Plant Reproductive and Molecular Biology

This book comprises 20 articles on reproductive and molecular biology of plants contributed by eminent botanists. Among the contributors, one is a reputed scientist from Japan and another who has spent nearly three decades in Mexico as Director of CIMMYT. The wide range of articles provides valuable information on various aspects of reproductive biology of flowering plants incorporating autonomous endosperm development, in vitro production of haploids and triploids, in situ pollen germination, pollination mechanism, factors affecting reproductive success, use of synthetic hybridizing agents, pollen allelopathy, plant sciences perspective along with cell and molecular biology including transposon diversity, calcium signaling, sex chromosomes, plant DNA fingerprinting, DNA fibres, cytotoxicity and biomarkers of senescence in plants.