Microspores Evolution and Ontogeny. Evolution and Ontogeny

✍ Scribed by S. Blackmore and R. B. Knox (Eds.)

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 346
• Edition: 0
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

An understanding of the processes of plant reproduction is increasingly important in the exploitation of plant resources. Microspore formation is a major event in the life cycles of land plants, allowing the transition from diploid sporophyte generation to the haploid gametophyte generation, and varies greatly between taxa in the diversity of processes involved. Despite the wealth of information available, there are very few sources which bring together the results of research work on the reproduction in all the major plant groups.Microspores fills this gap by reviewing microsporogenesis from a systematic and evolutionary perspective in groups ranging from algae to angiosperms. Special chapters focus on structure, function, cell and molecular processes, and potential biotechnological applications of plant spores and pollen. The result is an up-to-date guide to the applications of modern techniques in the classic area of botany.This work bridges several disciplines to provide a coherent and authoritative account which will be essential reading for research scientists and lecturers in botany, evolution, ultrastructure, reproductive and developmental biology, and palynology

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Contributors, Pages v-vii
1 - Microsporogenesis: the male programme of development, Pages 1-10, Stephen Blackmore, R. Bruce Knox
2 - The phylogenetic context of microsporogenesis, Pages 11-41, Peter R. Crane
3 - Meiospore formation in charophycean algae, Pages 43-54, Linda E. Graham
4 - Sporogenesis in bryophytes, Pages 55-94, Roy C. Brown, Betty E. Lemmon
5 - Pteridophyte sporogenesis: a survey of spore wall ontogeny and fine structure in a polyphyletic plant group, Pages 95-120, Bernard Lugardon
6 - Microsporogenesis in fossil plants, Pages 121-145, Thomas N. Taylor
7 - Microsporogenesis in cycads and Ginkgo, Pages 147-155, Fu-Hsiung Wang
8 - Exine ontogeny in conifers, Pages 157-172, Marie H. Kurmann
9 - Pollen wall development in angiosperms, Pages 173-192, Stephen Blackmore, Susan H. Barnes
10 - Exine biochemistry, Pages 193-212, Darlene Southworth
11 - Tapetum and microspore function, Pages 213-237, Ettore Pacini
12 - Germination and pollen tube formation, Pages 239-263, M. Cresti, A. Tiezzi
13 - Gene expression in the angiosperm male gametophyte, Pages 265-280, Joseph P. Mascarenhas
14 - Sperm cell structure, development and organization, Pages 281-307, P. Roeckel, A. Chaboud, E. Matthys-Rochon, S. Russell, C. Dumas
15 - Pollen development: applications in biotechnology, Pages 309-338, D. Evan Evans, Mohan B. Singh, R. Bruce Knox
Index, Pages 339-347