PROF. DON J. DURZAN AT THE
Plant physiologist in the Agriculture Experiment Station at
Address: Environmental Horticulture,
Telephone: (530) 752-0399
Fax: (530) 752-0399 (office)
E-mail: djdurzan@ucdavis.edu
Current Research Interests
Cellular Biotechnologies: 1. Anti-cancer drug production in suspension cultures of gymnosperms. 2. Effects of microgravity on cell growth and development. 3. Morphological and biochemical control of programmed cell death (apoptosis). 4. Intermediary nitrogen metabolism with emphasis on amino acids, guanidines, nitric oxide, and high-valued metabolites. 5. Applications of molecular genetics and protoplast technologies to the study of mitosis, meiosis, apomeiosis, and free-nuclear cycling in cells.
Tree Improvement: 1. Apomixis with emphasis on diploid parthenogenesis, somatic embryogenesis, and monozygotic polyembryony. 2. Capturing genetic gains, development of flexible breeding systems through biotechnology. 3. Adaptive reproductive plasticity. 4. New uses for underutilized species.
Climatic Change: 1. Adaptive fitness, phenotypic changes. 2.
Simulation of Mesozoic and Permian climatic conditions in relation to the life
history of cells under artificial conditions. 3. Instrumentation and monitoring
the effects of UV radiation in plants (
Consultation: 1. Impact assessment of biotechnology transfer. 2. Training programs for newly industrialized economies. 3.Value-added products and new formulations in health care and in the industrial context.
Species: Abies, Arabidopsis, Araucaria, Betula, Calamus, Cycads, Gnetum, Eucalyptus, Ephedra, Fitzroya, Ginkgo, Kalanchoë, Picea, Pinus, Pistacia, Prunus, Pseudotsuga, Sequoia, tropical timber species.
Laboratory
Cell and tissue culture laboratory in Environmental Horticulture facility
with access to advanced instrumentation on the
Teaching
Physiological Principles in Environmental Horticulture (Env Hort 102) 4 units, Spring term
Biology Undergraduate Scholars Program, 199s, 199s.
Special Topics (Env Hort 290)
Books
Bonga JM and DJ Durzan eds 1982 Tissue culture in forestry. Martinus
Nijhoff/ Dr W. Junk Publishers.
Bonga JM and DJ Durzan eds 1987 Cell and tissue culture in Forestry.
Volume 1. General Principles and Biotechnology. 422 pp. Volume 2. Specific
principles and methods. 447 pp. Volume 3. Case histories. 416 pp.
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,
R.R. Rodriguez, R. Sánchez-Tamés and D.J. Durzan eds 1990. Plant Aging. Basic and Applied Approaches.450 pp. Plenum Press, N.Y. ISBN 0-306-43518-7.
Blume Y., Durzan D.J. and P. Smertenko eds. 2006. Cell Biology and
Instrumentation: UV Radiation, Nitric Oxide and Cell Death in Plants. IOS
Press, NATO Advanced Research Workshop,
Publications
1. Steward, F.C. and D.J. Durzan. 1965. Metabolism of nitrogenous compounds.
In Plant Physiology. An Advanced Treatise," F.C. Steward (ed.),
Academic Press,
2. Durzan, D.J. 1966. Disc electrophoresis of soluble protein in the female
gametophyte and embryo of conifer seed.
3. Durzan, D.J. and R.G. Richardson. 1966. The occurrence and role of alpha-keto-delta-guanidinovaleric acid in white spruce Picea glauca (Moench) Voss. Can. J. Biochem. 44:141-143.
4. Durzan, D.J. and F.C. Steward. 1967. The nitrogen metabolism of Picea glauca (Moench) Voss and Pinus banksiana Lamb. as influenced by mineral nutrition. Can. J. Bot. 45:695-710.
5. Durzan, D.J. 1967. Metabolism of 4-hydroxyproline in white spruce [Picea
glauca (Moench) Voss] and in the spruce budworm [Choristoneura
fumiferana (Clem.)].
6. Durzan, D.J. and S.M. Lopushanski. 1968. Free and bound amino acids of spruce budworm larvae feeding on balsam fir and red and white spruce. J. Insect Physiol. 14:1485-1497.
7. Durzan, D.J. and F.C. Steward. 1968. Cell and tissue culture of white
spruce and jack pine.
8. Durzan, D.J. and V. Chalupa. 1968. Free sugars, amino acids, and soluble proteins in the embryo and female gametophyte of jack pine as related to climate at the seed source. Can. J. Bot. 46:417-428.
9. Durzan, D.J. and S.M. Lopushanski. 1968. The occurrence of free D-serine
and D-alanine, in spruce budworm larval [Choristoneura fumiferana
(Clem.) Free]. Lepidoptera: Tortricidae.
10. Durzan, D.J. 1968. Nitrogen metabolism of Picea glauca. I. Seasonal changes of free amino acids in buds, shoot apices and leaves, and the metabolism of uniformly labelled 14C-L-arginine by buds during the onset of dormancy. Can. J. Bot. 46:909-919.
11. Durzan, D.J. 1968. Nitrogen metabolism of Picea glauca. II. Diurnal changes of free amino acids, amides, and guanidino compounds in roots, buds, and leaves during the onset of dormancy of white spruce saplings. Can. J. Bot. 46:921-928.
12. Durzan, D.J. 1968. Nitrogen metabolism of Picea glauca. III. Diurnal changes of amino acids, amides, protein, and chlorophyll in leaves of expanding buds. Can. J. Bot. 46:929-937
13. Durzan, D.J. 1969. Automated chromatographic analysis of free monosubstituted guanidines in physiological fluids. Can. J. Biochem. 47:657-664.
14. Durzan, D.J. 1969. Nitrogen metabolism of Picea glauca. IV. Metabolism of uniformly labelled 14C-L-arginine, [carbamyl-14C]-L-citrulline, and [1,2,3,4-14C]-gamma-guanidinobutyric acid during diurnal changes in the soluble and protein nitrogen associated with the onset of expansion of spruce buds. Can. J. Biochem. 47:771-783.
15. Durzan, D.J. and F.C. Steward. 1970. Morphogenesis in cell cultures of
gymnosperms: some growth patterns. Invited paper, International Union of Forest
Research Organizations. Section 22. Workshop held May 28-June 5,
16. Durzan, D.J., A.J. Mia, and B.S.P. Wang. 1971. Effects of tritiated water on the metabolism and germination of jack pine seeds. Can. J. Bot. 49:2139-2149.
17. Ramaiah, P.K., D.J. Durzan, and A.J. Mia. 1971. Amino acids, soluble proteins and isoenzyme patterns of peroxidase during the germination of jack pine. Can J. Bot. 49:2151-2161.
18. Durzan, D.J. and P.K. Ramaiah. 1971. The metabolism of L-proline by jack
pine seedlings.
19. Durzan, D.J., A.J. Mia, and P.K. Ramaiah. 1971. The metabolism and subcellular organization of jack pine embryo (Pinus banksiana) during germination. Can. J. Bot. 49:927-938.
20. Durzan, D.J. 1971. Free amino acids as affected by light intensity and
the relation of responses to the shade-tolerance of white spruce and shade
intolerance of jack pine.
21. Hayashi, Y. and D.J. Durzan. 1971. Amino acid composition of protein extracted from virions of cytoplasmic-polyhedrosis virus. J. Invertebrate Path. 18:121-126.
22. Durzan, D.J., J. Pitel, and P.K. Ramaiah. 1972. Acid soluble nucleotides and ribonucleic acids from germinating jack pine seeds. Can. J. For. Res. 2:206-216.
23. Chalupa, V. and D.J. Durzan. 1972. Differences in the seed size and in
the biochemical composition of seed of various provenances of jack pine (Pinus
banksiana Lamb.). Lesnictvi (
24. Durzan, D.J. 1972. Column chromatographic separation of guanidines. J. Chromat. 74:D146-D149.
25. Durzan, D.J. 1973. Nitrogen metabolism of Picea glauca. V. metabolism of uniformly labeled 14C-L-proline and 14C-L-glutamine by dormant buds in late fall. Can. J. Bot. 51:359-369.
26. Durzan, D.J., J. Pitel, A.J. Mia, and P.K. Ramaiah. 1973. Metabolism of uracil by germinating jack pine seedlings. Can. J. For. Res. 3:209-221.
27. Chalupa, V. and D.J. Durzan. 1973. Growth and development of resting buds of conifers in vitro. Can. J. For. Res. 3:196-208.
28. Durzan, D.J. 1973. The metabolism of 14C-urea by white spruce seedlings in light and darkness. Can. J. Bot. 51:1197-1211.
29. Durzan, D.J. 1973. The incorporation of tritiated water into amino acids in the presence of urea by white spruce seedlings in light and darkness. Can. J. Bot. 51:351-358.
30. Durzan, D.J., S.C. Chafe and S.M. Lopushanski. 1973. Effects of environmental changes on sugars, tannins, and organized growth in cell suspension cultures of white spruce. Planta (Berl.) 113:241-249.
31.
32. Chalupa, V. and D.J. Durzan. 1973. Growth of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst) tissue and cell cultures. Commun. Inst. For. Czechosloveniae 8:111-125.
33. Mia, A.J. and D.J. Durzan. 1974. Cytochemical and subcellular
organization of the shoot apical meristem of dry and germinating jack pine
embryos.
34. Durzan, D.J. and R.A. Campbell. 1974. Prospects for the mass production of improved stock of forest trees by cell and tissue culture. Can. J. For. Res. 4:151-174.
35. Durzan, D.J. and R.A. Campbell. 1974. Prospects for the introduction of traits in forest trees by cell and tissue culture. Invited paper, IUFRO Division 2WP S2.0l.06, N.Z. J. For. Sci. 4:261-266.
36. Pitel, J. and D.J. Durzan. 1975. Pyrimidine metabolism in seeds and seedlings of jack pine (Pinus banksiana). Can. J. Bot. 53:673-686.
37. Durzan, D.J. 1975. Nutrition and water relations of forest trees: A biochemical approach. Third North American Conf. Tree Biology, C.P.P. Reid and C.H. Fechner (eds.), Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, Colorado, pp. 15-63.
38. Durzan, D.J. and S.M. Lopushanski. 1975. Propagation of American elm via
cell suspension cultures.
39. Campbell, R.A. and D.J. Durzan. 1975. Induction of multiple buds and
needles in tissue cultures of Picea glauca.
40. Bidwell, R.G.S. and D.J. Durzan. 1975. Some recent aspects of nitrogen metabolism. In Historical and Recent Aspects of Plant Physiology: A Symposium Honoring F.C. Steward, Cornell Univ. Press, Coll. Agric. and Life Sci., pp. 162-227.
41. Pitel, J.A. and D.J. Durzan. 1975. Nuclear proteins of dry and
germinating conifer seeds. Proceedings of the Conference Applied General
42. Durzan, D.J. 1975. The molecular basis of chromosomal heredity in
conifers. Proceedings of the Fifteenth Meeting of the Canadian Tree Improvement
Association: Part 1, Petawawa For. Exp. Stat.,
43. Durzan, D.J. 1975. Vegetative propagation of native Canadian forest
trees by cell and tissue culture methods. Proceedings of the Fifteenth Meeting
of the Canadian Tree Improvement Association: Part 1, Petawawa For. Exp. Stat.,
44. Durzan, D.J. 1976. Biochemical changes during gymnosperm development.
Symposium on Juvenility in Woody Perennials, Univ.
45. Campbell, R.A. and D.J. Durzan. 1976. Vegetative propagation of Picea glauca by tissue culture. Can. J. For. Res. 6:240-243.
46. Campbell, R.A. and D.J. Durzan. 1976. The potential for cloning white spruce via tissue culture. Proceedings of the 12th Lake States Forest Tree Improvement Conference, Petawawa Forest Expt. Sta., August 18-22, USDA Forest Service Tech. Gen. Rept. NC-26, p. 158-166.
47. Durzan, D.J., V. Chalupa, and A.J. Mia. 1976. Growth and metabolism of cells and tissues of jack pine (Pinus banksiana). 1. The establishment and some characteristics of a proliferated callus from jack pine seedlings. Can. J. Bot. 54:437-445.
48. Chalupa,V., D.J. Durzan, and C. Vithayasai. 1976. Growth and metabolism
of cells and tissue of jack pine (Pinus banksiana). 2. The
quantitative analysis of the growth of callus from hypocotyls and radicles.
49. Durzan, D.J. and V. Chalupa. 1976. Growth and metabolism of cells and tissue of jack pine (Pinus banksiana). 3. Growth of cells in liquid suspension cultures in light and darkness. Can. J. Bot. 54:456-467.
50. Durzan, D.J. and V. Chalupa. 1976. Growth and metabolism of cells and tissue of jack pine (Pinus banksiana). 4. Changes in amino acids of callus and in seedlings of similar genetic origin. Can. J. Bot. 54:468-482.
51. Durzan, D.J. and V. Chalupa. 1976. Growth and metabolism of cells and tissue of jack pine (Pinus banksiana). 5. Changes in free arginine and Sakaguchi-reactive compounds during callus growth and in germinating seedlings of similar genetic origin. Can. J. Bot. 54:483-495.
52. Durzan, D.J. and V. Chalupa. 1976. Growth and metabolism of cells and tissue of jack pine (Pinus banksiana). 6. Free nitrogenous compounds in cell suspension cultures of jack pine as affected by light and darkness. Can. J. Bot. 54:496-506.
53. Durzan, D.J. and G. Bourgon. 1976. Growth and metabolism of cells and tissue of jack pine (Pinus banksiana). 7. Observations on cytoplasmic streaming and effects of L-glutamine and its analogues on subcellular activities. Can. J. Bot. 54:507-517.
54. Durzan, D.J. and J.A. Pitel. 1977. Occurrence of N-phosphoryl-arginine in the spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana).J.Insect. Biochem. 7:11-13.
55. Pitel, J.A. and D.J. Durzan. 1977. Ribosomes and ribosomal protein of dry and germinating conifer seeds. Phytochemistry 16:1475-1480.
56. Mia, A.J. and D.J. Durzan. 1977. Cytochemical and subcellular
organization of root apical meristems of dry and germinating jack pine embryos.
57. Durzan, D.J. 1977. Tissue culture - genetic and physiological aspects.
Proceedings 4th North American Tree Biology Conference, August 9-11, 1976,
58. Shaw, G.G., C.H.A. Little, and D.J. Durzan. 1978. Effect of fertilization of balsam fir trees on spruce budworm nutrition and development. Can. J. For. Res. 8:364-374.
59. Durzan, D.J., R.A. Campbell, and A. Wilson. 1979. Inhibition of female cone production in white spruce by red light treatment during night under field conditions. Envir. Expt. Bot. 19:133-144.
60. Pitel, J.A. and D.J. Durzan. 1978. Changes in the composition of the soluble and chromosomal proteins of jack pine (Pinus banksiana Lamb.) seedlings induced by fenitrothion. Envir. Expt. Bot. 18:153-162.
61. Pitel, J.A. and D.J. Durzan. 1978. Chromosomal protein from the spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana). Insect. Biochem. 8:197-201.
62. Pitel, J.A. and D.J. Durzan. 1978. Low molecular weight RNA in jack pine
(Pinus banksiana Lamb.) seedlings. Bi-monthly Research Notes.
Fisheries and Environment
63. Pitel, J.A. and D.J. Durzan. 1978. Chromosomal proteins of conifers. 1.
Comparison of histones and nonhistone chromosomal proteins from dry seeds of
conifers.
64. Pitel, J.A. and D.J. Durzan. 1978. Chromosomal proteins of conifers. 2.
Tissue-specificity of the chromosomal proteins of jack pine (Pinus
banksiana).
65. Durzan, D.J. and R.A. Campbell. 1978. Red light inhibits female cone production in white spruce trees. Proceedings of the Symposium on Flowering and Seed Development in Trees. F. Bonner (ed.), IUFRO and US Forest Service Intl. Workshop, Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi, May 15-18, pp. 57-62.
66. Campbell, R.A. and D.J. Durzan. 1979. Laser activation of phytochrome-controlled germination in Pinus banksiana. Can. J. For. Res. 9:522-524.
67. Durzan, D.J., D. Einspahr, M. Johnson, J. Litvay, and D.C. Verma. 1980.
Cell and tissue culture for tree improvement of coniferous species. Proceedings
of the 17th meeting, Canadian Tree Improvement Association, Part 2, August
27-30, 1979, Gander, Newfoundland.
68. Durzan, D.J. 1980. Prospects for the mass propagation of economically important conifers by cell and tissue culture. In Plant Cell Cultures: Results and Perspectives, F. Sala, B. Parisi, R. Cella, and O. Ciferri (eds.), Elsevier/North Holland, Biomed Press, pp. 283-288.
69. Pitel, J.A. and D.J. Durzan. 1980. Chromosomal proteins of conifers. 3. Metabolism of histones and nonhistones chromosomal proteins in jack pine (Pinus banksiana) during germination. Physiol. Plant. 50:137-194.
70. Durzan, D.J. 1980. Progress and promise in forest genetics. In Paper Science and Technology: The Cutting Edge, 50th Anniversary, May 8-10, 1979, The Institute of Paper Chemistry, Appleton, WI, pp. 31-60.
71. Durzan, D.J. 1982. Somatic embryogenesis and sphaeroblasts in conifer
cell suspensions. Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on Plant Tissue
and Cell Culture, July 11-16, 1982,
72. Durzan, D.J. 1982. Cell and tissue culture in forest industry, Chap. 7. In Tissue Culture in Forestry, J.M. Bonga and D.J. Durzan (eds.), Martinus Nijhoff/Dr. W. Junk, The Hague, pp. 36-71.
73. Durzan, D.J. 1982. Nitrogen metabolism and vegetative propagation of forest trees. In Tissue Culture in Forestry, J. Bonga and D.J. Durzan (eds.), Martinus Nijhoff/Dr. W. Junk, The Hague, pp. 256-324.
74. Bonga, J.M. and D.J. Durzan (eds.). 1982. Tissue Culture in Forestry. Martinus Nijhoff/Dr. W. Junk, The Hague, 420 pp. ISBN-247-2660-3.
75. Durzan, D.J. 1982. Improving woody crops.
76. Durzan, D.J. 1983. The fate of carbon during the assimilation of carbamoyl phosphate in white spruce seedlings as revealed by [14C]-carbamoyl phosphate, [14C]-cyanate, and [14C]-bicarbonate labeling patterns. Physiol. Plant. 59:233-241.
77. Durzan, D.J. 1983. Metabolism of tritiated water during imbibition and germination of jack pine seeds. Can. J. For. Res. 13:1204-1218.
78. Durzan, D.J. and F.C. Steward. 1983. Nitrogen metabolism, Chap. 2. In Plant
Physiology, an Advanced Treatise, F.C. Steward (ed.), Academic Press, Inc.,
79. Durzan, D.J. 1984. Special problems: Adult vs. juvenile explants, Chap. 17. In Handbook of Plant Cell Culture, Crop Species. W.R. Sharp, D.A. Evans, P.V. Ammirato, and Y. Yamada (eds.), MacMillian Publishing Company, New York, 2:471-503.
80. Durzan, D.J. 1984. Potential for genetic manipulation of forest trees: Totipotency, somaclonal aberration and trueness to type. In Proceedings International Symposium on Recent Advances in Forest Biotechnology. July 10-13, 1984. Michigan Biotechnology Institute, Traverse City, Michigan. pp. 104-125.
81. Durzan, D.J. 1985. Initial pH and early changes in nitrogen metabolism
associated with sphaeroblast development in cell suspension cultures of white
spruce. International Symposium on Plant Tissue and Cell Culture:
Application to Crop Improvement. September 24-29, 1984,
82. Durzan, D.J. 1985. Tissue culture and improvement of woody perennials:
An overview. Proceedings in Tissue Culture in Forestry and Agriculture.
R. Henke, K. Hughes, M. Constantin, and A. Hollaender (eds.). September 9-14,
1984.
83. Durzan, D.J. and
84. Gupta, P.K. and D.J. Durzan. 1985. Shoot multiplication from mature trees of Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) and sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Plant Cell Reports. pp. 177-179.
85. Durzan, D.J. 1985. Biotechnology and the cell cultures of woody
perennials. Biotechnology in Forest Science Workshop, sponsored by the Science
Council of Canada, February 21-22, 1985.
86. Kester, D.E., L. Liu, C.A.L. Fenton, D.J. Durzan. 1986. Almonds (Prunus
dulcis [Miller] D.A. Webb). In Biotechnology in Agriculture and
Forestry. Y.P.S. Bajaj, (ed.).
87. Durzan, D.J. 1986. Improvement of forest and fruit species. Interciencia 11:(1):7-8.
88. Gupta, P.K. and D.J. Durzan. 1986. Isolation and cell regeneration of protoplasts from sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana). Plant Cell Reports 5:346-348.
89. Gupta, P.K. and D.J. Durzan. 1986. Somatic polyembryogenesis from callus of mature sugar pine embryos. Bio/Technology, 4:643-645.
90. Durzan, D.J. and K. Uriu. 1986. Metabolic networks in developing
pistachio embryos (Pistacia vera cv.
91. Gupta, P.K. and D.J. Durzan. 1986. Plantlet regeneration via somatic embryogenesis from subcultured callus of mature embryos of Picea abies (Norway spruce). In Vitro Cellular and Development Biology 22:685-688.
92. Durzan, D.J. 1987. Ammonia: It's analogues, metabolic products and site of action in somatic embryogenesis. In Cell and Tissue Culture in Forestry, 2nd Edition, J.M. Bonga and D.J. Durzan, (eds.). Martinus Nijhoff/Dr. W. Junk, Volume 2, Principles and Methods 92-136.
93. Durzan, D.J. 1987. Physiological states and metabolic phenotypes. In Cell and Tissue Culture in Forestry, 2nd Edition, J.M. Bonga and D.J. Durzan (eds.). Martinus Nijhoff/Dr. W. Junk, Volume 2, Principles and Methods 405-439.
94. Bonga, J.M. and D.J. Durzan (eds). 1987. Cell and Tissue Culture in
Forestry. Volume 1. General Principles and Biotechnology (232 pp),
Volume 2. Specific Principles and Methods: Growth and Developments (447
pp), Volume 3. Case Histories: Gymnosperms, Angiosperms and Palms (416
pp). Martinus Nijhoff,
95. Gupta, P.K., D. Shaw and D.J. Durzan. 1987. Loblolly pine: Micropropagation, somatic embryogenesis and encapsulation. In Cell and Tissue Culture in Forestry. J.M. Bonga, D.J. Durzan (eds.), Martinus Nijhoff/Dr. W. Junk, Vol. 3, pp. 101-108.
96. Gupta, P.K. and D.J. Durzan. 1987. Biotechnology of somatic polyembryogenesis and plantlet regeneration in loblolly pine. Bio/Technology 5:147-151.
97. Gupta, P.K. and D.J. Durzan. 1987. In vitro establishment and multiplication of juvenile and mature Douglas-fir and sugar pine. Symposium: In Vitro Problems Related to Mass Propagation of Horticultural Plants. September 16-20, 1985, Gembloux, Belgium. Acta Hort 212:483-487.
98. Durzan, D.J. 1987. Recent advances in the propagation of woody perennials. International Plant Propagators' Society, Inc. 36:101-107.
99. Ventimiglia, F.M. and D.J. Durzan. 1986. The determination of monosubstituted guanidines using a dedicated amino acid analyzer. Liquid Chromatography/Gas Chromatography 4:1121-1124.
100. Durzan, D.J. 1987. Plant growth regulator-directed phase specificity in
cell and tissue culture for tree improvement. Proc. 1986 National Convention,
Society of American Foresters, October 5-8, 1986,
101. Gupta, P.K. and D.J. Durzan. 1987. Micropropagation and phase specificity of mature, elite Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). J. Am. Hort. Sci. 112:969-971.
102. Gupta, P.K. and D.J. Durzan. 1987. Somatic embryos from protoplasts of loblolly pine proembryonal cells. Bio/Technology 5:710-712.
103. Dandekar, A.M., P.K. Gupta, D.J. Durzan and V. Knauf. 1987. Transformation and foreign gene expression in micropropagated Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii). Bio/Technology 5:587-590.
104. Gupta, P.K., D.J. Durzan and B.J. Finkle. 1987. Somatic
polyembryogenesis in embryogenic cell masses of Picea abies (Norway
spruce) and Pinus taeda (loblolly pine) after thawing from liquid
nitrogen.
105. Durzan, D.J. and P.K. Gupta. 1987. Somatic embryogenesis and polyembryogenesis in Douglas-fir cell suspension cultures. Plant Sci. 52:229-235.
106. Durzan, D.J. 1987. Improved somatic embryo recovery. Bio/Technology 5:636-638.
107. Durzan, D.J. and P.K. Gupta. 1988. Somatic embryogenesis and polyembryogenesis in conifers. Downstream Processes. Adv. Biotech. Processes 9:53-81.
108. Boulay, M.P., P.K. Gupta, P. Krogstrup and D.J. Durzan. 1988. Development of somatic embryos from cell suspension culture of Norway spruce (Picea abies Karst.) Plant Cell Repts. 7:134-137.
109. Durzan, D.J. 1988. Plant growth regulators in cell and tissue culture of woody perennials. J. Plant Growth Regulation 6:95-111.
110. Durzan, D.J. 1988. Metabolic phenotypes in somatic embryogenesis and polyembryogenesis. In Genetic Manipulation of Woody Plants. J. Hanover et al. (eds), Plenum Press, N.Y., pp. 293-312.
111. Durzan, D.J. 1988. Applications of cell and tissue culture in tree
improvement. In Applications of Plant Cell and Tissue Culture. J.
Wiley
112. Gupta, P.K., A.M. Dandekar and D.J. Durzan. 1988. Somatic polyembryogenesis and luciferase gene expression in Douglas fir and loblolly pine protoplasts. Plant Science 58:85-92
113. Durzan, D.J. 1988. Somatic polyembryogenesis for the multiplication of tree crops. Biotech. Genetic Eng. Revs. 6:339-376.
114. Durzan, D.J. 1988. Rooting in woody perennials: Problems and opportunities with somatic embryos and artificial seeds. Acta Hort 227:121-125.
115. Durzan, D.J. 1988. Process control in somatic polyembryogenesis. In Molecular Genetics of Forest Trees. J.-E. Hällgren (ed.), Frans Kempe Symp., Swedish Univ. Ag. Sci., Umea, Sweden, pp. 147-186.
116. Durzan, D.J. 1988. Propagation of woody perennials:
117. Durzan, D.J. 1989. Nitrogenous extractives. In Natural Products of Woody Plants. J.W. Rowe (ed.), Springer-Verlag, New York. Vol. 1, pp. 179-200.
118. Durzan, D.J. 1989. Performance criteria in response surfaces for
metabolic phenotypes of clonally propagated woody perennials. In Application
of Plant Biotechnology in Forestry and Agriculture. V. Dhawan (ed.), Plenum
Press,
119. Gupta, P.K., Dandekar, A.M. and D.J. Durzan. 1989. Genetic transformation system in Douglas-fir. In Applications of Plant Biotechnology in Forestry and Agriculture. V. Dhawan (ed.), Plenum Press, NY. pp. 339-347.
120. Durzan, D.J. 1989. Physiological aspects of somatic polyembryogenesis in suspension cultures of conifers. In International Symposium on Forest Tree Physiology. Ann. Sci. Forestičres 46(suppl.):101-107.
121. Durzan, D.J. 1990. Molecular phenogenetics as an aid to fruit breeding.
Proc. Intl. Symp. In Vitro Culture and Horticultural
Breeding. May 30 - June 3, 1989.
122. Durzan, D.J. 1990. Adult vs. juvenile explants: Directed totipotency. In Molecular Basis of Plant Aging. R.R. Rodriguez, R. Sánchez-Tamés and D.J. Durzan (eds.), Plenum Press, N.Y. pp. 19-25.
123. Durzan, D.J. 1990. Genetic manipulation of forest trees. Implications for physiological processes. In Molecular Basis of Plant Aging. R.R. Rodriguez, R. Sánchez-Tamés and D.J. Durzan (eds.), Plenum Press, N.Y. pp. 303-309.
124. Rodriguez, R.R., R. Sánchez-Tamés and D.J. Durzan (editors). 1990. Molecular Basis of Plant Aging. Plenum Press, N.Y. 450 pp.
125. Bhansali, R.R., J.A. Driver and D.J. Durzan. 1990. Rapid multiplication of adventitious somatic embryos in peach and nectarine by secondary embryogenesis. Plant Cell Reports 9:280-284.
126. Durzan, D.J. and P.E. Durzan. 1991. Future technologies: Model-reference control systems for the scale-up of embryogenesis and polyembryogenesis in cell suspension cultures. In Micropropagation. P. Debergh and R.H. Zimmerman (eds.), Kluwer, pp 389-423.
127. Durzan, D.J. 1991. Improving tree growth and quality through biotechnology. Kemia-Kemi (Finnish Chemistry) 18:192-199.
128. Gupta, P.K. and D.J. Durzan. 1991. Loblolly pine (Pinus taeda
L.). In Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry. III. Trees.
Y.S.P. Bajaj (ed.),
129. Hong, L., M. Boulay, P.K. Gupta and D.J. Durzan. 1991. Variations in somatic polyembryogenesis: induction of adventitious embryonal-suspensor masses on developing Douglas fir embryos. In Woody Plant Biotechnology. M.R. Ahuja (ed.), Plenum Publ. Corp. N.Y. pp. 105-121.
130. Durzan, D.J. 1991. Necking in embryonal tube cells and its implications for morphogenic protoplasts and conifer tree improvement. In Woody Plant Biotechnology. M.R. Ahuja (ed.), Plenum Publ. Corp., N.Y. pp. 123-137.
131. Durzan, D.J., K. Hansen and C. Peng. 1991. Anthocyanin production in
cell suspension cultures of Prunus cerasus cv.
132. Bhansali, R.R., J.A. Driver and D.J. Durzan. 1991. Adventitious embryogenesis and plant regeneration from rescued embryos of peach, Prunus persica (L.). Indian J. Exptl. Biol. 29:334-337.
133. Bhansali, R.R., J. Driver, D.J. Durzan. 1991. Somatic embryogenesis in cell suspension cultures of Prunus persica (L.). J. Horticultural Science 66: 601-606.
134. Hutzell, M.J. and D.J. Durzan. 1992. Improved aseptic germination and
controlled growth for micropropagation of Douglas fir. In Micropropagation
of Woody Plants. R. Ahuja (ed.), Martinus Nijhoff,
135. Durzan, D.J. 1993. Reproductive adaptation by polyembryony of
coniferous forest trees as revealed by the metabolism of tritiated water. In Water
Transport in Plants under Climatic Stress. M. Borghetti, J. Grace
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136. Durzan, D.J. 1993. Biochemical and physiological markers for maturation
and its reversal in conifers. Proc. AFOCEL/IUFRO Conference: Mass Production
for Genetically Improved
137. Durzan, D.J. 1993. Molecular bases for adaptation of coniferous trees to cold climates. In Forest Development in Cold Climates. J.N. Alden, S. Odum and J.L. Mastrantonio (eds.), NATO, Plenum Press, N.Y. 15-42.
138. Durzan, D.J. and M.D. Durzan. 1993. Opportunities for biotechnological transfer to developing countries. HortTechnology. 3: 268-279.
139. Durzan, D.J. and F. Ventimiglia. 1994. Free taxanes and the release of bound compounds having taxane antibody reactivity by xylanase in female, haploid-derived cell suspension cultures of Taxus brevifolia. In Vitro Plant Cellular and Developmental Biology 30P : 219-227
140. Durzan, D.J. 1994. Woody plant bioprocesses of commercial importance.
In Bioengineering and Bioprocesses: Needs and opportunities in
141. Durzan, D.J., K. Jokinen, M. Guerra, A. Santerre, V. Chalupa, and L. Havel. 1994. Latent adventive diploid parthenogenesis and parthenote cleavage in egg-equivalents in Norway spruce. Intl J. Plant Science 155: 677-688.
142. Jokinen, K. and D.J. Durzan 1994. Properties of rescued embryonal suspensor masses of Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.) determined by the genotype and the environment in vitro. Silva Fennica 28: 95-106.
143. Durzan , D.J. 1995. Free amino acid and protein nitrogen in the
pistachio (Pistacia vera L. cv.
144. Durzan, D.J. 1995. Free amino acids as indicators of little leaf in
zinc deficiency in the Pistachio (Pistacia vera L cv
145. Havel, L. and D.J. Durzan 1996. Apoptosis during diploid parthenogenesis and early somatic embryogenesis of Norway spruce. Intl J. Plant Sci. 157:8-16.
146. Durzan, D.J. 1996. Protein ubiquitination in diploid parthenotes of Norway spruce. Intl J. Plant Sci. 157:17-26.
147.
148. Durzan, D.J. 1996. Asexual reproductive adaptation to simulated Cretaceous climatic variables by Norway spruce cells in vitro. Chemosphere 33: 1655-1673.
149. Durzan, D.J. 1996. Nitrogen reallocation during female bud abscission in alternate bearing of pistachio. Adv. Hort. Sci.10: 219-225.
150. Havel, L, Scarano, T., and D.J. Durzan 1997. Xylogenesis in Cupressus callus involves apoptosis. Adv. Hort. Sci. 11: 37-40
151. Durzan D.J. and D.E. Kester. 1997. Free amino acid N in noninfectious bud-failure of 'Nonpareil' almond. Adv. Hort. Sci. 11: 77-84
152. Durzan, D.J., Ventimiglia, F.V. and L. Havel. 1998. Taxane recovery from cells of Taxus in micro- and hypergravity. Acta Astronautica 42: 455-463.
153. Durzan, D.J. 1999. Gravisensing, apoptosis, and drug recovery in Taxus cell suspensions. Gravitation and Space Biology Bulletin 12: 47-55.
154. Magalhaes, J.R., Pedroso, M.C. and Durzan, D.J. 1999. Nitric oxide, apoptosis and plant stresses. Physiology. Molecular Biology Plants 5: 115-125.
155.
156. Pedroso, M.C. and Durzan, D.J. 1999. Effect of gravitational stimuli on leaf-plantlet formation and asexual reproduction of Kalanchoë daigremontiana. Proc. Life Odyssey Symp. 7th European Symposium on Life Sciences Research in Space, Maastricht, Netherlands, 29th May-2 June.
157. Pedroso, M.C. and Durzan, D.J. 1999. Detection of apoptosis in chloroplasts and nuclei in different gravitational environments. J. Gravitational Physiology 6: 19-20.
158. Havel, L. and Durzan, D.J. 1999. Programmed cell death in plant
development. In: Advances in Regulation of Plant Growth and Development.
Strnad, M., Pec, P., and Beck, E. eds. Peres Co.
159. Magalhaes, J. R., Monte, D.C., and Durzan, D.J. 2000. Nitric oxide and ethylene emission in Arabidopsis thaliana. Physiology and Molecular Biology 1: 117-127.
160. Pedroso, MC., Magalhaes, J.R., and Durzan, D.J. 2000. A nitric oxide burst precedes apoptosis in an angiosperm and gymnosperm. J. Experimental Botany 51: 1027-1036.
161. Pedroso, M.C., Magalhaes, J.R., and Durzan, D. J. 2000. Nitric oxide induces cell death in Taxus cells. Plant Science 157: 173-181.
162. Durzan, D.J. 2000. Metabolic engineering plant cells with gravitational forces in a space environment. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Revs 17: 349-383.
163. Pedroso M.C. Durzan, D.J. 2000. Effects of different gravity environments on DNA fragmentation and cell death in Kalanchoë leaves. Annals Botany 86: 983-994.
164. Garcęs, H., Durzan, D.J., Pedroso, M.C. 2001. Mechanical stress elicits nitric oxide formation and DNA fragmentation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Annals Botany 87: 567-574.
165. Choi, H-K., Kim, S-I., Song, J-Y., Son, J-S., Hong, S-S., Durzan, D.J., Lee, H-J. 2001. Localization of paclitaxel in suspension culture of Taxus chinensis. Journal Microbiology and Biotechnology 11: 458-462.
166. Durzan D.J. 2002, Pedroso M.C. 2002. Nitric oxide and reactive nitrogen oxide species in plants. Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Reviews. 19: 293-337.
167. Durzan D.J. 2002. Stress-induced nitric oxide and adaptive plasticity in conifers. Journal of Forest Science. 48: 281-291.
168. Barrueto Cid LP and Durzan D.J. 2003. Efeitoda cefotaxima na germinacao crescimento e brotacao de gemas axilares, sob condicaoes in vitro. Boletim de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento ( Brasilia , EMBRAPA) 49: 1-17.
169. Barrueto Cid P., Durzan D.J., Jordan M.., Prieto H., Rocha M.C. 2005.
Biotecnologia Vegetal (Biotechnology of plants). Textbook in Spanish. Instituto
De Investigaciones Agropecuarias. Ministerio De Agricultura.
170. Blume Y., Durzan D.J., Smertenko P. 2006. Co-editors. Cell Biology and
Instrumentation: UV Radiation, Nitric Oxide and Cell Death in Plants. IOS
Press, NATO Advanced Research Workshop,
171. Durzan D.J., Santerre A. Havel L. 2006. Effects of chlorsulfuron on early embryo development of Norway spruce cell suspensions. In: Cell Biology and Instrumentation: UV Radiation, Nitric Oxide and Cell Death in Plants. IOS Press, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Yalta , Ukraine , September 8 to 11. 262-273.
172. Durzan D.J. 2006. Nitric oxide, cell death and increased taxol recovery. In: Cell Biology and Instrumentation: UV Radiation, Nitric Oxide and Cell Death in Plants. IOS Press, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Yalta , Ukraine , September 8 to 11. 234-252.
173. Durzan D.J., Smertenko P. and Stepanov V. 2006. New approach to radiation amplification factor. In: Cell Biology and Instrumentation: UV Radiation, Nitric Oxide and Cell Death in Plants. IOS Press, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Yalta , Ukraine , September 8 to 11. 149-154.
174. Smertenko P., Kostylyov V.P., Shmyryeva A., Manoillov E., Brychenko M., Kruglov V., Maryenko A., Stolyarenko R., Blume Y., and Durzan D.J. 2006. In: Cell Biology and Instrumentation: UV Radiation, Nitric Oxide and Cell Death in Plants. IOS Press, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Yalta , Ukraine , September 8 to 11. 82-91.
175. Durzan D.J. and Smertenko P. 2006. Instrument design and monitoring the effects of UV radiation in cells and plants. In: Cell Biology and Instrumentation: UV Radiation, Nitric Oxide and Cell Death in Plants. IOS Press, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Yalta , Ukraine , September 8 to 11. 3-10.
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