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Presentations made by Professor Mantell, postgraduate students and Nakhlatec advisors at scientific meetings

 

S. H. MANTELL, N. A. MOHAMED, S. Q. HAQUE & R. H. PHELPS (1974) Some observations on Internal Brown Spot and virus-like symptoms of yam (Dioscorea spp.) in the Commonwealth Caribbean.  12th Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Food Crops Society, Kingston, Jamaica.

S. H. MANTELL & S. Q. HAQUE (1975) The distribution pattern of Internal Brown Spot disease in Dioscorea alata L. cv. White Lisbon.  13th Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Food Crops Society, Trinidad.

N. A. MOHAMED & S. H. MANTELL (1975) A preliminary study of a virus disease of yam foliage in the Eastern Caribbean.  13th Ann. Meet. Carib. Food Crops Soc., St. Augustine, Trinidad.  July, 1975.

S. H. MANTELL & S. Q. HAQUE (1977) Three techniques for rapid clonal propagation of White Lisbon yam (Dioscorea alata L.).  14th Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Food Crops Society, Guadeloupe/Martinique.  July, 1977.

S. H. MANTELL (1978) Yam propagation.  Background paper, International Development Research Centre/ University of the West Indies Root Crop Programme Workshop, Jamaica.

S. Q. HAQUE & S. H. MANTELL (1980) Status of the virus diseases of yams (Dioscorea spp.) in the Commonwealth Caribbean.  Proc. Int. Symp. on Yams, Guadeloupe, Aug. 2, 1980.

S. H. MANTELL & H. SMITH (1982) Cultural factors influencing accumulation of secondary metabolites in plant cell cultures.  204th Meeting of Society for Experimental Biology, Leicester University.

S. H. MANTELL (1982) Commercial scale production of disease-free yams (Dioscorea) through apical meristem culture and micropropagation techniques.  2nd Meeting of U.K. Section of IAPTC, Bath University.

S. H. MANTELL (1983) Cultural conditions that influence productivity of plant cell cultures.  Gordon Conference on Plant Tissue Culture Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA.  June 1983.

S. H. MANTELL, S. Q. HAQUE & F. CHANDLER (1983) Development of a system of rapid multiplication of virus-tested planting material of yam (Dioscorea alata) cv. White Lisbon.  Carib. Workshop on Tropical Root Crops, Jamaica.  April, 1983.

S. H. MANTELL (1985) Significance of chimeric organisation in cells and tissues created by alterations in the chondriomes of plants.  Second Wye Int. Symp. on 'The Chondriome'.  University of London.  September, 1985.

S. H. MANTELL (1985) Uses of polyamines in plant tissue culture.  British Polyamine Group Meeting, Clinical Research Council, North Harrow, April 14 - 16.

S. H. MANTELL (1986) Problems of stability in mass propagation.  Institute of Horticulture meeting on Micropropagation in Horticulture - practice and commercial problems.  University of Nottingham (Sutton Bonnington).  March, 1986.

S. H. MANTELL & S.A. HUGO (1986) International germplasm transfers using micropropagules.  MARDI/Commonwealth Science Council Workshop and Symposium on Micropropagation and Meristem Culture, MARDI, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  July, 1986.

S. H. MANTELL (1987) Amines in plant tissue cultures.  Invited paper to Phytochemical Society of Europe Meeting on "Polyamines", University College, University of London.  19 - 21 December, 1987.

S. H. MANTELL (1988) Recent Advances in Plant Biotechnology for Third World Countries.  Meeting on Agricultural Biotechnology and the Third World: Prospects and Policy Issues held at the Overseas Development Institute, London on 11th May 1988.

M. TOR, C. C. AINSWORTH & S. H. MANTELL (1990) 'Agrobacterium - mediated transformation of monocot yam (Dioscorea). VII IAPTC Congress, Amsterdam Abstr. A2 - 138.

M. TOR, S. H. MANTELL & C. C. AINSWORTH (1990) Expression of GUS after gene transfer to intact yam (Dioscorea spp.) tissues by the particle gun. VII IAPTC Congress, Amsterdam.  Abstr. A2 - 139.

C. T. TWYFORD & S. H. MANTELL (1990) Regeneration studies on the monocot Dioscorea alata cv. Oriental food yams through somatic embryogenesis via tissue and protoplast manipulations.  VII IAPTC Congress, Amsterdam Abstr. B4 - 121.

A. M. VIANA, P. H. MOURA-COSTA & S. H. MANTELL (1990) High frequency somatic embryogenesis of Ocotea catharinensis. VII IAPTC Congress, Amsterdam.  Abstr. B4 - 81.

S. ALIZADEH & S. H. MANTELL (1990) Early cellular events during somatic embryogenesis in cotyledon explants of Solanum aviculare Forst. VII IAPTC Congress, Amsterdam. 

           Abstr. B4 - 9.

M. G. RABBANI & S. H. MANTELL (1990) High frequency somatic embryogenesis in Carica papaya L. from mature zygotic embryo axis explants.  VII IAPTC Congress, Amsterdam.  Abstr. B4 - 99.

S. H. MANTELL & A. C. JAMES (1991) Micropropagation and phenotypic plasticity in woody perennial plants. Invited paper to VIII Congreso Sociedade Botanica de Sao Paulo, 9-15 September 1990, Campinas, Brasil. 

A. Y. ALHASSAN & S. H. MANTELL (1991) Manipulation of cultural factors to increase microtuber size and frequency in shoot cultures of D. alata L. cv Oriental Lisbon food yams. Proc. 9th Symp.Int. Soc Trop. Root Crops, Accra, Ghana. Abstr. p.48.

S. H. MANTELL (1991) Biotechnology in Agriculture - the potential for pathology in Pacific Island Countries. Invited paper to South Pacific Pathology Seminar, Suva, Fiji. September, 6 - 11th , 1991.

P. H. MOURA COSTA, A. M. VIANA & S. H. MANTELL (1991) Propagacao in vitro de Dioscorea composita. In: Encontro de Botanicos de Parana e Santa Catarina, 1991.

P. H. MOURA COSTA, A. M. VIANA & S. H. MANTELL (1991) Micropropagacao de Eucalyptus viminalis e E. dunnii. In: Seminario Catarinense de Iniciacao Cientifica, 1991, Florianopolis, SC.

A. C. JAMES & S. H. MANTELL (1992) Evidence for epigenetic inheritance of ontogenetic phase and tissue origin characteristics in the performance of plants derived through adventitious shoots. Proc. SEB Conference on Biochemical and Physiological Characterisation of Plant Tissue Cultures, 9-12 September, 1992, University of Lancaster.

P. H. MOURA COSTA, A. M. VIANA & S. H. MANTELL (1992) Availiacao quimica e perfil farmalogico de extratos obtidos por cultivo in vitro de especies do genero Phylanthus. In: Simposio de Plantas Medicinais do Brasil, 1992, Curitiba, PR.

P. H. MOURA COSTA, A. M. VIANA & S. H. MANTELL (1992) Efeito de reguladores de cresimento na tuberizacao in vitro de Dioscorea composita Hemsl. In: Congresso Nacional de Botanica de Sao Paulo, 1992, Ilha Solteira, SP.

P. H. MOURA COSTA, A. M. VIANA & S. H. MANTELL (1993) Crescimento in vitro de somaclones e clones vegetativos de Dioscorea spp. In: Congresso Nacional de Botanica,1993, Sao Luis, MA.

P. H. MOURA COSTA, A. M. VIANA & S. H. MANTELL (1993) Efeito do acido 2,4 - diclorofenoxiacetico na inducao e cresimento de calos de Dioscorea spp. In: Congresso Nacional de Botanica, 1993, Sao Luis, MA.

P. H. MOURA COSTA, A. M. VIANA & S. H. MANTELL (1993) Extracao e dosagem de substancias de reserva em cotiledones e embrioides de Ocotea catharinensis. In: Congresso Nacional de Botanica, 1993, Sao Luis, MA.

S. H. MANTELL (1993) Integrated use of micropropagation and conventional propagation techniques for production of certified seed tubers of tropical yams (Dioscorea spp). IFS Regional Workshop on "Rapid Propagation of Tropical Economic Plants", Ho Chi Minh City 8 - 12th February, 1993.

P. M. KYESMU & S. H. MANTELL (1994) Rapid in vitro propagation of the West African tuber crop "Rizga" (Plectranthus esculentus N.E.Br). Poster paper presented at the VIIIth International Congress of Plant Tissue and Cell Culture, Firenze, Italy, June 12 - 17, 1994. Abstract S1-73.

M. G. RABBANI & S. H. MANTELL (1994) Artificial seeds of papaya (Carica papaya L.): effects of ABA and drying methods on their production.  Poster paper presented at the VIIIth International Congress of Plant Tissue and Cell Culture, Firenze, Italy, June 12 - 17, 1994. Abstract S2-17.

S. K. THAKUR, S. H. MANTELL & R. FORDHAM (1994) In vitro bulblet production in a tropical cultivar of garlic (Allium sativum L.).Poster paper presented at the VIIIth International Congress of Plant Tissue and Cell Culture, Firenze, Italy, June 12 - 17, 1994. Abstract S2-41.

M. AITCHITT, M. THANGAVELU, C. C. AINSWORTH & S. H. MANTELL (1994) Genetic variability in the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) detected by RAPD markers. Poster paper presented at the VIIIth International Congress of Plant Tissue and Cell Culture, Firenze, Italy, June 12 - 17, 1994. Abstract S6-19.

P. NARAYANASWAMY, M. THANGAVELU, T. BAILEY, M. TRUKSA, & S. H. MANTELL (1994) Genetic variability studies in yams (Dioscorea spp.) using RAPD markers. Poster paper presented at the VIIIth International Congress of Plant Tissue and Cell Culture, Firenze, Italy, June 12 - 17, 1994. Abstract S6-33.

Y. AL-YAHYA & S. H. MANTELL (1994) Does tissue culture provide a preliminary screening method for assessing salt tolerance in tomato cultivars?. Poster paper presented at the VIIIth International Congress of Plant Tissue and Cell Culture, Firenze, Italy, June 12 - 17, 1994. Abstract M-9.

S. E. PIERIS, S. H. MANTELL and B. C. N. PIERIS (1994) Evaluation of simplified weaning methods for anthurium microplants. Poster paper presented at the VIIIth International Congress of Plant Tissue and Cell Culture, Firenze, Italy, June 12 - 17, 1994. Abstract M-43.

E. A. MATIBIRI & S. H. MANTELL (1994) Ultrastructural changes occuring during and immediately following electrofusion of Nicotiana mesophyll protoplasts. Poster 23, p. 82 Information Bulletin, CORESTA Congress 9-13 October, 1994, Harare, Zimbabwe.

E. A. MATIBIRI & S. H. MANTELL (1994) Cybridisation in tobacco using double inactivation of parental protoplasts and post-fusion selection based on nuclear- and choroplast-encoded markers. Poster 32, p. 116, Information Bulletin, CORESTA Congress 9-13 October, 1994, Harare, Zimbabwe.

S. ALIZADEH, S. H. MANTELL & A. M. VIANA (1994) Microtuberisation in Dioscorea composita Hemsl. 10th Symposium of the International Society of Tropical Root Crops, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil. November 13 - 19, 1994.

A. M. VIANA & S. H. MANTELL (1994) A comparative study of in vitro growth and isoenzyme contents of somaclones and vegetative clones of Dioscorea composita Hemsl. 10th Symposium of the International Society of Tropical Root Crops, Salvador, Bahia, Brasil. November 13 - 19, 1994.

C. AURICH, P. B. GAHAN, S. H. MANTELL & A. M. VIANA (1995) Germination and cytochemical characterisation of somatic embryos of Ocotea catharinensis Mez. (Lauraceae). Segundo Encuentro Latino Americano de Biotecnologia Vegetal, Puerto Iguazo, Argentina 4-9 June, 1995.

J. JASIK, G. CARICATO, B. BOGGETTI & S. H. MANTELL (1995) Transformation with rol genes of Agrobacterium rhizogenes alters morphology and sensitivity to biologically active compounds in Solanum aviculare. Proceedings of Recent Advances in Plant Biotechnology, Nitra, Slovak Republic. October 2 - 6, 1995.

R-H. LEE & S. H. MANTELL (1996). Possible roles of arabinogalactan proteins in acquisition of somatic embryogenesis potential in tissue cultures of the monocotyledonous yams (Dioscorea spp.) Society for Experimental Biology Meeting on “Control of Plant Development: Genes and Signals” University College, Dublin, Ireland. July 21-25, 1996. Abstract P25.

S. H. MANTELL (1996). Microbes intimately associated with tissue and cell cultures of tropical Dioscorea yams - a case study. Second International Symposium on Bacteria and Bacteria-like Contaminants of Plant Tissue Cultures.3-6 September, 1996, University College, Cork, Ireland. Abstracts p.23.

G. TSOKTOURIDIS, S. H. MANTELL, E. BANTINAKI & M. THANGAVELU (1996). DNA profiling and in planta localisation of bacteria intimately associated with Billbergia magnifica ssp. acutisepalia. Second International Symposium on Bacteria and Bacteria-like Contaminants of Plant Tissue Cultures. 3-6 September, 1996, University College, Cork, Ireland. Abstracts p. 43.

S. H. MANTELL, B. BOGGETTI, A. M. S. BESSA, E. E. P. S. LEMOS, A. ABOUSALIM & E. E. MNENEY (1997) Micropropagation and micrografting methods suitable for safe international transfers of cashew. International Cashew and Coconut Conference, Dar Es Salaam, 17 - 21 February, 1997.

S. H. MANTELL & J. BOCCON-GIBOD (1997) Progress towards the realisation of biotechnological tools for genetic improvement of Dioscorea spp. Seminaire International sur “L’Igname: Plante Seculaire et Culture d’Avenir - acquis et perspective de la recherche”. ORSTOM, Montpellier, France (3 - 6 June, 1997).

E. E. MNENEY, S. H. MANTELL, G.TSOKTOURIDIS, S. AMIN, A. M. BESSA and M. THANGAVELU (1997) RAPD-profiling of Tanzanian cashew. International Cashew and Coconut Conference, Dar Es Salaam, 17 - 21 February, 1997.

G. ZHIZNEVSKAYA, D. BENFIELD, B. BOGGETTI & S. H. MANTELL (1997) Comparative studies of peroxidase and phenoloxidase activities in cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) and faba beans (Vicia faba L.). The Second International Symposium on “Novel and nonconventional plants: prospects of their practical use”. 16 - 20 June, 1997. Pushchino, Russia (in Russian).

S. H. MANTELL (1997) Microbial contaminants of plant tissue cultures. Invited lecture at the Belgian Branch of the International Association of Plant Tissue Culturists, Gembloux, March 1997.

S. R. GHORAISHI & S. H. MANTELL (1997) Improved shoot growth and control of shoot-tip necrosis in Pistacia mutica and P.vera micropropagation systems. Meeting of UK Tree Biotechnology Group, Nottingham, April 1997.

S .H. MANTELL (1998) Progress in the application of molecular tools and tissue culture in forestry and agroforestry: a case for scientific collaboration. Invited Paper at IFS Workshop “Constitution et Organisation d’Equipes de Recherche Scientifique dans les Domaines de Foresterie et des Arbres Fruitiers”. 13 – 15 April, 1999. Marrakech, Morocco.

 

Doctoral theses supervised by Professor Mantell (current Activity, Country)

 

1. A.I.A.EBIDA (1988) Evaluation of phenotypic stability and salt tolerance in tissue culture - propagated plants of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) cultivar 'Tioga' (Egypt)

2. C.P.HUNTER (1988) Plant regeneration from microspores of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.).Supervised jointly with Dr R. Lyne of Shell UK Ltd. (now USA)

3. R.L.KADDOURA (1989) Studies on the in vivo and in vitro synthesis of chimeras between Nicotiana tabacum L and Solanum laciniatum Ait.(Lebanon—R.I.PϮ)

4. A.ABOUSALIM (1990) Micropropagation and micrografting of pistachio (Pistacia vera L. and Pistacia atlantica Desf.) (Morocco)

5. A.Y.ALHASSAN (1991) Cultural factors affecting rapid clonal multiplication and microtuberisation in shoot culture systems of Dioscorea alata L. food yam. (Minister of Agriculture, Ghana)

6. M.TOR (1991) Genetic transformation of yam (Dioscorea). Supervised jointly with C.C.Ainsworth. (Full Professor at Worcester University, UK)

7. S.E.PIERIS (1992) Micropropagation of the Sri Lankan anthurium cultivar 'Crinkled Red' (Anthurium andreanum Lind.) (Professor University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka)

8. P.H.MOURA-COSTA (1992) Somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration of Ocotea catharinensis Mez (Lauraceae), an endangered forest tree of S. Brasil. (Brasil and Oxford, UK)

9. M.G.RABBANI (1992) Induction, regeneration and synchronisation of somatic embryos in papaya (Carica papaya L.) (Professor at Bangladesh Agriculture University, Bangladesh)

10. P. MARTINEZ-RIVERA (1992) In vitro selection of resistance to Early Blight (Alternaria solani Sorauer) in the Andean Potato (Solanum phureja Juz. et Buk.). (Colombia)

11. E.A.MATIBIRI (1993) Inter- and Intraspecific transfer of Nicotiana suaveolens (Leh.) cytoplasmic male-sterility into N. tabacum (L.) by asymmetric protoplast fusion (Head of Tobacco Marketing Board, Harare, Zimbabwe)

12. C.T.TWYFORD (1993) Studies on the regeneration of Dioscorea alata food yams via somatic embryogenesis (Tissue Culture Consultant, Sydney, Australia)

13. A.C.JAMES (1993) A study of epigenetic changes associated with ontogenetic development (phase change) in  the woody perennial shrub Solanum aviculare, Forst.(Centro Investigacion Ciencias de Yucutan, Mexico)

14. P.NARAYANASWAMY (1994) Development of in vitro plant regeneration and RAPD genetic fingerprinting of food yams (Dioscorea alata L.) (India)

15. M. AITCHITT (1995) Development of micropropagation and RAPD-PCR fingerprinting of Moroccan cultivars of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.). (TC Lab Senior Manager, Domaine Agricole, Meknes, Morocco)

16. P. KYESMU (1996) Micropropagation and microtuberisation in the endangered West African tuber crop “Rizga” (Plectranthus esculentus N.E.Br). (Jos, Nigeria)

17. K.I.KANDASAMY (1996) Tissue culture studies on the interactions between the yam anthracnose pathogen and Dioscorea alata L. (Senior Vice President, Biotechnology Corporation, KL, Malaysia)

18. B. BOGGETTI (1997) Development of micropropagation and potential genetic transformation systems for cashew (Anacardium occidentale L). (Italy)

19. M. I. TORRES ARZAYUS (1997) Engineering resistance in Dioscorea alata L. yams using genetic transformation of Nicotiana benthamiana as a model. (Colombia)

20. R-H. LEE (1997) Cell - cell interactions during the induction of asexual embryogenic determination in yam (Dioscorea spp) leaf tissues. (Taiwan)

21. E. MNENEY (1998) Micropropagation and genetic fingerprinting of Tanzanian clones of cashew (Anacardium occidentale L.) (Senior Biotechnologist, NRC, Mikocheni, Tanzania)

22. A. AUBYN (1999) Micropropagation and micrografting of Citrus species of importance to Ghana. (Ghana)

23. J. KAHIA (1999) In vitro propagation of the new disease resistant Coffea arabica x robusta x canephora L. hybrid – Ruiru 11. (Kenya, now leading  Cacao TC project in Cote d’Ivoire)

24. TSOKTOURIDIS (2000) Molecular detection and characterization of bacteria intimately associated with Billbergia magnifica ssp. acutisepalia during micropropagation by axillary shoot proliferation and somatic embryogenesis. (Associate Professor, University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

 

NB. To former UAPS students (B.Sc, M.Sc or Ph.D.): any of you reading the above listings and wish to update details, please contact Professor Mantell—he would

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