Education:
 | PhD 1993 at the Centre for Applied Plant Molecular Biology,University of Hamburg, Germany. Protoplast and microspore culture of barley. Supervisor Prof. Dr. H. Lörz |
Position:
| Research Scientist in Cell Biology, Nunhems Zaden, Haelen, The Netherlands. |
Research interests:
| Plant Cell and Tissue Culture of Vegetables. |
Selected publications:
Mordhorst, AP and Lörz, H (1993): Embryogenesis and development of isolated barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) microspores are influenced by the amount and the composition of nitrogen sources in culture media. J. Plant Phys. 142: 485-492.
Mordhorst, AP, Toonen, MAJ, and de Vries, SC (1997): Plant embryogenesis. Crit. Rev. Pl. Sci. 16: 535-576.
Mordhorst, AP, Voerman, KJ, Hartog, MV, Meijer, EA, van Went, J, Koornneef, M, and de Vries, SC (1998): Somatic embryogenesis in Arabidopsis in facilitated by mutations in genes repressing meristematic cell divisions. Genetics 149: 549-563.
Meijer, EA, de Vries, SC, and Mordhorst, AP (1999): Co-culture with Daucus carota somatic embryos reveals high 2,4-D uptake and release rates of Arabidopsis thaliana cultured cells. Plant Cell Rep. 18: 656-663.
Mordhorst, AP, Hartog, MV, El Tamer, MK, Laux, T, and de Vries, SC (2002):
Somatic embryogenesis from Arabidopsis shoot apical meristem mutants. Planta
214: 829-836.