Review

1 Pages·2002·0.27 MB·English

by  Adema, Frits

318 BLUMEA Vol. 47, No. 2, 2002
Review
S.S. BHOJWANI & W.Y. SOH (eds.): Current Trendsinthe Embryology ofAngio-
sperms. KluwerAcademicPublishers, Dordrecht, 2001. ix + 533 pp., illus. ISBN
0-7923-6888-6.Price:EUR 220.
Theapplicationofmoderntechniquesinhistochemistry,electronmicroscopy,physi-
ology,biochemistry, molecularbiology, etc.inthelastdecadeshaschanged embryology
froma descriptive science to anexperimental andapplied science. Thepresentbook
is aresultofthis development.
A score ofauthors deals with allaspects ofembryology frommaleandfemale
gametogenesis tofruits and seeds. Amongst thetopics discussedinthis volumeare:
maleandfemalesporogenesis, fertilisation(invivoandinvitro),zygotic andsomatic
embryogenesis, endosperm development, maturation, germination and dormancy of
seeds. Someofthemorespecial subjects are apomixis andparthenocarpy.
Although genesis ofmicro- andmacrospores, fertilisationandseed development
mayplay animportantrole inthetransferofgenes fromone generation tothenext,
only very littleattentionis paid toaspects ofevolutionofembryogenesis.
Frits Adema