Sexual Plant Reproduction

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-X

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2. Microspore Derived Embryogenesis

   • H. G. Dickinson

   Pages 1-15

3. Gene Expression During Microsporogenesis

   • M. A. Zaki, H. G. Dickinson

   Pages 17-29

4. Gene Expression During Pollen Development

   • C. Frova, M. E. Pè

   Pages 31-39

5. Cytological Techniques to Assess Pollen Quality

   • J. S. Heslop-Harrison

   Pages 41-48

6. Megasporogenesis and Megagametogenesis

   • M. T. M. Willemse

   Pages 49-57

7. The Angiosperm Stigma

   • J. S. Heslop-Harrison

   Pages 59-68

8. Transport Mechanisms of Pollen — A Short Review

   • E. Pacini

   Pages 69-79

9. Pollen Capture, Adhesion and Hydration

   • J. S. Heslop-Harrison

   Pages 81-88

10. Pollen Tube Emission, Organization and Tip Growth

    • M. Cresti, A. Tiezzi

    Pages 89-98

11. The Cytoskeleton of Pollen Grains and Pollen Tubes

    • E. S. Pierson, Y. Q. Li

    Pages 99-113

12. Sporophytic and Gametophytic Self-Incompatibility

    • H. Kaufmann, H. Kirch, T. Wemmer, A. Peil, F. Lottspeich, H. Uhrig et al.

    Pages 115-125

13. Application of in Vitro Pollination and Fertilization Techniques for Breeding and Genetic Manipulation of Lilium

    • R. J. Bino, M. G. M. van Creij, L. M. van der Leede-Plegt, A. J. van Tunen, J. M. van Tuyl

    Pages 127-134

14. Pollen Tube Entrance in the Embryo Sac and Fertilization

    • J. L. van Went

    Pages 135-141

15. Preferential Fertilization: Data and Strategy for Molecular Analysis

    • A. Chaboud

    Pages 143-150

16. Effects of Gametophytic Selection on the Genetic Structure of Populations

    • M. Sari Gorla

    Pages 151-159

17. The Isolation of Sperm Cells, Their Microinjection into the Egg Apparatus and Methods for Structural Analysis of the Injected Cells

    • C. J. Keijzer

    Pages 161-172

18. Micromanipulation and in Vitro Fertilization with Single Pollen Grains and Isolated Gametes of Maize

    • E. Kranz, P. T. H. Brown

    Pages 173-183

19. In Situ and in Vitro Aspects of Embryo — Ovule Interactions in Intra- and Interspecific Beet Crosses

    • Lone Bruun

    Pages 185-191

20. Stress Effects on the Male Gametophyte

    • F. A. Hoekstra

    Pages 193-201

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.

• Incompatibility
• Pflanzenzüchtung
• Pflanzung
• Polle
• Sexuelle Fortpflanzung
• Vermehrung, Pflanzen
• Züchtung
• biology
• cytoskeleton
• growth
• plant
• plant breeding
• plant reproduction
• plants
• reproduction

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

  Mauro Cresti, Antonio Tiezzi

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