In vitro androgenesis of wheat: from fundamentals to practical application

Wheat anther cultures have a history of almost 30 years and are now employe d efficiently in many countries of the world for the development of doubled haploid lines for breeding. The present paper discusses key questions of t he elaboration and perfection of the method: cytological aspects of in vitr o androgenesis, the conditions required for the embryogenic development of microspores and the applicability of anther cultures in the Martonvasar whe at breeding programme.