Reproductive biology of plants

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, pollination, pollen-pistil interaction, post-fertilization changes, and seed dormancy.

1. Reproduction in microalgae / Romain Gastineau, Nikolai A. Davidovich, Gustaaf M. Hallegraeff, Ian Probert and Jean-Luc Mouget -- 2. Mechanism of sexual reproduction in fresh water microalgae / Hiroyuki Sekimoto, Jun Abe and Yuki Tsuchikane -- 3. Reproduction in bryophytes / Adas̕es Simone Maciel-Silva and Kt̀ia Cavalcanti Prto̥ -- 4. The cytological studies of oogenesis and fertilization of ferns / Cao Jian-Guo -- 5. Pollen-ovule interactions in gymnosperms / Stefan Little, Natalie Prior, Cary Pirone and Patrick von Aderkas -- 6. Determination of sex expression in cycads / Marufa Sultana, Kalyan K. Mukherjee and Gaurab Gangopadhyay -- 7. Storage lipids in developing and germinating pollen grain of flowering plants / Agnieszka Zienkiewicz, Krzysztof Zienkiewicz and Mara̕ Isabel Rodrg̕uez-Garca̕ -- 8. Pollination biology and breeding system of European Fritillaria meleagris L. (Liliaceae) / Marcin Zych, Ma?gorzata Stpiczy?ska and Katarzyna Roguz -- 9. Genetics and reproductive biology of cultivated potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) : implications in breeding / Jane Muthoni, Hussein Shimelis and Rob Melis -- 10. Reproductive biological characteristics of Dendrobium species / Xianyu Shen, Ch…