Use of in vitro breeding strategies in the development of Australian native plants

Plant biotechnology has emerged as a powerful tool of crop improvement and has aroused a great deal of interest in many countries because of its application to agriculture and horticulture. We report here the application of a number of in vitro plant breeding techniques such as micropropagation, in vitro flowering, in vitro pollination and fertilisation, anther culture, somatic embryogenesis, and gene technology in the development of Australian native plants. The report covers an overview of our experience working with Australian plants in the past 25 or so years. Many of these plants have the potential to become future floricultural products.