Pollen : Development and Physiology

Pollen: Development and Physiology focuses on pollen physiology, with emphasis on the living pollen grains, their growth, and essential biological functions. Topics covered in this book include the role of nucleus and cytoplasm in microsporogenesis; the development of the pollen grain wall; the metabolism of pollen tubes; pistil-pollen interactions; and incompatibility. This monograph is comprised of 35 chapters divided into five sections. The first section explores the physiology and biochemistry of meiosis in the anther; changes in the cytoplasm and its organelles during microsporogenesis; and changes in cytoplasmic RNA and enzyme activity during the meiotic prophase in Cosmos bipinnatus. The next section is devoted to pollen development and the pollen grain wall and includes chapters that look at the role of the tapetum during microsporogenesis of angiosperms; dictyosome development during microsporogenesis in Canna generalis; and pollen grain and sperm cell ultrastructure in Beta. The remaining sections discuss the metabolism of pollen and pollen tubes; the interactions between pollen and pistil; and pollen size and incompatibility in Nicotiana. This text will be a valuable resource for plant physiologists. Content: Front Matter , Page iii Copyright , Page iv Foreword , Page v , G. ERDTMAN Preface , Page vii , J. Heslop-Harrison Physiology and Biochemistry of Meiosis in the Anther , Pages 3-15 , Jörg J. Sauter The Cytoplasm and its Organelles During Meiosis , Pages 16-31 , J. Heslop-Harrison Cytoplasmic RNA and Enzyme Activity During the Meiotic Prophase in Cosmos bipinnatus , Pages 32-35 , R.B. Knox, H.G. Dickinson, J. Heslop-Harrison Histones, RNA and Protein Synthesis in Pollen Cells of Paeonia , Pages 36-37 , Jörg J. Sauter The Role of the Tapetum During Microsporogenesis of Angiosperms , Pages 41-61 , P. Echlin Dictyosome Development During Microsporogenesis in Canna generalis , Pages 62-67 , J.J. Skvarla, A.G. Kelly Pollen Grain and Sperm Cell Ultrastructure in Beta , Pages 68-69 , L.L. Hoefert Histochemistry and Ultrastructure of Pollen Development in Podocarpus macrophyllus D. Don , Pages 70-74 , I.K. Vasil, H.C. Aldrich The Pollen Wall: Structure and Development , Pages 75-98 , J. Heslop-Harrison Recent Developments in the Chemistry, Biochemistry, Geochemistry and Post-tetrad Ontogeny of Sporopollenins Derived from Pollen and Spore Exines , Pages 99-114 , J. Brooks, G. Shaw Incorporation of Radioactive Precursors into Developing Pollen Walls , Pages 115-120 , Darlene Southworth Surface Membrane Specialisations and the Pollen Wall , Pages 121-124 , J.J. Flynn A Function of the Sporocyte Special Wall , Page 125 , L. Waterkeyn, A. Bienfait The Tapetal Membranes in Grasses and Ubisch Body Control of Mature Exine Pattern , Pages 126-127 , U.C. Banerjee, E.S. Barghoorn Pollen Chemistry and Tube Growth , Pages 131-155 , Robert G. Stanley Pollen Enzymes and Isoenzymes , Pages 156-170 , J.L. Brewbaker Pollen Wall Enzymes: Taxonomic Distribution and Physical Localisation , Pages 171-173 , R.B. Knox, J. Heslop-Harrison Pollen Protein Diffusates , Pages 174-176 , R.G. Stanley, R.W. Search Pollen Tube Growth and Fine Structure , Pages 177-185 , Walter G. Rosen Effects of Steroids on Pollen Germination , Pages 186-189 , S. Matsubara Metabolism of Germinating Lily Pollen: Pollen Enzymes , Pages 190-193 , David B. Dickinson, Michael D. Davies The Significance of a Wall-bound, Hydroxyproline-containing Glyco-peptide in Lily Pollen Tube Elongation , Pages 194-200 , W.V. Dashek, H.I. Harwood, W.G. Rosen RNA and Protein Synthesis During Pollen Development and Tube Growth , Pages 201-222 , J.P. Mascarenhas Ribosome Synthesis Compared During Pollen and Pollen Tube Development , Pages 223-229 , Dale M. Steffensen Lack of Transfer RNA Synthesis in the Pollen Tube of Tradescantia paludosa , Pages 230-231 , Joseph P. Mascarenhas In vitro Synthesis of Proteins by Polysomes from Germinating Petunia Pollen , Pages 232-233 , H.F. Linskens The Production of Haploid Embryos from Pollen Grains , Pages 234-236 , J.P. Nitsch Pistil-Pollen Interactions in Lilium , Pages 239-254 , W.G. Rosen Can Ca + + Ions Act as a Chemotropic Factor in Oenothera Fertilisation? , Pages 255-261 , H.O. Glenk, W. Wagner, O. Schimmer The Nature of the Stigmatic Exudate and its Role in Pollen Germination , Pages 262-266 , F.W. Martin, J.L. Brewbaker Effect of Stigmatic Exudate Injected into the Stylar Canal on Compatible and Incompatible Pollen Tube Growth in Lilium longiflorum Thunb. , Pages 267-272 , P.D. Ascher, L.W. Drewlow Use of Pistil Exudate for Pollen Tube Wall Biosynthesis in Lilium longiflorum , Pages 273-278 , M. Kroh, C. Labarca, F. Loewus Advances in the Study of Incompatibility , Pages 281-309 , C.E. Townsend Incompatibility in Trifolium pratense L. , Pages 310-312 , W.A. Kendall, N.L. Taylor Genetic and Environmental Variation of Pseudo-Self-Compatibility , Pages 313-316 , R.C. Leffel Pollen Size and Incompatibility in Nicotiana , Pages 317-322 , K.K. Pandey Author Index , Pages 325-329 Genera Index , Pages 331-333 Subject Index , Pages 335-338