Covers the various aspects of the embryology of angiosperms, from development, isolation, and structure of male and female gametes, their fusion in vivo and in vitro, and structure, physiology, and genetics of zygotic embryogenesis, to endosperm and seed development. This book is intended for scientists of botany and other areas of plant sciences.

Advances in somatic embryogenesis, synthetic seed technology and regeneration of haploid plants from male and female gametophytes are discussed. Other important topics covered in this volume are sexual incompatibility, parthenocarpy, and apomixis. The last chapter deals with the embryological perspective of inheritance of extra-nuclear genes. All the chapters contain up-to-date information and are profusely illustrated. Graduate and postgraduate students, teachers, and scientists of botany and other areas of plant sciences will find this book extremely useful.

Introduction. 1. Male Gametogenesis
Development and Structure of Sperm
D. Southworth, S.C. Russell. 2. Sperm and Generative Cell
Isolation and Manipulation
D. Southworth. 3. Pollen Germination and Pollen Tube Growth
Tip Growth Mechanism in Sexual Plant Reproduction
A. Moscatelli, M. Cresti. 4. Female Gametogenesis
Ontogenesis of the Embryo Sac and Female Gametes
S.D. Russell. 5. Embryo Sac
Isolation and Manipulation
D.D. Cass, J.D. Laurie. 6. In Vivo Fertilization
T.B. Batygina, V.E. Vasilyeva. 7. In Vitro Fertilization
E. Kranz. 8. Sexual Incompatibility
F. Cruz-Garcia, B.A. MacClure. 9. Zygotic Embryogenesis
Structural Aspects
R. Czapik, R. Izmailow. 10. Zygotic Embryogenesis
Hormonal Control of Embryo Development
B. Fischer-Iglesias, G. Neuhaus. 11. Zygotic Embryogenesis: Developmental Genetics
The Formation of an Embryo from a Fertilized Egg
K. Schrick, T. Laux. 12. Somatic Embryogenesis
T.A. Thorpe, C. Stasolla. 13. Synthetic Seeds of Asparagus Officinalis L.
K. Mamiya, et al. 14. Endosperm Development
P.W. Becraft, et al. 15. Seed Maturation, Germination, and Dormancy
A.B. Downie. 16. Gametophytic Apomixis
A Successful Mutation of the Female Gametogenesis
Y. Savidan. 17. Parthenocarpy
State of the Art
A. Spena, G.L. Rotino. 18. Androgenesis in Brassica
A Model System to Study the Initiation of Plant Embryogenesis
J.B.M. Custers, et al. 19. Androgenesis in Cereals
S.K. Datta. 20. In Vitro Gynogenesis
S.S. Bhojwani, T.D. Thomas. 21. Inheritance of Cytoplasmic Traits -- Embryological Perspectives
T. Kuroiwa, et al. Subject Index.