SUBJECT
Title
Reproduction of Plants II
Type of instruction
lecture
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
1
Recommended in
Semester 3
Typically offered in
Autumn semester
Course description
1. Molecular biology and physiology of flower development
2. Pollen-pistil interaction
3. Incompatibility
4. Pollen tube growth in the stigma and style
5. The function and structur of different synergids
6. Double fertilization
7. Sperm dimorphism, ultrastructure.
8. Early events of zygote formation
9. Apomixis
10. In vitro embrio sac and sperm cell isolation
11. In vitro fertilization
12. Pollen and microspore culture, DH techniques
13. Biotechnology and sexual reproduction
14. Perspectives in plant sexual reproduction research.
Readings
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S.R. Mishra: Plant Reproduction, Discovery Publishing House, 2005
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Sharman D. O'Neill, Jeremy A. Roberts: Plant Reproduction, Taylor & Francis, 2002