Patterns in plant development /
Taylor A. Steeves and Ian M. Sussex
- Second Edition
- Australia, Cambridge University Press : c. 1994.
- xv , 388 .: ill .; 24 cm.
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.