Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Plant Reproduction (Society for Experimental Biology Seminar Series)
Contributors: R. J. Scott (Editor); A. D. Stead (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Series: Society for Experimental Biology Seminar
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-05-01
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9780521050487
Subjects: Plant reproduction & propagation; Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Botany; Science / Botany
First sentence: Flower development has intrigued man since the dawn of time.
Notes: List of contributors
1. Introduction: 'where do we go from here?' J. Heslop-Harrison
2. Molecular control of floral organogenesis and plant reproduction in Petunia hybrida A. J. van Tunen, M. Busscher, L. Columbo, J. Franken and G. C. Angenent
3. Control of floral morphogenesis in cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L. var. botrytis): the role of homeotic genes B. R. Jordan, R. G. Anthony and P. E. James
4. Isolation and properties of mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana with reduced sensitivity to short days B. Thomas and D. Mozley
5. Asexual mutants in Melandrium album (Silene alba): tools in cDNA cloning and analysis of an X/Y chromosome system in plants N. Barbacar and I. Negrutiu
6. Pollen exine - the sporopollenin enigma and the physics of pattern R. J. Scott
7. The diversity and regulation of gene expression in the pathway of male gametophyte development D. Twell
8. Characterisation of Arabidopsis thaliana anther-specific gene which shares sequence similarity with ß-1,3-glucanases D. L. Hird, D. Worrall, R. Hodge, S. Smartt, W. Paul and R. Scott
9. Ovule cDNA clones of Petunia hybrida encoding proteins homologous to MAP and shaggy/zeste-white 3 protein kinases V. Ferrant, J. van Went and M. Kries
10. Towards the elucidation of the mechanisms of pollen tube inhibition during the self-incompatibility response in Papaver rhoeas F. C. H. Franklin, K. K. Atwal, J. P. Ride and V. E. Franklin-Tong
11. Intracellular movement and pollen physiology: progress and prospects J. Heslop-Harrison and Y. Heslop-Harrison
12. Organisation and functions of cell surface molecules on gametes of the brown algae Fucus J. R. Green, C. J. Stafford, P. J. Wright and J. A. Callow
13. Strategies of flower senescence - a review A. D. Stead and W. G. van Doorn
14. The physiology of petal senescence which is not initiated by ethylene W. G. van Doorn and A. D. Stead
15. Molecular biology of flower senescence in carnation W. R. Woodson
16. Ethylene sensitivity and flower senescence C. S. Whitehead
17. Ethylene biosynthetic genes and inter-organ signalling during flower senescence E. J. Woltering, A. Ten Have, P. B. Larsen and W. R. Woodson
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