Pollination: Mechanisms, Ecology and Agricultural Advances

$210.00

Nichole D. Raskin (Editor)
Patrick T. Vuturro (Editor)

Series: Botanical Research and Practices
BISAC: SCI011000

This new book presents topical research in the study of the mechanisms, ecology and agricultural advances of pollination. Topics discussed include pollination strategies; the pollination mechanisms in common and rare flowers of the Passiflora species; pollen tube growth and ovule abortion in Olea Europaea (Oleaceae); the application of airborne pollen data to agronomical research and orbicules in relation to pollination modes. (Imprint: Nova)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Pollination Strategies: The Point of View of Plants-Personal Experiences and Review of the Literature
(Guido Flamini, Dipartimento di Scienze Farmaceutiche, Sede di Chimica Bioorganica e Biofarmacia, Pisa, Italy) pp.1-32

Pollination Mechanisms in Passiflora Species: The Common and the Rare Flowers – Ecological Aspects and Implications for Horticulture
(M.T. Amela García, P.S. Hoc, Depto. de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, PROPLAME-PHRIDEP (CONICET), Argentina)pp.33-56

Pollen Tube Growth and Ovule Abortion in Olea Europaea (Oleaceae): A Case of Ovule Selection?
(Julián Cuevas, Luis Rallo, Hava F. Rapoport, Departamento de Producción Vegetal, Universidad de Almería, Almería, Spain, and others)pp.57-72

Application of Airborne Pollen Data to Agronomical Research
(H. García-Mozo, Dpto. Botánica, Ecología y Fisiología Vegetal, Universidad de Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain)pp.73-84

2N Pollen Formation: 40 Cytological Mechanisms of Nuclear Neiotic Restitution
(Natalia V. Shamina, Institute of Chemical Biology and Experimental Medicine, Siberian Branco of RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia)*pp.85-148

Orbicules in Relation to the Pollination Modes
(B.G. Galati, M.M. Gotelli, S. Rosenfeldt, J.P. Tortea, G. Zarlavsky, Catedra de Botanica, Facultad de Agronomia, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina, and others)* pp.149-164

Index pp.165-174

 

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