AN INTRODUCTION TO THE EMBRYOLOGY OF ANGIOSPERMS

P. MAHESHWARI AN INTRODUCTION TO THE EMBRYOLOGY OF ANGIOSPERMS In these days of intense activity, when hundreds of papers are being published in every field of botany in a steadily increasing number of periodicals and in a multitude of languages, no apology is needed for an attempt to summarize the existing state of our knowledge in any branch of the subject and to point out the future possibilities in it. Since the publication of Coulter and Chamberlain,s “Morphology of Angiosperms” no comprehensive account of this aspect of botany has appeared in the English language. In a strict sense, embryology is confined to a study of the embryo, but most botanists also include under it the events which lead on to fertilization. The author is in agreement with this wider comprehension of the subject and have therefore included in this volume not only an account of the embryo and endosperm, but also an account of the development of the male and female gametophytes and fertilization. To emphasize the recent trends of research in the subject, two chapters of a general nature have been added, one dealing with embryology in relation to taxonomy, and the other with experimental embryology. In the former, an attempt has been made to indicate the possibilities of the embryological method in the solution of problems of systematic botany. In the latter, emphasis has been placed on the contacts between embryology, cytology, genetics, and plant physiology.

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