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Plant Developmental Biology - Biotechnological Perspectives Volume 1

:	Eng Chong Pua, Michael R. Davey
:	Eng Chong Pua, Michael R. Davey
:	Plant Developmental Biology - Biotechnological Perspectives Volume 1
:	Springer-Verlag
:	9783642023019
:	1
:	CHF 207.30
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:	Botanik
:	English

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Many exciting discoveries in recent decades have contributed new knowledge to our understanding of the mechanisms that regulate various stages of plant growth and development. Such information, coupled with advances in cell and molecular biology, is fundamental to crop improvement using biotechnological approaches. Two volumes constitute the present work. The ?rst, comprising 22 chapters, commences with introductions relating to gene regulatory models for plant dev- opment and crop improvement, particularly the use of Arabidopsis as a model plant. These chapters are followed by speci?c topics that focus on different developmental aspects associated with vegetative and reproductive phases of the life cycle of a plant. Six chapters discuss vegetative growth and development. Their contents consider topics such as shoot branching, bud dormancy and growth, the devel- ment of roots, nodules and tubers, and senescence. The reproductive phase of plant development is in 14 chapters that present topics such as ?oral organ init- tion and the regulation of ?owering, the development of male and female gametes, pollen germination and tube growth, fertilization, fruit development and ripening, seed development, dormancy, germination, and apomixis. Male sterility and self-incompatibility are also discussed.

	Preface	5
	Contents	6
	Contributors	16
	Part I Models for Plant Development	22
	Chapter 1 Gene Regulatory Models for Plant Development and Evolution	23
	1.1 Introduction: the Need for Mathematical Models to Understand Plant Development	23
	1.2 Dynamic GRN Models	24
	1.3 Inference of GRN Topology from Microarray Experiments	27
	1.4 GRN Models for Modules of Plant Development	29
	1.5 The Constructive Role of Stochasticity in GRN and Other Complex Biological Systems	34
	1.6 GRN Structure and Evolution	35
	1.7 Conclusions	37
	References	37
	Chapter 2 Arabidopsis as Model for Developmental Regulation and Crop Improvement	41
	2.1 Introduction	41
	2.2 Knowledge Gained in Arabidopsis Is Available for Crop Scientists	42
	2.3 Plant Architecture-Related Genes and Their Potential Uses in Crop Improvement	42
	2.4 Understanding Abiotic Stresses to Improve Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses	47
	2.5 Prospective Remarks	48
	References	49
	Part II Vegetative Growth and Development	54
	Chapter 3 Axillary Shoot Branching in Plants	55
	3.1 Introduction	55
	3.2 Axillary Shoot Development	56
	3.3 Hormones Involved in Axillary Bud Formation	61
	3.4 Regulatory Pathways Involved in Shoot Branching	64
	3.5 Future Perspectives	67
	References	67
	Chapter 4 Bud Dormancy and Growth	71
	4.1 Introduction	71
	4.2 Regulation of Paradormancy	72
	4.3 Regulation of Endodormancy	75
	4.4 Ecodormancy	82
	4.5 Regulation of Cell Division and Development Is Important for All Forms of Dormancy	82
	4.6 Future Perspectives	84
	References	84
	Chapter 5 Root Development	89
	5.1 Introduction	89
	5.2 Plant Root Systems, All But Uniform	89
	5.3 Patterning During Root Embryogenesis	94
	5.4 Lateral Root Development	98
	5.5 Conclusions	101
	References	102
	Chapter 6 Legume Nodule Development	109
	6.1 Introduction	109
	6.2 Evolution Towards Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterial Endosymbiosis	110
	6.3 Legume Nodule Initiation and Development	111
	6.4 NF Perception, Signal Transduction and Genes Involved in the Establishment of Nodulation	114
	6.5 Genes Involved in Infection, Formation and Development of Nodules	122
	6.6 The Latest Stage of Nodulation: Nodule Senescence	127
	6.7 Hormones in Nodulation	129
	6.8 Autoregulation	136
	6.9 Tools to Study Nodulation in Legumes	139
	References	143
	Chapter 7 Tuber Development	155
	7.1 Introduction	155
	7.2 Potato Tuber Development	157
	7.3 Summary	165
	References	165
	Chapter 8 Senescence	169
	8.1 Introduction	169
	8.2 Senescence in Plants	170
	8.3 Symptoms of Senescence	170
	8.4 Regulation of Leaf Senescence	173
	8.5 Molecular Genetic Regulation of Leaf Senescence	178
	8.6 Genetic Manipulation and Application of Leaf Senescence	181
	8.7 Conclusions and Outlooks	182
	References	183
	Part III Reproductive Growth and Development	188
	Chapter 9 Floral Organ Initiation and Development	189
	9.1 Introduction: the Angiosperm Flower	189
	9.2 The MADS Box Family of Transcription Factors	190
	9.3 Change from Vegetative Growth to Reproductive Growth	191
	9.4 Floral Quartet Model	196
	9.5 Autoregulatory Mechanisms	203
	9.6 Other Genes Involved in Floral Organogenesis	203
	9.7 Targets of the Floral Organ Identity Genes	204
	9.8 Summary	205
	References	205
	Chapter 10 Control of Flower Development	211
	10.1 Introduction	211
	10.2 Regulation of Floral Organ Development	212
	10.3 Genetic Network of Flowering Control	215
	10.4 Perspectives	222
	References	222
	Chapter 11 Development and Function of the Female Gametophyte	225
	11.1 Introduction	225
	11.2 The Formation of Female Gametes	226
	11.3 Genetic Dissection of Female Gametogenesis	229
	11.4 Transcriptional Analysis of the Female Gametophyte	230
	11.5 Double Fertilization	234
	11.6 Future Trends	236
	References	237
	Chapter 12 Male Gametophyte Development	241
	12.1 Introduction	241
	12.2 Overview of Pollen Development	242
	12.3 Gametophytic Mutants Affecting Pollen Development	243
	12.4 Mutants Affecting Gametophytic Cell Divisions (Morphological Screens)	248
	12.5 Genes with Roles in Asymmetric Microspore Division	249
	12.6 Genes Controlling Male Germline Development	250
	12.7 Transcriptomics of Pollen Development	252
	12.8 Two Global Male Gametophytic Gene Expression Programmes	253
	12.9 Post-Transcriptional Regulation	255
	12.10 Integrating Genetic and Transcriptomic Data	255
	References	256
	Chapter 13 Pollen Germination and Tube Growth	261
	13.1 Introduction	261
	13.2 Mature Pollen Grains	262
	13.3 Pollen-Stigma Interaction	267
	13.4 Pollen Germination and Tube Growth	271
	13.5 Conclusions	288
	References	288
	Chapter 15 Fruit Development	317
	15.1 Introduction	317
	15.2 Floral Development and Fruit Set	318
	15.3 Early Fruit Development	320
	15.4 Fruit Enlargement	322
	15.5 Fruit Maturation and Ripening	325
	15.6 Perspectives	329
	References	330
	Chapter 16 Mechani