Sexual Reproduction in Higher Plants. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on the Sexual Reproduction in Higher Plants, 30 May-4 June 1988 University of Siena, Siena, Italy. 1988. 259 figs. tabs. XIII,502 p. gr8vo. Cloth.

Based on papers presented at the International Symposium on SexualReproduction in Higher Plants, this volume covers the topics: micro-and macrosporogenesis, the activation and recognition of maturepollen, pollen germination and tube emission in vivo and in vitro,pollen and pollen tube cytoskeleton, stigma and style morphology,pollen/stigma interactions, incompatibility mechanisms and geneexpression. The reinvestigation of classical topics using modernmethods such as immunofluorescence, micromanipulation freeze-substitution, electron microscopy, etc., is the common basis ofall results presented. Especially applied aspects of sexual reproductionimportant e.g. for crop improvement, are discussed in detail.