Areas covered include specific emphasis on interspecific hybridization, somaclonal variation, transgenic cotton resistant to insects and herbicides, and reengineering of fiber.
I Biotechnology for the Improvement of Cotton; Establishment of Callus Culture and Somatic Embryogenesis; Protoplast Culture, Micropropagation, and the Conservation of Germplasm; II Interspecific Hybridization, Embryo/Ovule Culture; In Vitro Fertilization; RAPD, Heterosis; III Anther/Pollen Culture; Parthenogenesis and Haploid Breeding; IV Somaclonal Variation; Genetic Variability for Plants Tolerant to Salt, High Temperature, Nematodes; V Genetic Transformation; Transgenic Cotton Plants Resistant to Insects, Herbicides; Field Trials; Risk Assessment Studies; Engineering of Fiber; VI Secondary Metabolites - Gossypol and Tannins