Working with Ferns

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.