Deals with the historical perspectives and the current status of doubled
haploid production along with its practical implications in basic and
applied research. It highlights various haploid production methods with
a comprehensive discussion on their pros and cons, bottlenecks, and
embryogenic pathways. The review also describes in detail the results of
molecular and genomic studies conducted to investigate the underlying
principles of this spectacular technique that has changed the status of
many species from recalcitrant to responsive over the last ninety years.