Patterns in Plant Development [Hardcover]

Patterns in Plant Development offers an introduction to the development of the whole plant.An extensively revised and completely updated version of a book first published in 1972. Includes rapid advances in molecular biology that in recent years have made significant contributions to understanding plant development.An extensively revised and completely updated version of a book first published in 1972. Includes rapid advances in molecular biology that in recent years have made significant contributions to understanding plant development.An introduction to the experimental approach to the development of the whole plant. The book deals with lower vascular plants (i.e. ferns) and seed plants, beginning with the embryo and continuing through the phase of secondary growth (the vascular cambium). Rapid advances in molecular biology in recent years have made a significant contribution to the understanding of development and whenever possible these exciting findings have been drawn into the interpretation provided in this new edition.Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Development in the vascular plants; 2. Embryogenesis: beginnings of development; 3. Analytical and experimental studies of embryo development; 4. The structure of the shoot apex; 5. Analytical studies of the shoot apex; 6. Experimental investigations on the shoot apex; 7. Organogenesis in the shoot: leaf origin and position; 8. Organogenesis in the shoot: determination of leaves and branches; 9. Organogenesis in the shoot: later stages of leaf development; 10. Determinate shoots: thorns and flowers; 11. The development of the shoot system; 12. The root; 13. Differentiation of the plant body: the origin of pattern; 14. Differentiation of the plant body: the elaboration of pattern; 15. Secondary growth: the vascular cambium; 16. Secondary growth: experimental studies on the cambium; 17. Alternative patterns of development; Credits; Author index; Subject index. The text is well-organized and illustrated...should be uslƒ7