Presented here is an analysis of plant development and plant metabolism using the tools of genetics and molecular biology, such as mutant analysis, mutation tagging, mapping using polymorphic characters and basic molecular biology techniques. Studies with a range of model genetic organisms, most notably maize and Arabidopsis, are included. The reader gains a comprehensive view of the subject which is more and more of both scientific and industrial interest. The value of basic research in plants is highlighted and examples where basic studies have led to applications in agricultural biotechnology are given.

Plant Development

The Genetics and Molecular Basis of Flower Development in Arabidopsis
Genetic and Molecular Analyses of Pattern Formation Genes in Maize
The Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Quiescent Centre in Relation to Root Development
Genetic Regulation of Root Expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana
Analysis of Root Development in Arabidopsis thaliana
Genes specifying Floral Meristem Identity in Arabidopsis
The S Gene Family: Genes with Diverse Structures and Functions
The Genetics and Physiology of the Totipotent Cell
The Carrot Extracellozar Lipid Transfer Protein EP2: Quantitative Aspects With Respect to its Putative Role in Cutin Synthesis
Early Events in the Apical-basal Pattern Formation in Arabidopsis
Diversity of Embryonic Mutants Identified Following Agrobacterium Mediated Seed Transformation in Arabidopsis thaliana
The Use of Arabidopsis Genesis to Analyze Synthesis, Structure and Function of the Plant Cell Wall
Plant Metabolism
Molecular Genetics of Nitrate Assimilation in Solanaceous Species
Molecular-Genetics of Nitrogen Assimilation into Amino Acids in Arabidopsis thaliana
Genetic Dissection of Tryptophan Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana
Starch Biosynthesis in Storage Organs
Responses to Hormones and Stress
Auxin-Regulated Gene Expression
Early Auxin Regulated Gene Expression in Arabidopsis
Molecular and Genetic Analysis of the Constitutive Ethylene Response Mutant ctrl
The Vetch (Vicia) and Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae Symbiosis: A System to Study the Activity of Rhizobium nod Factors
Migratory Determinants of Parasitism
Oligogalacturonides Induce Proteinase Inhibitor Synthesis via the Octodecanoid Pathway
Expression of Genes Encoding Thionins and Lipid-Transfer Proteins. A Combinatorial Model for the Responses of Defense Genes to Pathogens
Structure/Function of Lea Proteins
Gene Regulation by Abscisic Acid and water Stress in Maize
Analysis and Regulation of Gene Expression in the Resurrection plant Craterostigma plantagineum
Gene on and Plant Responses to water Deficit
Gene Regulation
The Molecular Biology of Fruit Ripening
Altered Patterns of Protein Synthesis in opague-2 Maize Endosperm
bZIP Proteins Regulating Gene Expression in Maize Endosperm
Regulation of the Expression of Genes coding for Proline-Rich Proteins
The Plant Mitochondrial Transfer RNAs Have Three Different Genetic Origins
Expression of the Plant Mitochondrial Genome
Regulation of Plastid Gene Expression
Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Chloroplast Gene Expression in Chlamydomonas
Transcriptional Regulation of the Maize Pathway
The phy Gene Family: Function and Expression
Characterization of Protein Factors interacting with the zDNA Promoter Region
Identification of Distinct Families of HD-Zip Proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana
Post-Transcriptional Regulation
Determinants of mRNA Stability in Higher Plants
Post-Transcriptional Gene Silencing in Transgenic Plants
Plant Genes Encoding Homologues of the SNF1 and shaggy Protein Kinases
Specific Nuclear Localization Sequence Binding to Plant Nuclei
Aquaporins: Water Channel Proteins in the Tonoplast of Plant Cells
Mapping and Transformation
Genetic Analysis with RAPD Markers
Clusters of Resistance Genes in Lettuce
Chromosome Microdissection and Megabase Technology in Plant Genome Analysis: Plant Chromosomes and Genes at High Resolution
Development of an efficient Transposon Tagging System in Arabidopsis thaliana
Molecular Genetic Improvement of Wheat
Differential Activity of WheatHistone H4 Promoter in Transgenic Maize
Transgenic Maize by Electroporation of Pectolyase-Treated Suspension Culture Cells.