Pollen Biotechnology for Crop Production and Improvement
Our knowledge of pollen, the gold dust that carries the male germ line of flowering plants and is vital for sexual reproduction and seed formation, has 'come of age' with the publication of this book. Here, for the first time in a single volume, are all the ideas and techniques developed in the last two decades concerning the manipulation of pollen and pollen tubes in plant breeding and biotechnology. Pollen has never been an easy topic to come to grips with, with its variable and often...
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This book discusses all the ideas and techniques developed in the last two decades concerning the manipulation of pollen and pollen tubes in plant breeding and biotechnology.
ContributorsForewordPreface1Pollen biology and pollen biotechnology: an introduction1Pt. IPollen biology: an overview132Pollen development and pollen-pistil interaction153Gene expression during pollen development404Pollination biology and plant breeding systems59Pt. IIPollen biotechnology and optimization of crop yield855Pollination efficiency of insects876Pollination constraints and management of pollinating insects for crop production121Pt. IIIPollen biotechnology and hybrid seed production1537Cytoplasmic male sterility1558Genic male sterility1839Self-incompatibility19910Chemical induction of male sterility21811Male sterility through recombinant DNA technology237Pt. IVPollen biotechnology and plant breeding25912Barriers to hybridization26113Methods for overcoming interspecific crossing barriers27314Storage of pollen29315Mentor effects in pistil-mediated pollen-pollen interactions31516Pollen tube growth and pollen selection33317Isolation and manipulation of sperm cells35218Isolation and micromanipulation of embryo sac and egg cell in maize36319In vitro fertilization with single isolated gametes37720Pollen embryos39221Use of pollen in gene transfer423Index438
