Sexual Plant Reproduction

Author : Mauro Cresti
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642776779
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sexual Plant Reproduction written by Mauro Cresti and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 9780080586786
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Review of Cytology written by and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1992-12-02 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Review of Cytology

Author : Lincoln Taiz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190490268
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Flora Unveiled written by Lincoln Taiz and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex in animals has been known for at least ten thousand years, and this knowledge was put to good use during animal domestication in the Neolithic period. In stark contrast, sex in plants wasn't discovered until the late 17th century, long after the domestication of crop plants. Even after its discovery, the "sexual theory" continued to be hotly debated and lampooned for another 150 years, pitting the "sexualists" against the "asexualists". Why was the notion of sex in plants so contentious for so long? "Flora Unveiled" is a deep history of perceptions about plant gender and sexuality, beginning in the Ice Age and ending in the middle of the nineteenth century, with the elucidation of the complete plant life cycle. Linc and Lee Taiz show that a gender bias that plants are unisexual and female (a "one-sex model") prevented the discovery of plant sex and delayed its acceptance long after the theory was definitively proven. The book explores the various sources of this gender bias, beginning with women's role as gatherers, crop domesticators, and the first farmers. In the myths and religions of the Bronze and Iron Ages, female deities were strongly identified with flowers, trees, and agricultural abundance, and during Middle Ages and Renaissance, this tradition was assimilated into Christianity in the person of Mary. The one-sex model of plants continued into the Early Modern Period, and experienced a resurgence during the eighteenth century Enlightenment and again in the nineteenth century Romantic movement. Not until Wilhelm Hofmeister demonstrated the universality of sex in the plant kingdom was the controversy over plant sex finally laid to rest. Although "Flora Unveiled" focuses on the discovery of sex in plants, the history serves as a cautionary tale of how strongly and persistently cultural biases can impede the discovery and delay the acceptance of scientific advances.

Author : Hitoshi Sawada
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 4431545891
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sexual Reproduction in Animals and Plants written by Hitoshi Sawada and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-02-07 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the proceedings of the International Symposium on the Mechanisms of Sexual Reproduction in Animals and Plants, where many plant and animal reproductive biologists gathered to discuss their recent progress in investigating the shared mechanisms and factors involved in sexual reproduction. This now is the first book that reviews recent progress in almost all fields of plant and animal fertilization. It was recently reported that the self-sterile mechanism of a hermaphroditic marine invertebrate (ascidian) is very similar to the self-incompatibility system in flowering plants. It was also found that a male factor expressed in the sperm cells of flowering plants is involved in gamete fusion not only of plants but also of animals and parasites. These discoveries have led to the consideration that the core mechanisms or factors involved in sexual reproduction may be shared by animals, plants and unicellular organisms. This valuable book is highly useful for reproductive biologists as well as for biological scientists outside this field in understanding the current progress of reproductive biology.

Author : Mauro Cresti
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642581226
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Atlas of Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants written by Mauro Cresti and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprising about one hundred plates this atlas documents and describes the processes concerning the sexual reproduction in higher plants. It is dividedinto three parts: - Anther Development - Pistil Development - Progamic Phase and Fertilization. The scanning, transmission electron and light micrographs are all of immaculate quality and - for the viewer's orientation - almost each plate is complemented by a scheme showing a larger area of the plant indicating the site of the section. Together with instructive texts, the often striking images provide a valuable introduction into plant reproductive cell structures for researchers and advanced students of genetics, plantbreeding and cell biology.

Author : Jon and Lesley Lovett-Doust Professor of Biology the University of Windsor
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198021925
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plant Reproductive Ecology : Patterns and Strategies written by Jon and Lesley Lovett-Doust Professor of Biology the University of Windsor and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1988-07-07 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of reviews by leading investigators examines plant reproduction and sexuality within a framework of evolutionary ecology, providing an up-to-date account of the field. The contributors discuss conceptual issues, showing the importance of sex allocation, sexual selection and inclusive fitness, and the dimensions of paternity and maternity in plants. The evolution, maintenance, and loss of self-incompatibility in plants, the nature of 'sex choice' in plants, and sex dimorphism are all explored in detail. Specific forms of biotic interactions shaping the evolution of plant reproductive strategy are discussed, and a taxonomically based review of the reproductive ecology of non-angiosperm plant groups, such as bryophytes, ferns, and algae, is presented. Together these studies focus on the complexities of plant life cycles and the distinctive reproductive biologies of these organisms, while showing the similarities between nonflowering plants and the more thoroughly documented flowering species.

Author : Kishan Gopal Ramawat
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 148220133X
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reproductive Biology of Plants written by Kishan Gopal Ramawat and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproductive biology is the basis of species improvement and a thorough understanding of this is needed for plant improvement, whether by conventional or biotechnological methods. This book presents an up to date and comprehensive description of reproduction in lower plants, gymnosperms and higher plants. It covers general plant biology, pollinatio

Author : S.R. Mishra
Publisher : Discovery Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9788171419555
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plant Reproduction written by S.R. Mishra and published by Discovery Publishing House. This book was released on 2005 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present title Plant Reproduction is the competition of a comprehensive account of the fundamental principle of plant reproduction. In incorporates and organizes the information concerning plant reproduction from relevant and authentic sources. It presents a connected and precise account of the subject matter of this important branch of Botany which forms an integral part of the studies undertaken by the undergraduate and postgraduate studies of the subject. The principles have been outlined in considerable detail with illustrations along with the fundamental facts and theories that explain the basics of plant reproduction. Contents: Asexual Propagation, Propagation by Cuttings, Propagation by Layering, Processes of Budding, Grafting and Budding, Propagation by Specialized Stems and Roots, Asexual Reproduction in Fungi, Vegetative Growth of Filamentous Fungi, Growth of Yeasts, Cellular Life Cycle, Growth in Plants, Hormones in Growth.

Author : M. Sedgley
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 1483289095
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sexual Reproduction of Tree Crops written by M. Sedgley and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2013-10-22 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research into the reproductive biology of crop plants has expanded greatly in recent years and has lead to an increasing awareness of the importance of flowering, pollination, and fruit set in crop productivity. This book focuses specifically on tree cultivation. It deals with the basic biology of sexual reproduction and relates this to the practical aspects of tree crop breeding and orchard management for fruit and seed production, in both temperate and tropical species. It is aimed at both students and research scientists in horticulture, forestry, and pollination ecology as well as those working in tree breeding, tree cultivation, and orchard management. The conservation problems of rainforest regeneration in the tropics and subtropics and of changing land use priorities in Europe and North America also make this book of value to those concerned with tree species preservation and survival.

Author : Seth Cohen
Publisher : Syrawood Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9781682865835
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introduction to Plant Reproduction written by Seth Cohen and published by Syrawood Publishing House. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a part of plant science, plant reproduction is concerned with the study of production of new plants through asexual and sexual processes. It focuses on the crucial aspects of asexual reproduction, which include vegetative reproduction and apomixis and sexual reproduction, which include processes like meiosis and fertilization. This book presents the different concepts and methods related to the field of plant reproduction. Different approaches, evaluations and methodologies have been included in it. This textbook aims to serve as a resource guide for students and experts alike and contribute to the growth of the discipline.