Author : I. Roth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783443140106
Total Pages : 675 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (41 download)
Book Synopsis Fruits of Angiosperms by : I. Roth
Download or read book Fruits of Angiosperms written by I. Roth and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 675 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept fruit. Definition of the fruit. Classification of fruits. The carpel. Fruit symmetry. The pericarp. Definition between anatomical structure and functions of the pericarp. Fruit growth. Meristems and fruit growth. Cell and tissue differentiation. Cell contens. Maturaation. Senescence. Texture and edibility of fruits. Tissues composing the pericarp. Epidermis. Emergences. Periderm and lenticel formation. Hypodermis. Parenchyma. Collenchyma. Scleenchyma. Vascular system. Secretory structures. Placentae and seps. The inferior ovary. The fruits of cacti. Acessory fruits parts. Types of dechiscence. Mechanisms of dechiscente. Indechiscent fruits with declayed dechiscence. Types of fruits. The indechiscent sclecrocarpium: the nut. The flesy-stony indechiscent fruit: the drupe (sarco-sclerocarpium). The fleshy indechiscent fruit: the berry (sacrocarpium). Aggregate fruits and apocarpous gynoecia. Infrutescences (collective or multiple fruits). Elaiosomes. Floating tissue without air spaces. Pneumatocarpia and flying organs. Dispersal organs in the form of hooks or burs. Heterodiaspory. Heterocarpy.