Biological Approaches and Evolutionary Trends in Plants

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Dedication, Page v
Contributors, Pages vii-viii
Preface, Pages ix-x, Shoichi Kawano
1 - Genetic Variation in Weeds — with Particular Reference to Canadian Agricultural Weeds, Pages 3-18, SUZANNE I. WARWICK
2 - Differentiation and Adaptation in the Genus Capsella (Brassicaceae), Pages 19-32, HERBERT HURKA
3 - Parapatric Differentiation of Paraquat Resistant Biotypes in Some Compositae Species, Pages 33-49, KAZUYUKI ITOH, SHOOICHI MATSUNAKA
4 - Biosystematics of Cultivated Plants and Their Wild Relatives, Pages 51-66, LEONARD W.D. VAN RAAMSDONK
5 - Weed-Crop Complex in Cereal Cultivation, Pages 67-80, HISAO KOBAYASHI, SADAO SAKAMOTO
6 - Responses to Flooding in Weeds from River Areas, Pages 81-94, CORNELIS W.P.M. BLOM
7 - Chloroplast DNA and Nuclear rDNA Variation: Insights into Autopolyploid and Allopolyploid Evolution, Pages 97-117, DOUGLAS E. SOLTIS, PAMELA S. SOLTIS
8 - Chloroplast DNA and Phylogenetic Studies in the Asteridae, Pages 119-134, RICHARD G. OLMSTEAD, ROBERT K. JANSEN, HELEN J. MICHAELS, STEPHEN R. DOWNIE, JEFFREY D. PALMER
9 - Ribosomal DNA Variation and its Use in Plant Biosystematics, Pages 135-158, CHRISTIAN KNAAK, R. KEITH HAMBY, MICHAEL L. ARNOLD, MONIQUE D. LEBLANC, RUSSELL L. CHAPMAN, ELIZABETH A. ZIMMER
10 - Molecular Approach to Plant Systematics from Protein Sequence Comparison, Pages 159-170, KEISHIRO WADA
11 - A Protein Sequence Study of the Phylogeny and Origin of the Dicotyledons, Pages 171-181, PETER G. MARTIN, JULIE M. DOWD
12 - Genome Organisation and Evolution in the Genus Vicia, Pages 183-201, S.N. RAINA
13 - Relationship between Plant Breeding Systems and Pollination, Pages 205-227, MARY T. KALIN ARROYO, FRANCISCO SQUEO
14 - Variation and Evolution of Mating Systems in Seed Plants, Pages 229-254, SPENCER C.H. BARRETT, CHRISTOPHER G. ECKERT
15 - Reproductive Biology of Milkweeds (Asclepias): Recent Advances, Pages 255-272, ROBERT WYATT, STEVEN B. BROYLES
16 - Biology of Asexually Reproducing Plants, Pages 273-292, KRYSTYNA M. URBANSKA
17 - The Demographic Consequences of Sexuality and Apomixis in Antennaria, Pages 293-307, PAULETTE BIERZYCHUDEK
18 - Mating Systems and Speciation in Haplontic Unicellular Algae, Desmids, Pages 309-332, TERUNOBU ICHIMURA, FUMIE KASAI
19 - Optimal Growth Schedule of Terrestrial Plants, Pages 335-349, YOH IWASA
20 - Annual Plants: A Life-History and Population Analysis, Pages 351-366, ANDREW R. WATKINSON
21 - Evolution of Size-dependent Reproduction in Biennial Plants: A Demographic Approach, Pages 367-385, NAOKI KACHI
22 - The Use of Functional as Opposed to Phylogenetic Systematics: A First Step in Predictive Community Ecology, Pages 387-406, PAUL A. KEDDY
Index, Pages 407-417