The Tapetum

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VII

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2. Role of the tapetum in pollen and spore dispersal

   • E. Pacini, G. G. Franchi

   Pages 1-11

3. Tapetum development in Cucurbita pepo (Cucurbitaceae)

   • F. Ciampolini, M. Nepi, E. Pacini

   Pages 13-22

4. Cycles of hyperactivity in tapetal cells

   • John R. Rowley

   Pages 23-37

5. Pollenkitt development and composition in Tilia platyphyllos (Tiliaceae) analysed by conventional and energy filtering TEM

   • Michael Hesse

   Pages 39-52

6. Secretory events in the freeze-substituted tapetum of the orchid Pterostylis concinna

   • M. A. Fitzgerald, D. M. Calder, R. B. Knox

   Pages 53-62

7. Cytochemical and ultrastructural evolution of orbicules in Lilium

   • Cristophe Clément, Jean-Claude Audran

   Pages 63-74

8. Immunolocalization of nuclear antigens and ultrastructural cytochemistry on tapetal cells of Scilla peruviana and Capsicum annuum

   • Pilar S. Testillano, Pablo Gonzalez-Melendi, Begoña Fadon, Amelia Sanchez-Pina, Adela Olmedilla, Maria Del Carmen Risueño

   Pages 75-90

9. Nuclease activities in Tradescantia paludosa and Brassica napus pollen and tapetum

   • M.-Françoise Jardinaud, André Souvré, Gilbert Alibert

   Pages 91-97

10. Changes in protein electrophoretic patterns during pollen development inTradescantia bracteata plasmodial tapetum and effect of 2,4-D applications

    • V. Rasolonjatovo, C. Balague, A. Souvré

    Pages 99-105

11. Calcium and calmodulin distribution in the tapetum of Gasteria verrucosa during anther development

    • M. T. M. Willemse

    Pages 107-116

12. The significance of the anther tapetum in the biochemistry of pollen pigmentation — an overview

    • L. Beerhues, M. Rittscher, H. Schöpker, C. Schwerdtfeger, R. Wiermann

    Pages 117-125

13. Recent trends in tapetum research. A cytological and methodological review

    • Michael Hesse, Michael W. Hess

    Pages 127-145

14. Back Matter

    Pages 147-155

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The anther tapetum, present in all land plants, is a highly specialized, transient tissue surrounding the (micro-)spores and/or pollen grains during their development. Any tapetum malfunction causes male sterility. The exact knowledge of tapetum form and function therefore is indispensable not only for basic research, but also and especially in plant breeding and plant genetics. In fourteen contributions by reknown experts, a comprehensive account of the various characters and functions of the tapetum is provided, covering the areas of cytology, cytophysiology, biochemistry, tapetum development and function.

• Polle
• biochemistry
• cytology
• development
• genetics
• physiology
• plant
• plant breeding
• plant genetics
• plants
• tissue

• Institut für Botanik und Botanischer Garten, Universität Wien, Austria

  M. Hesse

• Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale, Universitá degli Studi di Siena, Italy

  E. Pacini

• Department of Plant Cytology and Morphology, Agricultural University Wageningen, The Netherlands

  M. Willemse

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