Russell S.D., Dumas C. (Ed.) Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants

Academic Press, 1992. — 615 pp. — (International Review of Cytology. A Survey of Cell Biology. Volume 140).
ISBN: 0-12-364543-3.A book for cell, molecular, and developmental biologists, physiologists (organ level), biomedical scientists, biochemists studying cell-cell interactions, cell variation and evolution. This volume provides an overview of recent accomplishments in sexual reproduction in flowering plants that have altered our concepts of fertilization research. With special emphasis on the past 10 years, this work addresses both molecular and structural bases of reproduction, from gene expression in pollen development to self-incompatibility mechanisms and experimental approaches to obtaining in vitro fertilization of isolated gametes. Additionally, detailed information is provided about the organization of angiosperm gamates that is otherwise unavailable, including their isolation, physiology, cytoskeleton, and organization.Contents:
Pollen Grain and Tube.
Pollen Gene Expression: Molecular Evidence (Joseph P. Mascarenhas).
Identification and in Situ Localization of Pollen-Specific Genes (S. P. Davies, M. B. Singh, and R. B. Knox).
Pollen Wall and Sporopollenin (R. Wiermann and S. Gubatz).
Cytoskeleton and Cytoplasmic Organization of Pollen and Pollen Tubes (Elisabeth S. Pierson and Mauro Cresti).
Gametes.
The Male Germ Unit: Concept, Composition, and Significance (H. Lloyd Mogensen).
Organization, Composition, and Function of the Generative Cell and Sperm Cytoskeleton (Barry A. Palevitz and Antonio Tiezzi).
Freeze Fracture of Male Reproductive Cells (Darlene Southworth).
Generative Cells and Male Gametes: Isolation, Physiology, and Biochemistry (Annie Chaboud and Rejane Perez).
Female Germ Unit: Organization, Isolation, and Function (Bing-Quan Huang and Scott D. Russell).
Progamic Phase and Fertilization.
A Dynamic Role for the Stylar Matrix in Pollen Tube Extension (Luraynne C. Sanders and Elizabeth M. Lord).
Double Fertilization in Nonflowering Seed Plants and Its Relevance to the Origin of Flowering Plants (William E. Friedman).
Double Fertilization (Scott D. Russell).
Manipulation in Pollination and Fertilization Mechanisms.
In Vitro Pollination: A New Tool for Analyzing Environmental Stress (Isabelle Dupuis).
In Vitro Fusion of Gametes and Production of Zygotes (Erhard Kranz, Horst Lorz, Catherine Digonnet, and Jean-Emmanuel Faure).
Plant Transformation Using the Sexual Route (Patricia Roeckel, Maurice M. Moloney, and Joel R. Drevet).
Self-Incompatibility between Pollen and Stigma.
Gametophytic Self-Incompatibility: Biochemical, Molecular Genetic, and Evolutionary Aspects (Anuradha Singh and Teh-Hui Kao).
Sporophytic Self-Incompatibility Systems: Brassica S Gene Family (Martin Trick and Philippe Heizmann).
Sporophytic Self-Incompatibility Systems: S Gene Products (H. G. Dickinson, M. J. C. Crabbe, and T. Gaude).
Postscript.
Plant Reproductive Biology: Trends (Christian Dumas and Scott D. Russell).