Research Catalog

Title

Embryogenesis : the generation of a plant / [edited by] T.L. Wang, A. Cuming.

Publication

Oxford : Bios Scientific Publishers, Herndon, VA : Distributed by Books International Inc., 1996.

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Additional Authors

• Cuming, A.
• Wang, Trevor L.

Description

xviii, 222 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Environmental plant biology series

Uniform Title

Environmental plant biology series.

Subjects

• Plant embryology
• Arabidopsis > Embryology
• Plant cell culture
• Plants > Development
• Plant tissue culture

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographies and index.

Contents

• Foreword: Embryogenesis - kingdoms apart / M. Akam -- 1. Perspectives on the molecular cytology of embryogenesis / V. Raghavan -- 2. Genes involved in the elaboration of apical pattern and form in Arabidopsis thaliana: genetic and molecular analysis / R. A. Torres-Ruiz, T. Fischer and G. Haberer -- 3. Embryo-defective mutants of Arabidopsis: cellular functions of disrupted genes and developmental significance of mutant phenotypes / D. W. Meinke -- 4. Insertional mutagenesis to dissect embryonic development in Arabidopsis / K. Lindsey, J. F. Topping, P. S. C. F. da Rocha, K. L. Horne, P. R. Muskett, V. J. May and W. Wei -- 5. Protein kinase genes expressed during plant reproductive development / J. Tregear, V. Decrooq-Ferrant, S. Jouannic and M. Kreis -- 6. Maize embryogenesis mutants / J. Clark -- 7. Gene expression and embryonic maturation in cereals / A. C. Cuming, M. Turet and W. Butler --
• 8. Genetic analysis of seed maturation and germination pathways in maize / D. R. McCarty -- 9. Novel embryo-specific barley genes: are they involved in desiccation tolerance? / D. Bartels, R. Roncarati and R. Alexander -- 10. The reprogrammed embryo: the endosperm as a quick route to understanding embryogenesis? / R. C. Brown, B. Lemmon, D. Doan, C. Linnestad and O.-A. Olsen -- 11. Initiation of somatic embryos from single cells / M. A. J. Toonen and S. C. de Vries -- 12. The generation of a legume embryo: morphological and cellular defects in pea mutants / C.-M. Liu, S. Johnson, C. L. Hedley and T. L. Wang.

ISBN

1859960650 (pbk) :

LCCN

gb 96006669

OCLC

ocm34151632

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries