Patterns in plant development / Taylor A. Steeves and Ian M. Sussex

CONTENT
1. Development in the vascular plants
Referenced /4

2. Embryogenesis ; beginnings of development
Patterns of embryo development / 6
Cellular changes during embrogenesis / 20
General comment / 24
References / 25

3. Analytical and experimental studies of embryo development
The environment of the embryo / 26
The role of the suspensor / 36
The completion of embryogeny / 39
etc.

4. The structure of the shoot apex
Morphology / 47
Histology / 47
General comment / 59
etc.

5 Analytical studies of the shoot apex
Growth of the shoot apex / 62
Distribution of cell division in the shoot apex /63
Cytohistological studies / 70
etc.

6. Experimental investigations on the shoot apex
Apical autonomy / 86
Organization and integration in the shoot apex /91
General comment / 97
References / 98

7. Organogenesis in the shoot : Leaf origin and position
Leaf initiation and early development / 101
Analysis of early leaf development / 106
Questions of leaf development / 108
etc

8. Organogenesis in the shoot; determination of leaves and branches
Leaf determination / 124
Dorsiventrality / 134
Branching / 135
etc.

9. Organogenesis in the shoot : Later stages of leaf development
Development of fern leaves /147
Development of angiosperm leaves / 150
Analysis of leaf development / 160
etc

10. Determinate shoots; thorns and flowers
Determinate meristems - thorns /170
Reproductive morphology /178
Development of the floral aspects / 179
Analysis of floral transformation / 185
etc.

11. The development of the shoot system
Patterns of shoot expansion / 203
Regulation of shoot expansion / 208
Periodicity of shoot growth / 214
The components of the shoot system / 217.

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