Download or read book Reproductive Physiology in Plants written by Philip Stewart and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In horticulture, agriculture, and food science, plants’ reproductive physiology is an important topic relating to fruits and vegetables, the main consumable parts of plants. All aspects of plant physiology, including plants’ reproductive systems, are important to the production of food, fibers, medicine, cosmetics, and even fuels. This volume presents many new studies on plants’ reproductive systems, including new research on sperm cells in plant reproduction; the effect of herbivory on plant reproduction; disturbances to functional diversity; plant genes, hormones, DNA; and much more.