Plant Reproduction and Embryonic Development
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Development and Morphogenesis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2025 | Viewed by 6954
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plant reproduction; plant embryology; ovule development; seed development; light and electron microscopy
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Dear Colleagues,
Plant reproduction is one of the most fundamental processes carried out by a plant. Reproductive plant biology involves research of various interrelated phases of ontogenesis: flower organogenesis, anthesis, pollination, fertilization, seed maturation, etc. Flowering plants reproduce sexually or asexually, leading to the formation of seeds that enable them to survive to a new generation. A network of signalling and regulatory pathways are activated and finely controlled when a seed is finally formed. This Special Issue focuses on diverse aspects of plant reproduction, including apomixis and sexual plant reproduction.
This Special Issue of Plants welcomes original research papers, reviews, and other forms of scientific communication focused on the structural, genetic, biochemical, and molecular aspects of plant sexual and asexual reproductive development in many different types of plants (both in model and non-model plants).
Dr. Małgorzata Kozieradzka-Kiszkurno
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- floral induction & flower organ development
- male & female gametogenesis: pollen
- gametophyte
- sporophyte
- ovule
- embryo
- endosperm
- seed
- epigenetics and imprinting
- plant reproduction
- apomixis
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