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Seed Development: A Comparative Overview on Biology of Morphology, Physiology, and Biochemistry Between Monocot and Dicot Plants

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Seed Development: OMICS Technologies toward Improvement of Seed Quality and Crop Yield

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By and large, the most valuable crops and thoroughly investigated model angiosperm species belong to dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous plants. In both groups, development of the seed plays a fundamental role in the reproduction and in determining the economic value of different species. While investigation of seed development is far from being applied to every monocot and dicot species, the available information indicates that a large degree of variability in seed developmental patterns exists within both monocots and dicots. At the same time, however, specific features characterizing the morphology, physiology, and biochemistry of the seed can be identified in these two large taxa. In this chapter, a comparative assessment of the salient features characterizing seed development in monocots and dicots is presented.

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This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy Grant DE-FG02-96ER20242.

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Sabelli, P.A. (2012). Seed Development: A Comparative Overview on Biology of Morphology, Physiology, and Biochemistry Between Monocot and Dicot Plants. In: Agrawal, G., Rakwal, R. (eds) Seed Development: OMICS Technologies toward Improvement of Seed Quality and Crop Yield. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4749-4_1

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