TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN WHITE SPRUCE: STUDIES OF EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT AND CELL BIOLOGY; PROLIFERATIVE SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN WOODY SPECIES; SOMATIC EMBRYO GERMINATION AND DESICCATION TOLERANCE IN CONIFERS; PERFORMANCE OF CONIFER STOCK PRODUCED THROUGH SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; Apoptosis during early somatic embryogenesis in Picea spp; WATER RELATION PARAMETERS IN CONIFER EMBRYOS: METHODS AND RESULTS; IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR SORTING SOMATIC EMBRYOS; Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Legumes; COLD STORAGE AND CRYOPRESERVATION OF CAMElLIA EMBRYOGENIC CULTURES. CRYOPRESERVATION OF EMBRYOGENIC CULTURES OF CONIFERS AND ITS APPLICATION TO CLONAL FORESTRYCOMMERCIALIZATION OF PLANT SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS; Somatic embryogenesis in myrtaceous plants; Somatic Embryogenesis Induction in Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis L.); SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN SIMAROUBA GLAUCA LINN; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN MAGNOLIA SPP; Somatic embryogenesis and evaluation of variability in somatic seedlings of Quercus serrata by RAPD markers; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS FROM IMMATURE FRUIT OF JUGLANS CINEREA; SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS IN Pinus patula SCHEIDE ET DEPPE. Somatic embryogenesis in African cycads (Encephalartos)Somatic embryogenesis in Picea wilsonii; Explanation of Plate.