Fruit and Seed Production

Aspects of Development, Environmental Physiology and Ecology
Herausgeber: Grace, J.; Marshall, C.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive treatment of the environmental physiology and ecology of fruit and seed production in higher plants.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9780521050456
• ISBN-10: 0521050456
• Artikelnr.: 23366208

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors
Preface
1. Plant reproductive biology: an overview H. W. Woolhouse
2. The environmental control of reproductive development R. F. Lyndon
3. Pollination and fertilization in higher plants S. J. Owens
4. Embryogenesis D. J. Bowles
5. Environmental and internal regulation of fruiting, with particular reference to Cox's Orange Pippin apple G. K. Goldwin
6. Fruit growth and sink strength L. C. Ho
7. Control of grain growth and development C. M. Duffus
8. The regulation of maternal investment in plants A. G. Stephenson
9. Ecological and physiological aspects of reproductive allocation C. Marshall and M. A. Watson
10. Are the distributions of species determined by failure to set seed? C. D. Pigott
11. Edible fruits in a cool climate: the evolution and ecology of endozoochory in the European flora Q. O. N. Kay
Index.