Reproductive biology of plants / editors: K.G. Ramawat, Former Professor and Head, Botany Department, M.L. Sukhadia University, Udaipur, India, Jean-Michel Merillon, Universite de Bordeaux, Institut des Sciences de la Vigne et du Vin, Villenave d

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ramawat, K. G., editor.

Merillon, J. M., editor.

Shivanna, K. R., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plants--Reproduction.

Plants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Reproductive biology is the basis of species improvement and a thorough understanding of this is needed for plant improvement, whether by conventional or biotechnological methods. This book presents an up to date and comprehensive description of reproduction in lower plants, gymnosperms and higher plants. It covers general plant biology, pollination, pollen-pistil interaction, post-fertilization changes, and seed dormancy.

Contents:

Front Cover; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 Reproduction in Microalgae; Chapter 2 Mechanism of Sexual Reproduction in Fresh Water Microalgae; Chapter 3 Reproduction in Bryophytes; Chapter 4 The Cytological Studies of Oogenesis and Fertilization of Ferns; Chapter 5 Pollen- ovule Interactions in Gymnosperms; Chapter 6 Determination of Sex Expression in Cycads; Chapter 7 Storage Lipids in Developing and Germinating Pollen Grain of Flowering Plants; Chapter 8 Pollination Biology and Breeding System of European Fritillaria meleagris L. (Liliaceae)

Chapter 9 Genetics and Reproductive Biology of Cultivated Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.): Implications in BreedingChapter 10 Reproductive Biological Characteristics of Dendrobium Species; Chapter 11 Biotic Pollination: How Plants Achieve Conflicting Demands of Attraction and Restriction of Potential Pollinators; Chapter 12 Nectar: Plant Interface for Complex Interaction with Biotic Environment; Chapter 13 Hormonal Status of the Pollen- Pistil System: Role after Pollination

Chapter 14 Prevalence of Self- Sterility and other Reproductive Traits in Angiosperm Families with High Diversifi cation RatesChapter 15 Polyembryony; Color Plate Section; Back Cover

Notes:

A science publishers book.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-16861-6

1-4822-0133-X

9780429168611

OCLC:

869640054