Fruit development and seed dispersal [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lars Østergaard

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910139868603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ames, Iowa ; ; Chichester, West Sussex, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009
• ISBN: 1-282-30713-4; 9786612307133; 1-4443-1455-6; 1-4443-1456-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (374 p.)
• Collana: Annual plant reviews ; ; v. 38
• Altri autori (Persone): ØstergaardLars
• Disciplina: 575.6; 580.5
• Soggetti: Fruit - Development; Seeds - Dispersal; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ANNUAL PLANT REVIEWS VOLUME 38 : Fruit Development and Seed Dispersal; CONTENTS; Contributors; Preface; 1 Carpel Evolution; 1.1 The importance of having carpels; 1.2 Hypotheses of carpel origin; 1.3 A phylogenetic framework for studies of carpel evolution; 1.4 A morphological portrait of the ancestral carpel; 1.5 The genetic control of carpel development in the first flowering plants; 1.6 A major role for the E-function in the origin of the carpel?; 1.7 Carpel specification in monocots; 1.8 Gene duplication and carpel evolution in the core eudicots; 1.9 The A-function finds a role in fruit development1.10 The multiple origins and mechanisms of syncarpy in the angiosperms; 1.11 A fruit by any other name: evolutionary convergence between angiosperms and gymnosperms; References; 2 Gynoecium Patterning in Arabidopsis: A Basic Plan Behind a Complex Structure; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The basic plan in lateral organs; 2.3 The Arabidopsis gynoecium; 2.4 Genetic and hormonal factors controlling gynoecium development; 2.5 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 3 The Ins and Outs of ; Ovule Development; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Origin of the ovule; 3.3 Ovule development in Arabidopsis3.4 Sporophytic tissues; 3.5 Gametophytic tissue; 3.6 Interaction between the female gametophyte and the maternal sporophyte; 3.7 Ovule identity determination; References; 4 Fertilisation and Fruit Initiation; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Pollination; 4.3 Female receptivity and the cessation of gynoecial growth; 4.4 Additional restraints on flower development and fruit initiation; 4.5 Fertilisation; 4.6 Hormonal cues during fruit initiation; 4.7 RNA silencing during fruit initiation; 4.8 Signal transduction from ovule to carpel and vascular canalisation; 4.9 Current models of fruit initiation4.10 Concluding remarks; Acknowledgements; References; 5 Arabidopsis Fruit Development; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Morphology of the Arabidopsis silique; 5.3 Determining the boundary between valve and replum: valve margin genes; 5.4 The making of valves and replum requires repression of valve margin genes; 5.5 Suppressors of the rpl phenotype: setting up territories; 5.6 A model for patterning the mediolateral axis of the Arabidopsis silique; 5.7 Auxin: a signaling molecule for the mediolateral axis?; 5.8 A biotechnological view; Acknowledgements; References; 6 Long-Distance Seed Dispersal6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Six generalizations on LDD mechanisms; 6.3 A vector-based perspective on the evolution and predictability of long-distance seed dispersal; 6.4 Future directions; Acknowledgements; References; 7 Seed Dispersal and Crop Domestication: Shattering, Germination and Seasonality in Evolution Under Cultivation; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Loss of natural seed dispersal in wheat and barley: archaeobotanical evidence; 7.3 Non-shattering in other cereals: rice, pearl millet and maize; 7.4 The genetics of non-shattering cereals; 7.5 Reduction in seed dispersal aids
• Sommario/riassunto: Fruit development and seed dispersal are major topics within plant and crop sciences research with important developments in research being reported regularly. Drawing together reviews by some of the world's leading experts in these areas, the Editor of this volume, Lars Ostergaard has provided a volume which is an essential purchase for all those working in plant and crop sciences worldwide.