Table of Contents

1 Polyamines and Gene Expression of Biosynthetic Enzymes in Sexual Plant Reproduction.- 2 Carotenoid Biosynthesis in Plant Reproductive Organs: Regulation and Possible Functions.- 3 Lipid Accumulation and Related Gene Expression in Gametophytic and Sporophytic Anther Tissues.- 4 Sex Determination or Sex Dimorphism? On Facts and Terminology.- 5 Meiosis.- 6 Regulation of Gene Expression During Pollen Development.- 7 Double Fertilization in Flowering Plants: Origin, Mechanisms and New Information from in vitro Fertilization.- 8 Molecular Approach to Female Meiosis in Petunia Hybrida.- 9 Homomorphic Self-Incompatibility in Flowering Plants.- 10 Cell Death of Self-Incompatible Pollen Tubes: Necrosis or Apoptosis.- 11 Aspects of the Cell Biology of Pollination and Wide Hybridization.- 12 Pollen Coat Signals With Respect to Pistil Activation and Ovule Penetration in Gasteria Verrucosa (Mill.) H. Duval.- 13 Tapetum and Orbicules (Ubish Bodies): Development, Morphology and Role of Pollen Grainsand Tapetal Orbicules in Allergenicity.- 14 Development and Substructures of Pollen Grains Wall.- 15 Mechanisms of Microspore Polarity and Differential Cell Fate Determination in Developing Pollen.- 16 Genetic Control of Pollen Development and Function.- 17 The Use of the Vibrating Probe Technique to Study Steady Extracellular Currents During Pollen Germination and Tube Growth.- 18 The Role of Calcium and Associated Proteins in Tip Growth and Orientation.- 19 Measuring Ion Channel Activity During Polar Growth of Pollen Tubes.- 20 The Rheological Properties of the Pollen Tube Cell Wall.- 21 Actin Filament- and Microtubule-Based Motor Systems: Their Concerted Action During Pollen Tube Growth.- 22 The Pollen Tube Oscillator: Towards a Molecular Mechanism of Tip Growth.- 23 Fertilization and Zygotic Embryo Development in Vitro.- 24 MADS Box Genes Controlling Ovule and Seed Development in Petunia.- 25 Domains of Gene Expression in Developing Endosperm.- 26 Advances on the Study of Sexual Reproduction in the Corc-Tree (Quercus suber L), Chestnut (Castanea sativa Mill.) and in Rosaceae (Apple and Almond).- 27 Pollen as Food for Humans and Animals and as Medicine.- 28 Field Release of Transgenic Virus Tolerant Tomatoes.- 29 Grapevine Biotechnology Coming on the Scene.- Color Plates.

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