Patterns in Plant Development

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Ian M. Sussex Taylor A. SteevesCambridge University PressEdition: 2, 10/5/1989EAN 9780521246880, ISBN10: 0521246881Hardcover, 406 pages, 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.3 cmLanguage: EnglishPatter ns in Plant Development offers an introduction to the development of the whole plant. It is essentially a factual book that describes the complex phenomena of development in vascular plants. The point of view is structural, and emphasis is placed on the experimental approach to development. The book deals with lower vascular plants (e.g. ferns) as well as seed plants, so that the treatment of the plant, beginning with the embryo and continuing through the phase of secondary growth (the vascular cambium) is presented. The book is written so that anyone who has completed a basic first-year university course in biology or botany will be able to use it without difficulty. Sufficient background information is provided so that the reader is not required to have an extensive technical background.PrefaceAcknowledgements1. Development in the vascular plants2. Embryogenesisbeginnings of development3. Analytical and experimental studies of embryo development4. The structure of the shoot apex5. Analytical studies of the shoot apex6. Experimental investigations on the shoot apex7. Organogenesis in the shootleaf origin and position8. Organogenesis in the shootdetermination of leaves and branches9. Organogenesis in the shootlater stages of leaf development10. Determinate shootsthorns and flowers11. The development of the shoot system12. The root13. Differentiation of the plant bodythe origin of pattern14. Differentiation of the plant bodythe elaboration of pattern15. Secondary growththe vascular cambium16. Secondary growthexperimental studies on the cambium17. Alternative patterns of developmentCreditsAuthor indexSubject index."The text is well-organized and illustrated...should be useful to undergraduate and graduate students seeking to learn more about how healthy plants develop. It will also be valuable as a reference for plant pathologists who have research interests in the development of plants and to those who wish to review plant development..." Phytopathology News Show more