Cellular and Molecular Biology of Plant Seed Development (Advances in Cellular and Molecular Biology of Plants)
Contributors: B.A. Larkins (Editor); I.K. Vasil (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: December 31, 1899
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 658
ISBN-13: 9780792346456
Subjects: Biochemistry; Plant physiology; Plant reproduction & propagation; Science; Field Crop Breeding; Plant Molecular Biology; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Botany; Life Sciences - Biology - Developmental Biology; Botanical chemistry; Plants--Metabolism; Science / Botany; Development; Seeds
First sentence: In flowering plants (angiosperms), double fertilization of the egg cell and the polar nuclei (within the central cell) by sperm nuclei produces a diploid zygote and a triploid endosperm, respectively (Esau, 1977; Raven et al., 1992).