Patterns in plant development /
Saved in:
| Author / Creator: | Steeves, Taylor A., 1926- |
|---|---|
| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
| Imprint: | Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989. |
| Description: | xv, 388 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/926537 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Development in the vascular plants
- 2. Embryogenesis: beginnings of development
- 3. Analytical and experimental studies of embryo development
- 4. The structure of the shoot apex
- 5. Analytical studies of the shoot apex
- 6. Experimental investigations on the shoot apex
- 7. Organogenesis in the shoot: leaf origin and position
- 8. Organogenesis in the shoot: determination of leaves and branches
- 9. Organogenesis in the shoot: later stages of leaf development
- 10. Determinate shoots: thorns and flowers
- 11. The development of the shoot system
- 12. The root
- 13. Differentiation of the plant body: the origin of pattern
- 14. Differentiation of the plant body: the elaboration of pattern
- 15. Secondary growth: the vascular cambium
- 16. Seconary growth: experimental studies on the cambium
- 17. Alternative patterns of development
- Credits
- Author index
- Subject index
