Seed Anatomy, Volume 10, Issue 3On 400 pages, the author gives a comprehensive survey not only of seed anatomy, including shape, size, weight and colouring of seeds, but also treats the very variable surface structures, seed and embryo proportions and relations, their nutritive tissues and the manifold reserve materials. She furthermore refers to the function of the seed coat and the advantages of sculpturing, as well as to the secretory structures in the seed, the vascularization and the passage of the nutrients. This excellent work is an encyclopedic reference indispensable for anybody who is interested in seeds. |
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aleurone aleurone layer aril become BOESEWINKEL & BOUMAN cell walls chalazal region colour CORNER cotyledons cross section crystals cuticle cytoplasm desiccation developing seed dicotyledons differentiation dormancy elaiosome elongated embryo sac endosperm epidermal cells epidermis example exotesta FAHN formed fruit function funiculus germination globoids Gramineae hairs hilum hypostase imbibition impermeable inner integument integument JOHRI KAPIL KUIJT Leguminosae LERSTEN lignified lipids longisection Lupinus mature seed membrane mesophyll micropylar micropyle monocotyledons mucilage mucilaginous myrosin NETOLITZKY 1926 nucellar nucellus nutrients occur oil bodies outer epidermis outer integument ovule palisade cells palisade layer pericarp periclinal wall perisperm plant protein protein bodies radicle raphe reserve materials rumination sarcotesta sarcotestal scutellum seed coat seed development seed dispersal seed surface species stage stomata structure suggested TAKHTAJAN taxa tegmen TEICHMAN testa thick thick-walled thin-walled tracheid tracheid bar types usually vacuoles various vascular bundle vascular strand vascular system vasculature VAUGHAN wall thickening WERKER wing