“…World sunflower production has increased by 70% over the past decade (Alibert et al, 1994). Several methods for sunflower regeneration have been reported (reviewed by Alibert et al, 1994), including organogenesis (Knittel et al, 1991;Pugliesi et al, 1991;Ceriani et al, 1992;Chraibi et al, 1992); somatic embryogenesis (Pelissier et al, 1990;Jeannin and Hahne, 1991;Fiore et al, 1997;Laparra et al, 1997); and shoot proliferation from meristematic tissue. Most recent studies on sunflower regeneration by direct organogenesis report a dependency on both culture conditions (Chraibi et al, 1992) and genotype (Samaj et al, 1994;Sarrafi et al, 1996;Fiore et al, 1997).…”