Advances in Plant Reproductive Biology, Volume II

Contents: Preface. 1. Ubisch bodies in angiosperms/Beatriz G. Galati. 2. Embryology of compositae/A.K. Pandey. 3. Certain key issues in seed development and maturation/K.V. Krishnamurthy. 4. Growth and ripening of litchi fruits/U.S. Prasad. 5. Development of endosperm in Boraginaceae/B. Hanumantha Rao. 6. Embryological investigations in Liliaceae – tribe : Aloeae/K. Ramesh and K. Lakshminarayana. 7. Gametogenesis and seed-development in Galinsoga parviflora Cav. (Asteraceae)/S.K. Sood, Pratibha Tandon and Neelam Kumar. 8. Development of female gametophyte and seed in Trichosanthes dioica Roxb. (Cucurbitaceae)/A.K. Pandey, Anupama Jha and Rashmi Komal. 9. Proximate reproductive causes of decreased yield in brassicas under saline conditions/Sureena and Hans R. Dhingra. 10. Ruminate endosperm in Euphorbiaceae with special reference to Euphorbia cotinifolia L./Alka Chaturvedi. 11. Reproductive biology of Dryopteris cochleata C. Chr. in relation to its distributional pattern/P.B. Khare. 12. Flowering, fruiting and seed set studies in Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC. growing in sub-standard site/Kanak Sahai. 13. Biology of Hevea pollen/C.K. Saraswathyamma. 14. Systematics of the Poaceae – an embryological approach/K.H. Makde. 15. Morpho-histogenic and histochemical analysis of fruits of some Myrtaceae/T.V. Ramana Rao, Neelam Bhatnagar and Yash Dave. 16. Reproductive biology of niger (Guizotia abyssinica Cass.): a review/M.R. Dhakal and A.K. Pandey. 17. Cytogenetic differentiation and yield potential of grain Amaranths/R.M. Pandey. 18. Some aspects of reproductive biology of Schima wallichii (DC.) Korth/S. Goswami, S.R. Katiyar and A.K. Pandey. 19. Phenology, floral biology and seed development in Sterculia urens Roxb./Sayeeda Khatoon and A.K. Pandey. 20. Development of ovule in Spathodea and Kigelia (Bignoniaceae) : an anatomical and histochemical study/C.K. Rudramuniyappa and A.R. Manure.

"Starting from descriptive and morphological studies of reproductive organs, the field of plant reproductive biology is advancing rapidly and has entered into an area of experimental, molecular and genetic approaches. As most of the economic products from plant resources are derived through the interplay of sexual reproduction, understanding reproductive processes is a pre-requisite for attempts aimed at optimization and improvement of the yield. Understanding reproductive biology is important for mass propagation, multiplication, hybridization and conservation of endangered and threatened plants.

Biological processes such as flowering, function and behaviour of gametes, embryogenesis and seed developments have been the focus of scientific pursue in laboratories working in the field of plant reproduction. Most of the researches are centered now in understanding the functional aspects of reproductive processes. In view of the importance of the biology of reproduction attempt has been made to compile articles covering recent development in this area of research in a series of volumes of Advances in Plant Reproductive Biology. The authors have addressed various aspects related to plant reproduction in a way to give a comprehensive view of the recent developments and the trend of current research in this field."