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Plant Developmental Biology - Biotechnological Perspectives - Volume 2 (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
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Plant Developmental Biology - Biotechnological Perspectives - Volume 2 (Paperback, 2010 ed.)
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Manyexcitingdiscoveriesinrecentdecadeshavecontributednewknowledgeto
ourunderstandingofthemechanismsthatregulatevariousstagesofplantgrowth
anddevelopment.
Suchinformation,coupledwithadvancesincellandmolecular
biology,isfundamentaltocropimprovementusingbiotechnologicalapproaches.
Twovolumesconstitutethepresentwork. The?rst,comprising22chapters,
commenceswithintroductionsrelatingtogeneregulatorymodelsforplantdev-
opmentandcropimprovement,particularlytheuseofArabidopsisasamodelplant.
Thesechaptersarefollowedbyspeci?ctopicsthatfocusondifferentdevelopmental
aspectsassociatedwithvegetativeandreproductivephasesofthelifecycleofa
plant. Six chapters discuss vegetative growth and development.
Their contents
considertopicssuchasshootbranching,buddormancyandgrowth,thedevel-
ment of roots, nodules and tubers, and senescence. The reproductive
phase of
plantdevelopmentisin14chaptersthatpresenttopicssuchas?oralorganinit-
tionandtheregulationof?owering,thedevelopmentofmaleandfemalegametes,
pollengerminationandtubegrowth,fertilization,fruitdevelopmentandripening,
seed development, dormancy, germination, and apomixis. Male
sterility and self-incompatibilityarealsodiscussed.
Volume2has20chapters,threeofwhichreviewrecentadvancesinsomatic
embryogenesis,microsporeembryogenesisandsomaclonalvariation.
Sevenofthe
chapterstargetplantprocessesandtheirregulation,includingphotosynthatepartiti-
ing,seedmaturationandseedstorageproteinbiosynthesis,theproductionandregu-
tionoffattyacids,vitamins,alkaloidsand?owerpigments,and?owerscent.
This
secondbookalsocontainsfourchaptersonhormonalandenvironmentalsignaling
(aminocompounds-containinglipids,auxin,cytokinin,andlight)intheregulationof
plantdevelopment;othertopicsencompassthemoleculargeneticsofdevelopmental
regulation,includingRNAsilencing,DNAmethylation,epigenetics,activationt-
ging,homologousrecombination,andtheengineeringofsyntheticpromoters.
Thesebookswillserveaskeyreferencesforadvancedstudentsandresearchers
involved in a range of plant-orientated disciplines, including
genetics, cell and
molecularbiology,functionalgenomics,andbiotechnology. August2009
E-C. PuaandM. R. Davey v Contents PartI
CellDifferentiationandDevelopmentInVitro 1
DevelopmentalBiologyofSomaticEmbryogenesis ...3 R. J. Rose,F. R.
Mantiri,S. Kurdyukov,S-K. Chen,X-D. Wang, K. E. Nolan,andM. B.
Sheahan 1. 1 Introduction ...3 1. 2 BasicRequirementsforInVitroSE
...4 1. 3 ExplantandStemCellBiology ...5 1. 3. 1 Genotype ...5 1.
3. 2 ExplantCells ...6 1. 4
EarliestEventinEmbryogenesis-AsymmetricCellDivision ...8 1. 4. 1
CellWallinEstablishmentofPolarity,DivisionAsymmetry andCellFate
...8 1. 4. 2 DivisionAsymmetryintheInitiationofSE ...10 1. 4. 3
AsymmetricDivisionandtheSuspensorinSE ...10 1. 5
StressComponentintheInitiationofSE ...11 1. 5. 1
ReactiveOxygenSpecies ...11 1. 5. 2 Stress-RelatedHormoneSignalling
...12 1. 6 HormonesandtheInitiationofSE ...13 1. 7
InductionofSEbyOver-ExpressionofLeafyCotyledon
TranscriptionFactorsandTheirRelationshiptoSEInductionand
Repression-theGAConnection ...14 1. 8 ABA,StressandGA ...16 1. 9
SolubleSignalsandCell-CellInteractionsthatPromoteSEin
SuspensionCultures ...16 1. 9. 1 SecretedProteinsthatIn?uenceSE
...16 1. 9. 2 AGPSignallinginSE:MechanismsandInteractionsBetween
SignallingPathways ...17 1. 9. 3 Cell-AsymmetricCellDivision ...8
1. 4. 1 CellWallinEstablishmentofPolarity,DivisionAsymmetry
andCellFate ...8 1. 4. 2 DivisionAsymmetryintheInitiationofSE ...10
1. 4. 3 AsymmetricDivisionandtheSuspensorinSE ...10 1. 5
StressComponentintheInitiationofSE ...11 1. 5. 1
ReactiveOxygenSpecies ...11 1. 5. 2 Stress-RelatedHormoneSignalling
...12 1. 6 HormonesandtheInitiationofSE ...13 1. 7
InductionofSEbyOver-ExpressionofLeafyCotyledon
TranscriptionFactorsandTheirRelationshiptoSEInductionand
Repression-theGAConnection ...14 1. 8 ABA,StressandGA ...16 1. 9
SolubleSignalsandCell-CellInteractionsthatPromoteSEin
SuspensionCultures ...16 1. 9. 1 SecretedProteinsthatIn?uenceSE
...16 1. 9. 2 AGPSignallinginSE:MechanismsandInteractionsBetween
SignallingPathways ...17 1. 9. 3
Cell-Manyexcitingdiscoveriesinrecentdecadeshavecontributednewknowledgeto
ourunderstandingofthemechanismsthatregulatevariousstagesofplantgrowth
anddevelopment.
Suchinformation,coupledwithadvancesincellandmolecular
biology,isfundamentaltocropimprovementusingbiotechnologicalapproaches.
Twovolumesconstitutethepresentwork. The?rst,comprising22chapters,
commenceswithintroductionsrelatingtogeneregulatorymodelsforplantdev-
opmentandcropimprovement,particularlytheuseofArabidopsisasamodelplant.
Thesechaptersarefollowedbyspeci?ctopicsthatfocusondifferentdevelopmental
aspectsassociatedwithvegetativeandreproductivephasesofthelifecycleofa
plant. Six chapters discuss vegetative growth and development.
Their contents
considertopicssuchasshootbranching,buddormancyandgrowth,thedevel-
ment of roots, nodules and tubers, and senescence. The reproductive
phase of
plantdevelopmentisin14chaptersthatpresenttopicssuchas?oralorganinit-
tionandtheregulationof?owering,thedevelopmentofmaleandfemalegametes,
pollengerminationandtubegrowth,fertilization,fruitdevelopmentandripening,
seed development, dormancy, germination, and apomixis. Male
sterility and self-incompatibilityarealsodiscussed.
Volume2has20chapters,threeofwhichreviewrecentadvancesinsomatic
embryogenesis,microsporeembryogenesisandsomaclonalvariation.
Sevenofthe
chapterstargetplantprocessesandtheirregulation,includingphotosynthatepartiti-
ing,seedmaturationandseedstorageproteinbiosynthesis,theproductionandregu-
tionoffattyacids,vitamins,alkaloidsand?owerpigments,and?owerscent.
This
secondbookalsocontainsfourchaptersonhormonalandenvironmentalsignaling
(aminocompounds-containinglipids,auxin,cytokinin,andlight)intheregulationof
plantdevelopment;othertopicsencompassthemoleculargeneticsofdevelopmental
regulation,includingRNAsilencing,DNAmethylation,epigenetics,activationt-
ging,homologousrecombination,andtheengineeringofsyntheticpromoters.
Thesebookswillserveaskeyreferencesforadvancedstudentsandresearchers
involved in a range of plant-orientated disciplines, including
genetics, cell and
molecularbiology,functionalgenomics,andbiotechnology. August2009
E-C. PuaandM. R. Davey v Contents PartI
CellDifferentiationandDevelopmentInVitro 1
DevelopmentalBiologyofSomaticEmbryogenesis ...3 R. J. Rose,F. R.
Mantiri,S. Kurdyukov,S-K. Chen,X-D. Wang, K. E. Nolan,andM. B.
Sheahan 1. 1 Introduction ...3 1. 2 BasicRequirementsforInVitroSE
...4 1. 3 ExplantandStemCellBiology ...5 1. 3. 1 Genotype ...5 1.
3. 2 ExplantCells ...6 1. 4
EarliestEventinEmbryogenesis-AsymmetricCellDivision ...8 1. 4. 1
CellWallinEstablishmentofPolarity,DivisionAsymmetry andCellFate
...8 1. 4. 2 DivisionAsymmetryintheInitiationofSE ...10 1. 4. 3
AsymmetricDivisionandtheSuspensorinSE ...10 1. 5
StressComponentintheInitiationofSE ...11 1. 5. 1
ReactiveOxygenSpecies ...11 1. 5. 2 Stress-RelatedHormoneSignalling
...12 1. 6 HormonesandtheInitiationofSE ...13 1. 7
InductionofSEbyOver-ExpressionofLeafyCotyledon
TranscriptionFactorsandTheirRelationshiptoSEInductionand
Repression-theGAConnection ...14 1. 8 ABA,StressandGA ...16 1. 9
SolubleSignalsandCell-CellInteractionsthatPromoteSEin
SuspensionCultures ...16 1. 9. 1 SecretedProteinsthatIn?uenceSE
...16 1. 9. 2 AGPSignallinginSE:MechanismsandInteractionsBetween
SignallingPathways ...17 1. 9. 3
Cell-CellInteractionandRelevancetoSEinSuspension Cultures ...18 vii
viii Contents 1. 10 DevelopmentProgramAfterSEInduction ...19 1. 11
ConcludingRemarksandaModelBasedonStudiesin Medicagotruncatula ...19
1. 12 SEandBiotechnology ...20 References ...21 2
MicrosporeEmbryogenesis ...27 A. Olmedilla 2. 1 Introduction ...27
2. 2 DiscoveryoftheProductionofHaploidsbyAntherCulture ...29 2. 3
StrategiesfortheInductionofMicrosporeEmbryogenesis ...29 2. 4
In?uenceofDifferentFactorsinMicrosporeEmbryogenesis ...30 2. 4. 1
Genotype ...30 2. 4. 2 DonorPlantPhysiology ...31 2. 4. 3
StageofPollenDevelopment ...
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