Plant Reproduction: Genetics and Biology (Professor A.K. Koul Felicitation Volume)

The edited volume is a compilation of review articles encompassing important aspects of plant reproduction. The first article by R.L. Paliwal (CIMMYT, Mexico), a renowned plant breeder, sets the trend by providing insight into challenges likely to be encountered by world agriculture in the 21st century and suggests remedies thereof by manipulating reproduction of crop plants. Starting with articles documenting new findings on ever enigmatic B chromosomes (A. Pande and S.S. Raghuvanshi) and the latest trends in cytogenetics research (P.K. Gupta), other articles cover fascinating phenomena, like the process of flowering (S.K. Sopory and M. Munshi), mechanisms of pollination in aquatic angiosperms (H.Y. Mohan Ram and Charu Khosla), Pollen-pistil interaction (K.R. Shivanna) and seed development (Dalbir Singh). The last article by N. Mohapatra, T. Mohapatra and S.V.S. Chauhan reviews literature on somaclonal variations in 19 genera and highlights achievements made through this in-vitro technique. Authored by experts in their respective fields the topics covered have received students, researchers, teachers and all others interested in the genetics and biology of flowering plant reproduction.