Fruit and Seed Production
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
Product details
March 2008Paperback
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.