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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974504103321

Titolo

Flowering plants : classification, characteristics and breeding / / Jeremy J. Tellstone, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hauppauge, N.Y., : Nova Science Publishers, 2011

ISBN

1-62081-605-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

Botanical research and practices

Altri autori (Persone)

TellstoneJeremy J

Disciplina

582.13

Soggetti

Angiosperms

Angiosperms - Reproduction

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

Response of flower and boll development to climatic factors in Egyptian cotton (Gossypium barbadense) / Zakaria M. Sawan -- Risk assessment of inorganic and organic pollutants in flowering plants / Simona Dobrinas, Alina Daria Soceanu, Gabriela Stanciu -- Seed germination and the secondary metabolites, plant hormones / Mohammad Miransari -- Rise of the clones: apomixis in plant breeding / Pablo Bolaños-Villegas, Saminathan Thangasamy, Guang-Yuh Jauh -- Source/sink relations in fruiting cuttings of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) during the inflorescence development / Gaël Lebon ... [et al.] -- Toward the molecular engineering in flowering of woody plants: characterization of floral meristem-identity genes of gymnosperms / Yukiko Tsuji, Shinya Kajita -- Improvement strategies to control architecture and flowering in ornamental plants such as azalea / M. Meijon ... [et al.] -- The evolution of carnivory in flowering plants / Chris Thorogood.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, the authors gather and present topical research in the study of the classification, characteristics and breeding of flowering plants. Topics discussed include the response of flower and boll development to climatic factors in Egyptian cotton; risk assessment of inorganic and organic pollutants in flowering plants; seed germination and secondary metabolites and plant hormones; apomixis in plant breeding; source/sink relations in fruiting cuttings of grapevine during inflorescence development; controlling the architecture and flowering in ornamental azalea plants and the evolution of carnivory in flowering



plants.