2. 2. Plant materials 2. 3. Pregrowth conditions 2. 4. Cryoprotectant
treatment 2. 5. Freezing 2. 5. 1. Slow freezing 2. 5. 2. Rapid freezing
2. 5. 3. Droplet freezing 2. 6. Storage 2. 7. Thawing 2. 8. Viability
testing 2. 9. Post-thaw regrowth 3. EXAMPLES OF CRYOPRESERVATION OF
WOODY PLANT MATERIAL 4. POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF CRYOPRESERVATION IN
TREE IMPROVEMENT 17. NURSERY HANDLING OF PROPAGULES - J. A. Driver, and
320 G. R. L. Suttle 1. INTRODUCTION 2. COMMERCIAL NURSERY NEEDS VS.
LABORATORY PRACTICE 3. SEASONALITY OF GROWTH AND PRODUCTION CYCLES 4.
MICROPROPAGATION OPTIONS 4. 1. Trends in commercial micropropagation
4. 1. 1. Contract micropropagation 5. FACTORS AFFECTING SURVIVAL AND
GROWTH 5. 1. Hardening of propagules in vitro 5. 2. Greenhouse
considerationS------ 5. 3. Field planting 5. 4. New approaches: Direct
field rooting 5. 4. 1. Pretreatment in vitro 5. 4. 2. Root induction 5.
4. 3. Field placement 18. MYCORRHIZAE - R. K. Dixon, and D. H. Marx
336 1. INTRODUCTION 2. ROLE OF MYCORRHIZAE IN TREE GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT 3. PRODUCTION AND APPLICATION OF ECTOMYCORRHIZAL FUNGUS
INOCULUM 3. 1. Bareroot stock 3. 2. Container-grown stock 4. FIELD
TRIALS WITH ECTOMYCORRHIZAL PLANTING STOCK 5. PRODUCTION AND APPLICATION
OF ENDOMYCORRHIZAL INOCULUM 6. FIELD TRIALS WITH ENDOMYCORRHIZAL 7.
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES 8. SUMMARY 351 19. TISSUE CULTURE APPLICATIUN TO
FOREST PATHOLOGY AND PEST CONTROL - A. M. Diner, and D. F. Karnosky 1.
INTRODUCTION 2. HOST AND PATHOGEN: CULTURE AND CHALLENGE 2. 1.
