@article{article_398403, title={In Vitro Haploidy Techniques in Ornamental Plants}, journal={Reserach Journal of Agricultural Sciences}, volume={10}, pages={1–6}, year={2017}, author={Tütüncü, Mehmet and İzgü, Tolga and Sevindik, Başar and Yalcın Mendi, Yesim}, keywords={Androgenesis,Breeding,Floriculture,Gynogenesis}, abstract={<p>The ornamental plant industry is very dynamic and diverse sector having nearly $90 billion production value around the world. Plant breeders develop a great number of new cultivars each year in order to increase production amount and supply market demands of ornamental plants. Various methods have been used in plant breeding, but conventional methods such as selection and crossing are greatly time-consuming processes. In recent years, haploidization techniques based on plant tissue culture are commonly used in ornamental plant breeding in order to overcome disadvantages of conventional methods. The haploid plants described as chromosome numbers in somatic cell of the plant are as many as its in gametic cells. These plants can be formed spontaneously in nature via developing egg cell or synergids into an embryo without fusion of gametic cells or can be obtained using different techniques. At present, in situ and in vitro haploid/double haploid techniques have been successfully utilized in many plants to accelerate breeding process. In vitro haploidy techniques that are gynogenesis (ovule, ovary, flower bud culture) and androgenesis (anther and microspore culture) presented in the present review and some of the successful studies on in vitro haploidy induction in ornamental plants were illustrated. <br> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={Anatolia Bilim Akademisi}