Molecular and Cellular Plant Reproduction

• Main Author: Kang Chong (auth)
• Other Authors: Ravishankar Palanivelu (auth), Dazhong Zhao (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Botany & plant sciences; Pollen tube growth; Sexual and asexual reproduction; flowering time and flower development; self-incompatibility and pollination; embryo and fruit development; Meiosis; sterility and floral organ degeneration; gene regulatory networks and live-cell imaging; sex determination; epigenetics
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Plant reproduction is essential not only for producing offspring but also for increasing crop quality and yield. Moreover, plant reproduction entails complex growth and developmental processes, which provide a variety of opportunities for elucidating fundamental principles in biology. The combinatio...