Advances in Plant Reproductive Biology

Contents: Preface. Dr. R.P. Singh - a brief profile. 1. Forest tree reproduction strategies in relation to tree improvement/P.D. Dogra. 2. The cytoskeleton, organelles and rudimentary cytokinesis I in the sporogenesis of simultaneous type in Equisetum, Nymphaea and Delphinium/J. Bednara, B. Rodkiewicz and E. Szczuka. 3. Pollen and chemical characterization of some coastal apiary honey of Andhra Pradesh/C.G.K. Ramanujam and T.P. Kalpana. 4. Reproductive performance of mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek) under saline conditions with special reference to pollen physiology/H.R. Dhingra, P.K. Sharma and T.M. Varghese. 5. Physiological control of flower opening in Nerine sarniensis L./N.K. Mangat, C.P. Malik and S.K. Thind. 6. Some aspects of reproductive biology of genus Plantago/A.K. Koul, N. Sharma and P. Koul. 7. Morphology and vascularization of flowers in Rhododendron L./C.N. Govil and Jyoti. 8. Floral organogenesis in Boerhaavia chinense (Burm. f.) Druce (Nyctaginaceae)/V. Singh. 9. Floral anatomy and systematic position of Balbisia and Wendtia/D.R. Rama Devi and L.L. Narayana. 10. Stylar heteromorphism in solanum (Solanaceae): an expression of andromonoecy/Y.S. Chauhan. 11. Embryological and phytochemical studies in umbelliferae/H. Maheswari Devi and A. Santaram. 12. Embryo and fruit in the Poaceae/P.K. Deshpande and K.H. Makde. 13. Embryological investigations in Smilax/K. Ramesh and K. Lakshminarayana. 14. Embryology of Cynoctonum oldenlandioides with a discussion on the systematics of Loganiaceae/M.D. Padhye and A.J. Jaolekar. 15. Embryology of Ipomoea L. (Convolvulaceae)/J.B. Raju and B. Hanumantha Rao. 16. Apomixis in Cenchrus ciliaris L. (Poaceae)/G.N.V. Febulaus and T. Pulaiah. 17. Flower to seed in Prosopis africana Taub./B.A. Rao and P.K. Mukherjee. 18. Seedlessness in some Bignoniaceae/S.V.S. Chauhan. 19. Seed morphology and anatomy in some members of the tribe Gratioleae-Scrophulariaceae/A.S.R. Dathan, T.G. Joseph and D. Singh. 20. Studies on seed and spermodern characters in Solaneae (Solanceae)/B. Bahadur and K. Venkateswarlu. 21. Seed anatomy in Lathyrus (Papilionoideae, Fabaceae)/Shikha Bansal. 22. Microorganisms on forest tree seeds of India/K.K. Lakshmanan. 23. Seed isozymes in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.)/D. Jha, J.V.V. Dogra and S. Dogra. 24. Non conventional approaches in pulse improvement: a case study with black gram (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper)/R.K. Singh, P. Singh and S.S. Raghuvanshi. 25. Development, structure, ultrastructure and liberation of female gamete in fucales: an overview/M.R. Vijayaraghavan and I. Kaur. 26. Vegetational profile of Ross Island with notes on its problems and preservation/R.K.S. Rathore. 27. Induced viable morphological mutations in tomato/N. Jayabalan and G.R. Rao. 28. Effects of gamma rays on some aspects of reproductive biology of Momordica charantia L. (Cucurbitaceae)/A.K. Pandey and B.K. Jha.

"The book includes 28 research and review articles on various aspects of reproductive biology written by leading experts. The write-ups give an overview of the subject and reflect the recent trends of research in biology of reproduction and related areas." (jacket)

[Y.S. Chauhan is Professor of Botany, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong.]