Flowering and its Manipulation

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Contributors. Preface. Part I. Core Development and Genetics. 1. A developmental genetic model for the origin of the flower (David A. Baum and Lena C. Hileman, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA). 2. Floral Induction (Reynald Tremblay and Joseph Colasanti, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada). 3. Floral patterning and control of floral organ formation (Elena M. Kramer, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA). 4. The Genetic Control of Flower Size and Shape (Lynette Fulton, Martine Batoux, Ram Kishor Yadav and Kay Schneitz, Entwicklungsbiologie der Pflanzen, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technische Universitat Munchen, Freising, Germany). 5. Inflorescence architecture: Moving beyond description (Susan R. Singer, Department of Biology, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, USA). Part II. Specialised Components of Development. 6. Close, yet separate: patterns of male and female floral development in monoecious species (Rafael Perl--Treves and Prem Anand Rajagopalan, Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar--Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel). 7. Cytoplasmic male sterility (Francoise Budar, Pascal Touzet & Georges Pelletier, Station de Genetique et da Amelioration des Plantes, Institut Jean--Pierre Bourgin -- INRA, Versailles, France). 8. The diversity and significance of flowering in perennials (Theresa Townsend, School of Plant Sciences, University of Reading, Berkshire, UK Maria Albani, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany Mike Wilkinson, School of Plant Sciences, University of Reading, Berkshire, UK George Coupland, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany and Nick H. Battey, School of Plant Sciences, University of Reading, Berkshire, UK).. Part III. A Developmental Genetic Model for the Origin of the Flower. 9. Flower colour (Yoshikazu Tanaka, Institute for Advanced Technology, Suntory Ltd. Osaka, Japan, and Filippa Brugliera, Florigene Ltd., 16 Gipps Street, Collingwood, Victoria 3066, Australia). 10. Floral Scent: biosynthesis, regulation, and genetic modifications (Jennifer Schnepp and Natalia Dudareva, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA). Part IV. Senescence. 11. Flower senescence: fundamental and applied aspects (Anthony D. Stead, Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway (University of London), Egham, Surrey, UK Wouter G. van Doorn, Wageningen University and Research Centre, Wageningen, The Netherlands M. L. Jones, Floriculture/ Molecular Biology, Horticulture and Crop Science Department, The Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, USA and C. Wagstaff, School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK). . References. Index.