BookR.F. Lyndon.
Summary: "Plant Development" offers to students of plant physiology a concise and highly readable introduction to plant development. Focusing on events at the molecular and cellular levels, the book highlights some of the key processes operating in the formation of plants, and examines areas of research yielding a fuller understanding of the underlying regulatory mechanisms. While assuming a basic knowledge of plant morphology, the book describes a host developmental strategies across a spectrum of plant groups ranging from algae to higher plants. The opening chapters deal with the evolution of fundamental structure and highlights some of the related problems before leading into a careful consideration of meristem structure and function. Central chapters examine the control of plant shape and direction of growth, and provides a platform for the subsequent discussion of cell differentiation. Chapter 9 looks at genetic regulation of development, and the final section focuses on competence, determination and co-ordination of growth. Nielsen 9780045810338 20160528
Contents:
Part 1 Development of the basic structures: the problems of development - embryogenesis. Part 2 Iterative growth - meristem structure and functioning: root and shoot meristems - structure and growth
meristem functioning - formation of branches, leaves and floral organs. Part 3 Control of shape and directions of growth - the cellular basis of form: shape, growth rates, and surface structure
control of the plane of cell division
the cellular basis of polarity. Part 4 Cell differentiation: control of the differentiation of vascular tissues
cell enlargement, maturation, and differentiation
genes and development. Part 5 Competence and determination: competence and determination in differentiation
competence and determination in flowering. Part 6 Coordination of development: pattern formation, positional information, and integration of growth. Nielsen 9780045810338 20160528