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Plant Development

The Cellular Basis

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  • © 1990

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Authors:
  1. R. F. Lyndon

    1. Department of Botany, University of Edinburgh, UK

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Part of the book series: Topics in Plant Physiology (TPP, volume 3)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages iii-xxii
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  2. Development of the basic structures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The problems of development: embryogenesis

      • R. F. Lyndon
      Pages 3-16

  3. Iterative growth: Meristem structure and functioning

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Root and shoot meristems: structure and growth

      • R. F. Lyndon
      Pages 19-38

    3. Meristem functioning: formation of branches, leaves, and floral organs

      • R. F. Lyndon
      Pages 39-57

  4. Control of shape and directions of growth: the cellular basis of form

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Shape, growth directions, and surface structure

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      Pages 61-79

    3. Control of the plane of cell division

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      Pages 80-99

    4. The cellular basis of polarity

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      Pages 100-131

  5. Cell differentiation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Control of the differentiation of vascular tissues

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      Pages 135-164

    3. Cell enlargement, maturation, and differentiation

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      Pages 165-189

    4. Genes and development

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      Pages 190-200

  6. Competence and determination

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201
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    2. Competence and determination in differentiation

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      Pages 203-231

    3. Competence and determination in flowering

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      Pages 232-249

  7. Coordination of development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 251-251
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    2. Pattern formation, positional information, and integration of growth

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      Pages 253-285

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 286-320
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About this book

The study of plant development in recent years has often been concerned with the effects of the environment and the possible involvement of growth substances. The prevalent belief that plant growth substances are crucial to plant development has tended to obscure rather than to clarify the underlying cellular mechanisms of development. The aim in this book is to try to focus on what is currently known, and what needs to be known, in order to explain plant development in terms that allow further experimentation at the cellular and molecular levels. We need to know where and at what level in the cell or organ the critical processes controlling development occur. Then, we will be better able to under­ stand how development is controlled by the genes, whether directly by the continual production of new gene transeripts or more indirectly by the genes merely defining self-regulating systems that then function autonomously. This book is not a survey of the whole of plant development but is meant to concentrate on the possible component cellular and molecular processes involved. Consequently, a basic knowledge of plant structure is assumed. The facts of plant morphogenesis can be obtained from the books listed in the General Reading seetion at the end of Chapter 1. Although references are not cited specifically in the text, the key references for each section are denoted by superscript numbers and listed in the Notes section at the end of each chapter.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Botany, University of Edinburgh, UK

    R. F. Lyndon

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Plant Development

  • Book Subtitle: The Cellular Basis

  • Authors: R. F. Lyndon

  • Series Title: Topics in Plant Physiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7979-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: R. F. Lyndon 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-04-581033-8Published: 24 May 1990

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-7979-9Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 320

  • Number of Illustrations: 160 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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