Abstract
The transition from vegetative to floral state or reproductive development is a critical phase in the life cycle of higher plants, and the products of flowering are an integral part of the human diet, cultural integrity and global economies. Cut flowers and flowering pot plants are increasingly associated with an increase in the quality of life, having evolved from a luxury to a daily commodity. Lower and more competitive prices and a greater consumer demand (for quantity and quality) is creating new challenges in the floricultural and ornamental plant sectors to produce new cut flowers and ornamental plants that suit individual consumer needs. In order to meet this demand, tissue culture and molecular biology techniques are proving useful in the production of ornamentals with novel characteristics (flower colour, resistance to various pests and diseases, longer cut-flower/postharvest shelf life).
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Teixeira da Silva, J.A., Nhut, D.T. (2003). Thin Cell Layers and Floral Morphogenesis, Floral Genetics and in Vitro Flowering. In: Nhut, D.T., Van Le, B., Tran Thanh Van, K., Thorpe, T. (eds) Thin Cell Layer Culture System: Regeneration and Transformation Applications. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3522-3_8
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