Reproductive Biology of Angiosperms

Arun K. Pandey, former Professor of Botany and Dean of Colleges, University of Delh,i is presently Vice-Chancellor at Mansarovar Global University, India. After graduating from the University of Lucknow, India, he worked for a doctorate degree at CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow. He was a post-doctoral fellow at Ohio State University, USA. He has over four decades of teaching and research experience. Dr Pandey has supervised 32 PhD students; published over 180 research papers in peer-reviewed journals; and edited/authored 12 books including 2 edited volumes on Reproductive Biology of Angiosperms. He has described seven species new to science. He is Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India. He was INSA Visiting Fellow at the University of Munich, Germany, University of Vienna, Austria, and the Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, and Bass Fellow at the Field Museum, Chicago. He was DAAD Visiting Fellow at the Technical University of Munich. He is the recipient of prestigious awards including P. Maheshwari and Y.S. Murty Medal of the Indian Botanical Society, V. Puri medal of the Indian Science Congress Association, V.V. Sivarajan medal of the Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy, and Saligram Sinha Memorial award of the National Academy of Sciences, India. He is past President of the Indian Botanical Society, Indian Science Congress Association (Plant Science Section) and Indian Association for Angiosperm Taxonomy. Presently he is President of the East Himalayan Society for Spermatophyte Taxonomy.

• PrefaceAbout the authorIntroductionFlowerMicrosporangiumMale gametophytePalynology: Pollen MorphologyMegasporangiumFemale gametophytePollinationFertilizationSelf-incompatibilityEndospermEmbryoPolyembryonyApomixisSeedExperimental plant reproductive biologyGlossarySubject and plant index