Angiosperm Pollen and Ovules

Front Matter....Pages i-xxvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Pollen Expressed Genes and Their Regulation....Pages 3-6
Pollen Allergens: Molecular Cloning and Mechanism for Pollen-induced Asthma....Pages 7-11
The Analysis of Maize Mutant de-ga MI6 Induced by Transposon Tagging....Pages 12-15
Isolation of Genes Preferentially Expressed in Pistils of Tobacco Flowers....Pages 16-21
Inhibition of Flavonoid Biosynthesis in Petunia Anthers by Antisense RNA: A Novel Way to Engineer Nuclear Male Sterility....Pages 22-27
Markers for the Y Chromosome of Silene latifolia and Their Use in Studying Pollen Tube Growth Rates....Pages 28-31
Expression of a Rice Histone Gene during Pollen Developmental Transformations in Hyoscyamus niger (Henbane)....Pages 32-35
Plastid Developmental Pathways in Some Angiosperm Reproductive Cells....Pages 36-42
In Vitro Polymerization of F-actin and Assembly of Microfilament Cytoskeleton of Pollen Actin....Pages 43-52
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
The Role of the Pollen Grain Coating in Pollination and Self-incompatibility in Brassica oleracea ....Pages 55-65
Molecular Genetics of Gametophytic Self-incompatibility in Solanaceae....Pages 66-74
Molecular Genetics of Self-incompatibility in Nicotiana alata ....Pages 75-83
Recognition, Signals, and Pollen Responses in the Incompatibility Reaction in Papaver rhoeas ....Pages 84-93
Self-incompatibility Products of the Male Partner in Brassica oleracea ....Pages 94-100
Gametophytic Incompatibility in Petunia Hybrida : Molecular Aspects of Male Gametophyte and Female; Sporophyte Interactions....Pages 101-103
Self-incompatibility in Antirrhinum ....Pages 104-109
Cross-incompatibility in Maize—A Case of a 3 Locus Interaction by Non-allelic Male and Female Genes....Pages 110-116
Effects of Style Age on the Performance of Self and Cross Pollen in Campanula rapunculoides ....Pages 117-121
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Gene Expression during Brassica napus Pollen Development....Pages 125-132
Pollen Mitochondrial Proteins in Fertile and Male Sterile Nicotiana sylvestris ....Pages 133-138
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Pollen Specific Gene Expression during Development and Germination in Tobacco....Pages 139-143
Concurrent Development of the Ovule Structures in Some Flowering Plants....Pages 144-148
Recent Advances in Clearing Techniques for Study of Ovule and Female Gametophyte Development....Pages 149-154
Comparisons of Early Ovule Development through Megagametogenesis in Rapid-cycling Brassica rapa L. and B. campestris L. Using the Herr Clearing Techniques....Pages 155-159
Maturation of the Pollen of Cotton....Pages 160-161
Pollen Tube Growth in Culture. I. Control of Morphology and Generative Nucleus Division in Cultured Pollen Tubes of Nicotiana ....Pages 162-167
Pollen Tube Growth and Ovule Penetration in Gasteria verrucosa (Mill.), H. Duval....Pages 168-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Membrane Behaviour and Stress Tolerance in Pollen....Pages 177-186
Recent Aspects of Sporopollenin Biosynthesis....Pages 187-190
Developmental Synthesis of HSPs in the Male Gametophytic Phase of Heat Tolerant and Heat Sensitive Species....Pages 191-195
Electrophoretic Analysis of the Proteins Newly Formed as a Consequence of Pollen-Pistil Interaction....Pages 196-200
Adaptive Germination Responses by Walnut ( Juglans ) Pollen to Temperature during Pollen Development....Pages 201-206
Effect of the Carboxylic Ionophore Monensin on the Growth and Protein Pattern of Pollen Tubes....Pages 207-212
Localization of the Proteins Contained in the Stigma Exudate on the Lily Pistil Tissue....Pages 213-217
Microtubular Motors in the Pollen Tube of Nicotiana tabacum ....Pages 218-223
The Microtubular Cytoskeleton during Pollen Development and Pollen Tube Growth in Nicotiana tabacum ....Pages 224-232
Mitosis and Colchicine Effects on Microtubule Organization in Isolated Generative Cells of Allamanda neriifolia ....Pages 233-237
The Extracellular Matrix in Pollen Tube Growth....Pages 238-244
Analogies of Chromosome Reducing Events in Somatic Cultured Cells and in Microsporogenesis....Pages 245-247
Cytological Studies on Plastid Inheritance in Alfalfa ( Medicago sativa )....Pages 248-252
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
Modifications in the Interapertural Exine Following Pollinations of Linum grandiflorum ....Pages 253-258
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Pollen Mediated Indirect Gene Transfer to Dicots and Monocots....Pages 261-273
2n Gametes for True Seed Production (TPS) in Potato: Basic and Applied Aspects....Pages 274-278
Induction of Embryogenesis in Isolated Pollen Cultures of Tobacco....Pages 279-284
Genotype and Ploidy Effects on Maize Pollen and In Vitro Germination Characteristics....Pages 285-290
Application of In Vitro Techniques in Cereal Pollen Biology....Pages 291-297
In Vitro Fertilization with Isolated Gametes of Maize and Its Application to Study Fertilization Processes and Early Events of Zygote Development....Pages 298-302
In Vitro Maturation of Maize Pollen....Pages 303-308
Differentiation and Maturation of Tobacco Pollen In Situ and in Suspension Culture....Pages 309-314
Pollen Tube Growth and Fertilization in Lilium longiflorum after Stigmatic and Placental Pollination....Pages 315-320
Isolation of Generative Cells and Sperm from Pollen Tubes of Lilium....Pages 321-324
New Interspecific Hybrids in the Genus Medicago through In Vitro Culture of Fertilized Ovules....Pages 325-330
In Vitro Fertilization: A Method Facilitating the Production of Hybrid Embryos and Plants....Pages 331-335
Introduction of Exogenous DNA into Plants after Pollination via the Pollen Tube Pathway....Pages 336-339
Biotechnology in Reproductive Biology....Pages 340-346
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Effects of High Temperature and Humidity Stresses on Tobacco Pollen and Their Progeny....Pages 349-354
Gamete Selection for Heat Stress Tolerance in Maize....Pages 355-358
Production of Highly Cold Tolerant Maize Inbred Lines by Repeated Gametophytic Selection....Pages 359-363
Herbicide Tolerance in Maize—Genetics and Pollen Selection....Pages 364-369
Gametophytic Selection for Early Maturity in Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.)....Pages 370-376
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Mechanisms in the Pistil that Regulate Gametophyte Population in Peach (Prunus persica)....Pages 377-381
Gametophytic Selection in Rice....Pages 382-387
Germination as a Component of Pollen Competitive Ability in Hibiscus moscheutos ....Pages 388-392
Front Matter....Pages 393-393
Developmental Genetics of Sexual Propagation in Oenothera ....Pages 395-400
The Effects on Genetic Load of Selection in the Gametophyte Stage....Pages 401-407
Natural and Artificial Hybrids in the Grasses....Pages 408-413
Pollen Competition as an Evolutionary Parameter Involved in the Domestication of Allogamous Cereal: A Two-locus Symmetrical Model of the Evolution on Sympatric Condition of Wild and Cultivated Populations of Pearl Millet....Pages 414-419
Evolution of Pollen Morphology: The Hare and Tortoise Game....Pages 420-425
Heterosis in Plants Starts Immediately after Fertilization....Pages 426-428
Evidence for Non-random Seed Setting of Ovules in the Pod of the Cruciferous Plants Brassica juncea and Raphanus sativus ....Pages 429-434
The Potential for Interference among the Pollen Grains of Wild Radish....Pages 435-440
Patterns of Bee Visitation to Flowers of Almond Cultivars in an Orchard as Determined by Molecular Genetic Marker Analysis of Pollen in the “Pollen Basket”....Pages 441-444
Environmental Effects on Pollen Characters and Paternity....Pages 445-450
Pollen and Ovules in Evolutionary Studies....Pages 451-455
Back Matter....Pages 457-465