greenhouse conditions.
9.45-10.00. Young-Goo Park and Keon-Woo Kim. Cryopreservation of forest tree species in Korea.

10.00-10.30 Coffee break

Plenary session VIII
Chair Persons: Dr. Katsuaki Ishii (Japan), Prof. Young-Goo Park (South Korea)

10.30-10.45. Muhammad Akram and Faheem Aftab. Rooting and in vitro establishment of softwood shoots of Tectona grandis.
10.45-11.00. Ahmet Onay, Engin Tilkat, and Hakan Yildirim. Effect of genotype on somatic embryogenesis in pistachio (Pistacia vera L.).
11.00-11.15. Fintan Moran and Abdullah Sayegh. Profit maximisation through the use of plant tissue culture: the application of product life cycle marketing strategy.
11.15-11.30. Yelda Ozden-Tokatli, Anna De Carlo, Fusun Cumusel, Sara Pignattelli, and Maurizio Lambardi. The synthetic technology as a tool for the propagation and coservation of ornamental plants.
11.30-11.45. Sun Ki Kim, Kyo Won Park, and Bbyung Joon Ahn. Bioreactor cultures of embryogenic cells of lilies and mass production of bulblets in low maintenance stationary cultures.
11.45-12.00. Anika Brünig, Margrethe Serek, and Traud Winkelmann. Vegetative propagation of different Cyclamen species via adventitious shoot formation from seedling tissue.
12.00-12.15. Engin Tilkat, Ahmet Onay, and Hakan Yildirim. Direct plant regeneration from mature leaf explants of pistachio, Pistacia vera L.

12.15-14.00. Lunch

Plenary session IX
Chair Persons: Dr. Alan Hunter (Ireland), Dr. Alena Gajdosova (Slovakia)

14.00-14.30. Key lecture: Michael Davey, Paul Anthony, Kenneth Lowe, Marcos Casellanos, Gracia Ribas-Vargas, and J. Brian Popover. Somatic cell technologies for genetic improvement of ornamental plants.
14.30-14.45. Katja Saare-Surminski, Claudia Pisowotzki, and Reinhard Lieberei. Shoot propagation of ornamental gentian in temporary immersion system - variation of culture parametars for increased plant quality.
14.45-15.00. Katerina Triantafyllou and Aristeides Triantafyllou. MODAGRI plants - propagation, cultivation and trading plants in north Greece.
15.00-15.15. Joanna Nowak. CO₂ enrichment and mycorrhizal effects on root growth and some physiological traits of Pelargonium hortorum L. H. Bailey and Osteospermum ecklonis (DC.) Norl. cuttings during rooting.
15.15-15.30. Gabor Schmidt. Rooting capacity and histological structure of stoloniferous woody plants.
15.30-15.45. Byung Whan Min. Bioreactor cultures of embryogenic cells of lilies and mass production of bulblets in low maintenance stationary cultures.
15.45-16.00. Nejadmohammad Namaghi, Mohammad Esmaeilnia, Gholamali Jalali, Mohsen Hoseini, and Msood Tabari. Influence of IBA hormone and planting bed on propagation of Juniperus excelsa M. Bieb cuttings.

16.00-16.30. Coffee break

16.30-17.15. General discussion
Moderators: Acad. Atanas Atanasov (Bulgaria), Assoc. Prof. Shri Mohan Jain (Finland)

19.00. Conference closing and Farewell party

September 8, 2007 (Saturday) - 4^th day

9.00. Excursion (lunch during the excursion)
19.00. Dinner

September 9, 2007 (Sunday) - Departure day

1. Muhammad Akram and Faheem Aftab. High multiple shoot formation from nodal explants of teak (Tectona grandis L.) induced by thidiazuron.

2. Abdualrahman Al-Humaid and Aansary Moftah. Delaying postharvest leaf chlorosis in easter lily using benzyladenine and gibberellin.

3. Şevket Alp and Neşet Arslan. Established forms of Fritillaria imperialis L. - a naturally growing species in Turkey.

4. Anna Antonidaki-Giatromanolaki, Magdalena Dragassaki, Michael Papadimitriou, and Ioannis Vlahos. Effects of pre-soaking, temperature and light on the seed germination of Colchicum macrophyllum B. L. Burtt.

5. Orhan Arslan, Cigdem Alev Ozel, and Khalid Mahmood Khawar. In vitro axenic culture of Turkish sweet william (Dianthus barbatus L.) using shoot meristem and first axillary node.

6. Cristian-Mijai Aurori, Adriana Aurori, and Elena Rakosy-Tican. Tissue culture and somatic hybridization techniques, a new source for ornamental traits in Solanum tuberosum and S. chacoense embryogenesis.

7. Mustafa Abul Kalam Azad, Shinso Yokota, and Nobuo Yoshizawa. In vitro regeneration of a flowering meidicinal plant - Glaucidium palmatum through somatic embryogenesis.

8. Biljana Balen, Petra Peharec, and Marijana Krsnik-Rasol. Developmentaly specific soluble and membrane proteins and glycoproteins in Mammillaria glacilis Pfeiff. (Cactaceae) tissue culture.

9. Elemér Barabits. Propagation and selection breeding of Hungarian Sorbus subspp.

10. Evangelos Barbas and Konstantina Tziertzidou. Influence of mycorrhizal synthesis on the in vitro development of Alnus glutinosa explants.

11. Erzsébet Kohut, Erzsébet Jámbor-Benczúr, and Máte Ördögh. Results with the establishment of in vitro culture of Leucojum aestivum.

12. Yuliyana Bogdanova, Marina Stanilova, Chavdar Gusev, Julia Bosseva, and Tatyana Stoeva. Enhancement of in vitro micropropagation of Pancratium maritimum L. (Amaryllidaceae) by liquid cultures.

13. Wahiba Boutebtoub, Philippe Morel, Gilles Galopin, Jean Claude Mauget, and Robert Lannes. Influence of traumatic type of pruning on the architectural development of Mandevilla sanderi Hemsl.

14. Maurizio Capuana and Filomena Ponti. In vitro medium-term conservation of Myrtus communis L.

15. Mihaela Corneanu, Gabriel Corneanu, Constantin Netoiu, Mihaela Gradinaru, Ion Stefanescu, and Marin Popa. Micropropagation in Robinia pseudoacacia var. oltenica on media with deuterium depleted water.

16. Ivan Iliev, Apostolos Scaltsoyiannes, Desislava Dancheva, Parthena Tsoulpha, Maria Tsaktsira, and Dimitrios Mitras. Effect of the medium on in vitro germination of embryos of Fraxinus excelsior L.

17. Michael Davey, Paul Anthony, J. Brian Power, Kenneth Lowe, and Spiridon Kintzios. Plant micropropagation: the Leonardo da Vinci programme.

18. Matilda Djukic, Mihailo Grbic, Danijela Djunisijvic-Bojovic, and Dragana Skocajic. Influence of plant hormones on seed germination of woody ornamentals.

19. Antje Doil, Rui Zhang, Margrethe Serek, and Traud Winkelmann. In vitro regeneration and propagation of Hydrangea macrophylla Thunb. 'Nachtigall'.

20. Magdalena Dragassaki, Anna Antonidaki-Giatromanolaki, Michael Papadimitriou, Konstantinos Loulakakis, and Ioannis Vlahos. In vitro bulblet production of Narcissus serotinus L. (Amaryllidaceae).

21. Mohd Faisal, Sonu Goyal, Anwar Shahzad, and Mohammad Anis. Rapid in vitro multiplication of Clerodendrum incisum Klotzsch: an ornamental woody shrub.

22. Grzegorz Falkowski, Micha Koniarski, and Bozena Matysiak. Effects of Va-mycorrhyzal fungi on growth and development of Rosa carolina, Rosa rugosa, and Rosa virginiana seedlings.

23. Sonja Gadzovska, Stephane Maury, Alain Delaunay, Mirko Spasenoski, Claude Joseph, and Daniel Hagege. Production of phenylpropanoids and naphtodianthornes in Hypericum perforatum L. in vitro regenerated plants.

24. Alena Gajdošova, Mária Gabriela Ostrolucká, Gabriela Libiaková, and Emilia Ondrušková. Efficient adventitious shoot regeneration in Vaccinum spp. and Rubus spp.

25. Stefan Gandev. Propagation of walnut under controlled temperature by the methods of omega bench grafting, hot callus and epicotyl grafting.

26. Athanassios Gertis. Evaluation of rooting from olive (Olea europea) and Cupressus macrocarpa 'Gold crest' cuttings, in new experimental substrates.

27. Gogu Ghiorghită, Diana-Elena Maftei, and Daniela Nieuţa. Some aspects concerning the in vitro reaction of Lavandula angustifolia L. species.

28. Luca Pipino, Luca Braglia, Annalisa Giovannini, Giancarlo Fascella, and Antonio Mercuri. Tissue culture and plant regeneration in Passiflora species.

29. Alfonsas Tamošiunas and Simas Gliozeris. In vitro propagation of Caladium x hortulanum Birdsey.

30. Simas Gliozeris and Alfonsas Tamošiunas. Rooting of micropropagated lily.

31. Zafer Olmez, Askin Gokturk, Fatih Temel, and Gokeen Jang?s? Olmez. Effects of cold stratification and sulphuric acid pretreatments on germination of jujuba tree (Ziziphus jujuba Miller) seeds.

32. Mihailo Grbic, Matilda Djukic, Dragana Skocajic, and Danijela Djunisijevic-Bojovic. Quick-dip and contact method in Zelkova carpinifolia (Pall.) K. Koch cuttings rooting.

33. Adela Halmagyi, Slavko Kevresan, Branislav Kovacevic, Vera Cirin-Novta, Ksenija Pavlovic, Ljubica Grbovic, and Ksenija Kuhajda. Effects of naphtalenic acids on rooting of in vitro grown Chrysanthemum.

34. Adela Halmagyi and Maurizio Lambardi. Cryopreservation of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) using different approaches.

35. Katarina Hrubikova, Milan Bežo, Agáta Candráková, Jana Žiarovska, Alena Gajdošova, and Pavel Hrubik. DNA microssatellites in comparative studies of plant species.

36. Alireza Iranbakhsh and Mostafa Ebadi. The inhibitory effects of plant methanolic extract of Datura stramonium L. and from leaf explant callus on bacteria and fungi.

37. Mostafa Ebadi and Alireza Iranbakhsh. In vitro microtuber expansion of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) and parenchyma cells heterogeneous growth.

38. Teodora Ivanova, Chavdar Gussev, Julia Bosseva, Marina Stanilova, and Tatyana Stoeva. In vitro regeneration of Ruscus aculeatus L. - effective micropropagation by shoot cultures.

39. Miklós Józsa. Breeding and propagation of Prunus laurocerasus.

40. Kancho Kalmukov. Transplantation of limetrees using dormant buds.

41. Cuma Karaoğlu, Iskender Parmaksiz, Semra Mirici, Cengis Sancak, and Sebahattin Özcan. In vitro micropropagation and ex vitro acclimatization of summer snowflake.

42. Christoforos Karanikas, Rene Rohr, Maria Tsaktsira, Parthena Tsoulpha, Dimitrios Mitras, Apostolos Scaltsoyiannes, and Ivan Iliev. Micropropagation of selected genotypes of Morus alba as ornamental plants.

43. Nedjalka Zagorska, Tania Karceva, Lydia Shtereva, Maria Petrova, and Vessela Gyuleva. In vitro propagation of certain species and hybrids of genus Paulownia.

44. Khalid Mahmood Khawar, Cigdem Alev Ozel, Orhan Arslan, and Mevlude Alev Ates. Factors affecting in vitro rooting of Ornithogalum ulophyllum Hand.-Mazz bulbs regenerated on different BAP-NAA concentrations.

45. Kristina Kornova and Julia Mihailova. Optimizing the rooting process in in vitro propagation of Kazanlak oil-bearing rose.

46. Elena Kutas. Acclimatization results of micropropagated plantlets.

47. Sigute Kuusiene and Ringaile Luksiene. Plant regeneration of Fraxinus excelsior in the immature embryo culture and genetic variability within family based on RAPD analysis.

48. Ioulia Lagourou, Stefanos Hatzilazarou, and Athanassios Economou. Improvement of the in vitro rooting in Bougainvillea spectabilis.

49. Wiesław Szydło, Andrej Pacholczak, and Aleksandra Łukaszewska. Effect of ammonium zinc acetate on rooting of stem cuttings in Physocarpus opulfolius Maxim.

50. Maria Witomska, Aleksandra Łukaszewska, and Marcin Wójtowicz. Micropropagation of Hippeastrum x chmielii Chm. from scale and scape explants.

51. Maria Maior, Adriana Aurori, Simona Vesa, and Elena Rakosy-Tican. In vitro culture of Romanian rose cultivars.

52. Małgorzata Malik. Embryogenic callus formation in Narcissus L. cvs. 'carlton' and 'actaea' in vitro cultures.

53. Demetrios Metaxas, Thomas Syros, and Athanassios Economou. Factors affecting vegetative propagation of Arbutus unedo L. by stem cuttings: effect of growth regulator, rooting substrate, supplementary lighting, time of cutting collection, and genotype.

54. Dimitrious Mitras, Ivan Iliev, Rene Rohr, Maria Tsaktsira, Parthena Tsoulpha, Christoforos Karanikas, Desislava Dancheva, and Apostolos Scaltsoyiannes. Micropropagation of Fraxinus excelsior L.

55. Remi Nakagawa, Shinjiro Ogita, Ugai Watanabe, Takafumi Kubo, and Ryo Funada. Morphological features of proembryogenic masses in relation to the ability of somatic embryo formation in conifers.

56. Kentaro Nakamura. Propagation of Prunus pendula cv. pendula (Itozakura) by shoot apex culture.

57. Diana Nencheva. New Guinea impatiens in vitro multiplication rate.

58. Paraskevas Nikolaou, Dimitris Zagas, Vassilis Scaltsoyiannes, Evangelos Balas, Vasiliki Xilogianni, Parthena Tsoulpha, Maria Tsaktsira, Eleni Voulgaridou, Ivan Iliev, Katerina Triandafyllou, and Apostolos Scaltsoyiannes. Sorbus domestica: micropropagation and use.

59. Mirjana Ocokoljić, Mihailo Grbić, and Matilda Djukić. Research of feasibility of European plane propagation by root and callus cuttings.

60. Jelena Ninić-Todorović and Mirjana Ocokoljić. Analysis of Arizona cypress seed germination percentage.

61. Sheida Daneshvar, Amir Osalou, Khalid Khawar, and Sebahattin Özcan. In vitro micropropagation of garden thyme (Thymus spicata) collected from southeastern Turkey using cotyledon node.

62. Cigdem Alev Ozel, Khalid Mahmood Khawar, Ahmet Dogan, and Fatma Unal. Efficient in vitro regeneration of endangered endemic Muscari massayanum Grunert from bulb explants.

63. Meryem Ozturk, Sule Sumlu, Khalid Mahmood Khawar, Ayla Zeynep Yucel, Hasan Huseyin Atar, and Sebahattin Ozcan. Efficient tissue culture based propagation from leaf explants of water wisteria (Hygrophilla difformis Vasetto).

64. Rifat Yararbas and Ercan Ozzambak. Sonication for promoting seed germination of Orchis italica.

65. Michael Papadimitriou, Anna Antonidak-Giatromanolaki, Magdalena Dragassaki, and Ioannis Vlahos. Bench-budding technique as a means to propagate greenhouse roses under mist.

66. Luciana Alves Fogaca, Marcelo Maraschin, Antonio Carlos Alves, and Enio Luiz Pedrotti. Micropropagation of Agapanthus umbellatus var. Minor in a bioreactor of temporary immersion.

67. Patricia Flores, Antônio Carlos Alves, Marcelo Maraschin, and Enio Luiz Pedrotti. In vitro morphogenesis of Hippeastrum aulicum (Ker-Gawler) Herb (Amaryllidaceae).

68. Petra Peharec, Biljana Balen, Hrvoje Posilovi, and Marijana Krsnik-Rasol. Structure and morphology of spines of Mammillaria gracilis Pfeiff. (Cactaceae) shoots.

69. Krasimira Petkova and Aslexander Tashev. Seed propagation of Malus trilobata (Labill.) Schnied (Eriolobus trilobatus (Labill.) Roem.

70. Ina Pinker, Heiner Greuneberg, and Svetla Yancheva. Fabiana imbricata - a decorative plant with potential as new ornamental.

71. Claudia Pisowotzki, Katja Saare-Surminski, and Reinhard Lieberei. Micropropagation of Phalaenopsis-hybrids in temporary immersion system (TIS) - effects of exudated phenolic substances on plant development.

72. Carmen Popescu, Raluca Gheorghe, and Edward Pauchnecht. In vitro regeneration from leaf explants and the genetic variability of the obtained plants in Eustoma grandiflorum.

73. Alina Posedaru, Mirela Călinescu, Valentina Isac, and Mădălina Militaru. Studies on in vitro propagation of some Cotinus coggygria Scop. cultivars 'Simfonia Verii' and 'Royal purple'

74. Valentina Isac, Mirela Călinescu, and Alina Posedaru. In vitro regeneration of Magnolia x soulangiana Soul.-Bod.

75. Alberto Previati, Carla Benelli, Francesco Da Re, and Michele Giannini. In vitro production of virus-free chrysanthemum stock plants for cut flowers.

76. Krystyna Pudelska. Rooting of soft cuttings of Dahlia pinnata depending on their type.

77. Marcel Raček and Hana Čipkova. Dormancy and dormancy breaking treatment of Hamamelis virginiana L. seeds.

78. Sandra Radic, Branka Pevalek-Kozlina, Petra Cvjetko, and Mirjana Pavlica. Micropropagation of sweet potato (Ipomea batatas L. Lam.) via nodal segments.

79. Károy Rédei, Zoltán Osváth-Bujtás, and Irina Veperdi. Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L.) clonal seed orchard management in Hungary.

80. Nikoleta Rifaki, Stefanos Hatzilazarou, and Athanassios Economou. Multiple shoot formation in vitro of Juniperus excelsa Bieb.

81. Romano Roncasaglia and Giuliano Dragi. Commercial micropropagation of several ornamental species at Vivai Piante Battistini: the productive trend of the last years.

82. Konstantinos Roumpos, Athanassios Rubos, and Christos Nellas. Anatomical and physiological aspects of sphaeroblast formation.

83. Konstantinos Roubos, Evaggelia Vlassaki, Kostelenos Georgios, and Athanassios Rubos. The olive as ornamental plant.

84. Barbara Ruffoni, Manuela Pamato, Annalisa Giovannini, and Manuela Brea. Gladiolus micropropagation in temporary immersion system.

85. Sevil Saglam, Muhammad Aasim, Khalid Mahmood Khawar, Sebahattin Ozcan, and Cemalettin Yasar Ciftci. Comparison of adventitious shoot regeneration from hypocotyl explant of Isatis tinctoria L. subsp. tinctoria on agar and isubgol gelled media.

86. Demetrios Mavraganis, Thomas Syros, Traianos Yupsanis, and Athanassios Economou. Effect of genotype and growth regulator treatment on peroxidases during rooting of Pistacia lentiscus cuttings.

87. Thomas Syros, Traianos Yupsanis, Ioannis Karssisiotis, and Athanassios Economou. RNAse and DNAse activity and isoform patterns during adventitious root formation in cuttings of Ebenus cretica.

88. Alexander Tashev and Zlatka Kabatliyska. Characteristics of Opuntia humifusa (Rafinesque) Rafinesque (Cactaceae) locality in the Harmanly district (Tracian Lowlands) and a survey of it's seed propagation ex situ.

89. Petar Terziev. Productive indices of full fruit-bearing walnut varieties in the region of the eastern Rhodopes.

90. Andrea Tilly-Mándy, Zsolt Szafián, Erzsébet Jámbor-Benczúr, Máte Ördögh, and Éva Stefanovits-Bányai. The effect of titavit on the in vitro development of Hosta 'Dew drop' and 'Gold drop'.

91. Mousa Torabi-Giglou and Behzad Hajieghrari. In vitro study on organogenesis of Gladiolus grandiflorus Corm segments.

92. Vladimir Torchik. Estimation of regeneration potential of ornamental forms of conifers by winter cuttings harvest in Belarus.

93. Thiresia-Teresa Tzatzani, Kortessa Dimassi-Theriou, and Ioannis Therios. In vitro organogenesis from root segments of Citrus rootstocks treated with BA and NAA.

94. Nikolina Tzvetkova, S. Bencheva, I. Stancheva, and Krasimira Petkova. Oxidative stress at jointly rooting of forest and agricultural species.

95. Krasimira Uzunova, Mariya Zarkova, Ivan Penov, and Malcolm Elliot. The application of regression analysis with dummy variables in statistical processing of data from induction of somatic embryogenesis of roses.

96. Krsimira Uzunova, Adrian Slater, Nigel Scott, Malcolm Elliot, and Krastina Ivanova. The application of biotechnology to rose improvement.

97. Smaranda Vantu. Indirect somatic embryogenesis of the endemic species Andryala levitomentosa.

98. Olga Vasileva. Seed and vegetative propagation of ornamental plants in Siberia.

99. Lida Vetchinnikova and Tatyana Vetchinnikova. Ornamental birch species and varieties in Fennoscandia: major reproduction pathways.

100. Tatyana Vetchinnikova, Alexandr Titov, and Lida Vetchinnikova. Cadmium effect on in vitro morpho- and organogenesis in Birch.

101. Božena Vookova and Andrej Kormut'ák. Somatic embryogenesis from immature zygotic embryos of firs from artificial pollination.

102. Yulan Xiao, Yongtai Zhang, Kang Dang, and Dongshuang Wang. Effects of a 24-hour photoperiod on growth and photosynthesis in Platycodon grandiflorum A. DC plants.

103. Heung-Kyu Moon, So-Young Park, Yong-Wook Kim, and Jae-Seon Yi. Somatic embryogenesis and plantlet formation of a rare and endangered tree species, Oplopanax elatus.

104. Hakan Yildirim, Engin Tilcat, and Ahmet Onay. Micropropagation of apricot cultivar 'Hacihaliloğlu'.

105. Lyuben Zagorchev, Christina Hadjiivanova, and Mariela Odjakova. Acid phosphatase activity in salt treated embryogenic suspension cultures of Dactylis glomerata.

106. Peter Kitin, Ryo Funada, Katsuhiko Takata, Tomoyuki Fujii. Reactivation of cambium and phenology of temperate hardwoods: When do the new xylem vessels become functional for water transport?

107. Cristoforos Xilogiannis, Angelos Xilogiannis, and Evangelos Mpalas. Fitotechniki: a commercial tissue culture laboratory in Greece.