Reproductive ecology of flowering plants : patterns and processes / Rajesh Tandon, K. R. Shivanna, Monika Koul, editors.
Tandon, Rajesh.; Shivanna, K. R.; Koul, Monika.
2020
SB406.55
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Title Reproductive ecology of flowering plants : patterns and processes / Rajesh Tandon, K. R. Shivanna, Monika Koul, editors.
ISBN 9789811542107 (electronic book)
9811542104 (electronic book)
9811542090
9789811542091
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4210-7
Publication Details Singapore : Springer, 2020.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Item Number 10.1007/978-981-15-4210-7 doi
10.1007/978-981-15-4
Call Number SB406.55
Dewey Decimal Classification 581.4/6
Summary Sexual reproduction is the predominant mode of perpetuation for flowering plant species. Investigating the reproductive strategies of plants has grown to become a vast area of research and, in crop plants, covers events from flowering to fruit and seed development; in wild species, it extends up to seed dispersal and seedling recruitment. Thus, reproduction determines the extent of yield in crop plants and, in wild plants, also determines the efficacy of recruiting new adults to the population, making this field important both from fundamental and applied plant biology perspectives. Moreover, in light of the growing concerns regarding food and nutritional security for the growing population and preserving biological diversity, reproductive biology of flowering plants has acquired special significance. Extensive studies on various facets of reproduction are being carried out around the world. However, these studies are scattered across research journals and reviews from diverse areas of biology. The present volume covers the whole spectrum of reproductive ecology, from phenology and floral biology, to sexuality and pollination biology/ecology including floral rewards, breeding systems, apomixis and seed dispersal. In turn, transgene flow, its biosafety and mitigation approaches, and the 'global pollinator crisis, which has become a major international concern in light of the urgent need to sustain crop yield and biodiversity, are discussed in detail. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable resource for students, teachers and researchers of botany, zoology, ecology, agriculture and forestry, as well as conservation biologists.
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Shivanna, K. R.
Koul, Monika.
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Chapter 1: Reproductive Ecology of Flowering Plants: An Introduction
Chapter 2: Climate Change and Vegetation Phenology
Chapter 3: The Pistil: Structure in Relation to its Function
Chapter 4: Pollen-Pistil Interaction and Fertilization
Chapter 5: Olfactory Cues as Functional Traits in Plant Reproduction
Chapter 6: A Snapshot of Evolutionary History of Floral Nectaries across Angiosperm Lineages
Chapter 7: Floral Symmetry
What it is, How it Forms, and Why it Varies
Chapter 8: Resource Allocation in Flowering Plants: Concept and Implications
Chapter 9: Dynamics of Eco-evolutionary Forces in Shaping Dioecy
Chapter 10: Secondary Pollen Presentation in Flowering Plants
Chapter 11: Outbreeding in Angiosperms: Floral Architecture and Sexuality
Chapter 12: Sexual Selection in Angiosperms: Paradox Re-visited
Chapter 13: Role of Apomixis in Perpetuation of Flowering Plants: Ecological Perspective
Chapter 14: Biotic Seed Dispersal Mechanisms Of Tropical Rain Forests
Bats, Fishes And Migratory Birds
Chapter 15: (Trans)gene Flow: Mechanisms, Biosafety Concerns and Mitigation for Containment
Chapter 16: 'Global Pollinator Crisis and its Impact on Crop Productivity and Sustenance of Plant Diversity.

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