Plant reproduction

Author(s)

• O'Neill, Sharman D.
• Roberts, J. A. (Jeremy A.)

Bibliographic Information

Plant reproduction

edited by Sharman D. O'Neill and Jeremy A. Roberts

（Annual plant reviews, v. 6）

Sheffield Academic Press , CRC Press, 2002

• : U.S.A. and Canada only

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 6 Reproduction is the final stage in the life cycle of a plant. This volume presents an overview of plant reproduction at research and professional level, from the induction of flowering to the setting of seeds. Authors address all the major contemporary issues in plant reproduction and the chapters are grouped into four sections along a chronological theme: physiological and molecular control of the floral transition, floral organ development, pollination, embryogenesis and senescence.

Table of Contents

• The control of flowering: do genetical and physiological approaches converge?
• The genetic control of flowering time
• The genetic and molecular control of ovule development
• The developmental biology of pollen
• Plant embryogenesis - the cellular design of a plant
• Endosperm development
• The central role of the ovule in apomixis and parthenocarpy
• Self-incompatibility in flowering plants: the ribonuclease-based systems
• Pollination signals and flower senescence
• References
• Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA56047181
• ISBN:
  • 1841272264
  • 084939791X
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Sheffield,Boca Raton, FL
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 300 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA37055411