Sexual Plant Reproduction

Cresti, Mauro; Tiezzi, Antonio

In recent years there has been a growing awareness of the importance of reproductive biology to crop production and there has been a tremendous increase in research on reproductive structures of higher plants. Presented here is a wide information of different aspects of micro- and macrosporogenesis, pollen-stigma interaction and recognition, pollen tube growth, cytoskeleton, in vitro and in vivo gamete fusion, and incompatibility. The most advanced techniques employed in studies on reproductive biology of higher plants are described in detail.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2011-12-29

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783642776793

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-77677-9

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 247