Böcker i Embryology of Flowering Plants-serien

Evolutionary embryology has given rise to an approach to the study of problems of adaptation in plants. In connection with the problem of preserving biological diversity, attention is paid to ecological embryology, revealing the critical periods in early ontogenesis and plasticity and tolerance of reproductive systems at the level of species.

This volume covers up-to-date notions of seed structure, processes resulting in its formation (syngamy, triple fusion) as well as of post-seminal development (seed dormancy and germination). Attention is paid to the morphological and functional aspects of the fertilization process.

This work is divided into three parts - flower, auther and ovule. The principal aim of the work is to summarize the classical and current concepts about flower generative organs, their structure and development, and about seed formation processes.