As the author pointed out, the purpose of this book was the presentation and description of classical plant development in terms of modem molecular genetics. The text is written for upper-division undergraduates and graduate students, too. It could also serve as a reference book for researchers in the field of plant molecular biology and plant molecular genetics. The book is especially useful for graduate courses in plant development, but also for more general courses in both animal and plant development. In this textbook, plant development is presented and explained from the perspective of life-cycle events such as flowering, pollination, embryogenesis and development of seedlings, and from the perspective of organ systems as roots, leaves and vascular tissues. Chapter 1 serves as an excellent introduction to study plant development. The principles of pattern formation in animal systems are also reviewed. Plant and animal systems are compared and the unique features of plant development are pointed out. Model-plants with well-studied genetic systems and their benefits for developmental studies are described. In Chapter 2, the principles of cell lineages and positional information in plant development are discussed. The role of position information to determine cell fate is stressed and examples of positional information, also in animal systems, are presented. The following chapters deal with different life-cycle stages and the development of organ systems. Stages of plant development that involve organ formation are especially emphasized. In Chapter 3, embryogenesis using embryo-lethal mutants, pattern mutants, polarity axis mutants, segment deletion and radial axis mutants is discussed. Shoot development is presented in Chapter 5. In Chapter 8, flower development is discussed explaining the ABC model. The regulation of homeotic gene functions and the molecular functions of the MADS box genes are described. The most advanced understanding of this organ development system is stressed in this chapter. In all chapters, informative and clear figures and legends support the text. The references given at the end of each chapter are especially useful for scientists and graduate students using this book as reference book. The short introduction into the nomenclature of plant genetics is helpful for students and scientist new in the field. To summarize, the author succeeded in writing a textbook that offers a genetic approach to plant development. It could help to bridge classical plant development to modem molecular genetics and genomics.