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Flowering plants : classification, characteristics and breeding / Jeremy J. Tellstone, editor.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Tellstone, Jeremy J.
Series:
Botanical research and practices.
Botanical research and practices
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Angiosperms.
Angiosperms--Reproduction.
Angiosperms--Classification.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (202 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, 2011.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
In this book, the authors gather and present topical research in the study of the classification, characteristics and breeding of flowering plants. Topics discussed include the response of flower and boll development to climatic factors in Egyptian cotton; risk assessment of inorganic and organic pollutants in flowering plants; seed germination and secondary metabolites and plant hormones; apomixis in plant breeding; source/sink relations in fruiting cuttings of grapevine during inflorescence development; controlling the architecture and flowering in ornamental azalea plants and the evolution of carnivory in flowering plants.
Contents:
Response of flower and boll development to climatic factors in Egyptian cotton (Gossypium barbadense) / Zakaria M. Sawan
Risk assessment of inorganic and organic pollutants in flowering plants / Simona Dobrinas, Alina Daria Soceanu, Gabriela Stanciu
Seed germination and the secondary metabolites, plant hormones / Mohammad Miransari
Rise of the clones: apomixis in plant breeding / Pablo Bolaños-Villegas, Saminathan Thangasamy, Guang-Yuh Jauh
Source/sink relations in fruiting cuttings of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) during the inflorescence development / Gaël Lebon ... [et al.]
Toward the molecular engineering in flowering of woody plants: characterization of floral meristem-identity genes of gymnosperms / Yukiko Tsuji, Shinya Kajita
Improvement strategies to control architecture and flowering in ornamental plants such as azalea / M. Meijon ... [et al.]
The evolution of carnivory in flowering plants / Chris Thorogood.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-62081-605-9
OCLC:
793207150

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