Annual Plant Reviews, Fruit Development and Seed Dispersal

Ed.: Ostergaard, Lars

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Fruit development and seed dispersal are major topics within plant and crop sciences research with important developments in research being reported regularly. Drawing together reviews by some of the world s leading experts in these areas, the Editor of this volume, Lars Ostergaard has provided a volume which is an essential purchase for all those working in plant and crop sciences worldwide.

Produktdetails

• Annual Plant Reviews Vol.38
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 826g
• ISBN-13: 9781405189460
• ISBN-10: 1405189460
• Artikelnr.: 26160856

Autorenporträt

Lars Ostegaard is a Plant Scientist, based at the world famous John Innes Centre, Norwich, U.K.

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors Preface 1 Carpel Evolution Aur¿elie C.M. Vialette-Guiraud and
Charlie P. Scutt 1.1 The importance of having carpels 1.2 Hypotheses of
carpel origin 1.3 A phylogenetic framework for studies of carpel evolution
1.4 A morphological portrait of the ancestral carpel 1.5 The genetic
control of carpel development in the first flowering plants 1.6 A major
role for the E-function in the origin of the carpel? 1.7 Carpel
specification in monocots 1.8 Gene duplication and carpel evolution in the
core eudicots 1.9 The A-function finds a role in fruit development 1.10 The
multiple origins and mechanisms of syncarpy in the angiosperms 1.11 A fruit
by any other name: evolutionary convergence between angiosperms and
gymnosperms References 2 Gynoecium Patterning in Arabidopsis: A Basic Plan
Behind a Complex Structure Eva Sundberg and Cristina Ferrándiz 2.1
Introduction 2.2 The basic plan in lateral organs 2.3 The Arabidopsis
gynoecium 2.4 Genetic and hormonal factors controlling gynoecium
development 2.5 Conclusion Acknowledgements References 3 The Ins and Outs
of Ovule Development Raffaella Battaglia, Monica Colombo and Martin M.
Kater 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Origin of the ovule 3.3 Ovule development in
Arabidopsis 3.4 Sporophytic tissues 3.5 Gametophytic tissue 3.6 Interaction
between the female gametophyte and the maternal sporophyte 3.7 Ovule
identity determination References 4 Fertilisation and Fruit Initiation Sara
Fuentes and Adam Vivian-Smith 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Pollination 4.3 Female
receptivity and the cessation of gynoecial growth 4.4 Additional restraints
on flower development and fruit initiation 4.5 Fertilisation 4.6 Hormonal
cues during fruit initiation 4.7 RNA silencing during fruit initiation 4.8
Signal transduction from ovule to carpel and vascular canalisation 4.9
Current models of fruit initiation 4.10 Concluding remarks Acknowledgements
References 5 Arabidopsis Fruit Development Antonio Martínez-Laborda and
Antonio Vera 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Morphology of the Arabidopsis silique 5.3
Determining the boundary between valve and replum: valve margin genes 5.4
The making of valves and replum requires repression of valve margin genes
5.5 Suppressors of the rpl phenotype: setting up territories 5.6 A model
for patterning the mediolateral axis of the Arabidopsis silique 5.7 Auxin:
a signaling molecule for the mediolateral axis? 5.8 A biotechnological view
Acknowledgements References 6 Long-Distance Seed Dispersal Frank M. Schurr,
Orr Spiegel, Ofer Steinitz, Ana Trakhtenbrot, Asaf Tsoar and Ran Nathan 6.1
Introduction 6.2 Six generalizations on LDD mechanisms 6.3 A vector-based
perspective on the evolution and predictability of long-distance seed
dispersal 6.4 Future directions Acknowledgements References 7 Seed
Dispersal and Crop Domestication: Shattering, Germination and Seasonality
in Evolution Under Cultivation Dorian Q. Fuller and Robin Allaby 7.1
Introduction 7.2 Loss of natural seed dispersal in wheat and barley:
archaeobotanical evidence 7.3 Non-shattering in other cereals: rice, pearl
millet and maize 7.4 The genetics of non-shattering cereals 7.5 Reduction
in seed dispersal aids 7.6 Non-cereal alternative: appendage hypermorphy in
fibre crops 7.7 Loss of natural seed dispersal in pulses and other crops
7.8 Germination traits in domestication: the importance of loss of dormancy
7.9 The genetic basis for dormancy and germination 7.10 Germination and
seedling competition: changes in seed size 7.11 The genetics of seed size
7.12 Seasonality controls: photoperiodicity and vernalization 7.13
Discussion: evolution and development of domesticated seed traits
References 8 Factors Influencing the Ripening and Quality of Fleshy Fruits
Cornelius S. Barry 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Control of fruit ripening 8.3
Transcription factors serve as master regulators of fruit ripening 8.4
Hormonal control of fruit ripening 8.5 The influence of light on fruit
quality 8.6 The discovery of aroma and flavour genes in fruit 8.7 Cell wall
changes influence fruit quality 8.8 The cuticle influences fruit quality
and postharvest longevity 8.9 Genomics Resources 8.10 Conclusions and
future perspectives Acknowledgements References 9 Parthenocarpy in Crop
Plants Tiziana Pandolfini, Barbara Molesini and Angelo Spena 9.1
Introduction 9.2 Parthenocarpy 9.3 Auxin-synthesis parthenocarpy 9.4
Parthenocarpy via auxin signal transduction 9.5 Parthenocarpy via
gibberellin signal transduction 9.6 Aucsia-silencing parthenocarpy 9.7
Auxin sensitivity and parthenocarpy 9.8 Apetalous parthenocarpy and the
role of other floral organs 9.9 Stenospermocarpy 9.10 Parthenocarpy in
perennial crop plants 9.11 Parthenocarpy and fruit crop breeding 9.12 From
green plants to fruit crop plants References Index