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Fruit and Seed Production

Fruit and Seed Production

Fruit and Seed Production

Aspects of Development, Environmental Physiology and Ecology
C. Marshall, University of Wales, Bangor
J. Grace, University of Edinburgh
March 2008
Available
Paperback
9780521050456

    The topic of fruit and seed production is given a broad and comprehensive treatment, with chapters covering the onset of flowering through to the development and growth of fruits and seeds, and finally to ecological and evolutionary aspects of fruiting.

    • A thorough general overview of the subject
    • An introduction to the various aspects of flowering and fruiting
    • Based on a meeting held at the Environmental Physiology Group of the Society of Experimental Biology

    Reviews & endorsements

    "To challenge the reader to even try to understand the complexity of reproductive development of plants is a formidable task. Yet, the 11 chapters of this book do so admirably by presenting a palatable and potent distillate of the essentials of nature and control of plant reproduction." T. T. Kozlowski, BioScience

    "...quite likely that this book may fill a niche in a course in plant reproductive biology, particularly since it brings together quite a bit of information on the later stages of plant reproduction." Judith Thomas, Plant Science Bulletin

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    Product details

    March 2008
    Paperback
    9780521050456
    272 pages
    229 × 153 × 20 mm
    0.419kg
    40 b/w illus.
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Contributors
    • Preface
    • 1. Plant reproductive biology: an overview H. W. Woolhouse
    • 2. The environmental control of reproductive development R. F. Lyndon
    • 3. Pollination and fertilization in higher plants S. J. Owens
    • 4. Embryogenesis D. J. Bowles
    • 5. Environmental and internal regulation of fruiting, with particular reference to Cox's Orange Pippin apple G. K. Goldwin
    • 6. Fruit growth and sink strength L. C. Ho
    • 7. Control of grain growth and development C. M. Duffus
    • 8. The regulation of maternal investment in plants A. G. Stephenson
    • 9. Ecological and physiological aspects of reproductive allocation C. Marshall and M. A. Watson
    • 10. Are the distributions of species determined by failure to set seed? C. D. Pigott
    • 11. Edible fruits in a cool climate: the evolution and ecology of endozoochory in the European flora Q. O. N. Kay
    • Index.
      Contributors
    • H. W. Woolhouse, R. F. Lyndon, S. J. Owens, D. J. Bowles, G. K. Goldwin, L. C. Ho, C. M. Duffus, A. G. Stephenson, C. Marshall, M. A. Watson, C. D. Pigott, Q. O. N. Kay

    • Editors
    • C. Marshall , University of Wales, Bangor
    • J. Grace , University of Edinburgh