Embryology of Flowering Plants : Terminology and Concepts
The Seed
T.B. Batygina (ed.): Dept. of Embryology and Reproductive Biology, Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
ISBN 978-1-57808-263-6; 2005; 786 Pages; US $ 168.00     Buy Now


This volume covers up-to-date notions of seed structure, processes resulting to its formation (syngamy, triple fusion etc.), as well as of postseminal development (seed dormancy and germination). Great attention has been paid to the morphological and functional aspects of fertilization process and embryo- and endospermogenesis.