Sexual Reproduction in Higher Plants - Proceedings of the Tenth International Symposium on the Sexual Reproduction in Higher Plants, 30 May - 4 June 1988 University of Siena, Siena, Italy (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988)

Based on papers presented at the International Symposium on Sexual Reproduction in Higher Plants, this volume covers the topics: micro- and macrosporogenesis, the activation and recognition of mature pollen, 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 gene expression. The reinvestigation of classical topics using modern methods such as immunofluorescence, micromanipulation, freeze-substitution, electron microscopy, etc., is the common basis of all results presented. Especially applied aspects of sexual reproduction important e.g. for crop improvement, are discussed in detail.