Embryology of Angiosperms

Embryology of angiosperms is a course which reflects the various events which are met in during the sexual reproduction of angiosperm plants. This course maps the sequence of all important developmental events such as flower formation, development of male and female gametophyte, pollination, pollen-pistil interaction, double fertilization, endosperm development, embryo development, seed and fruit formation, seed dispersal and seed dormancy. This course encompasses all these above mentioned topics which string together into a story explaining how angiosperms bring about the formation of sexual off-springs and how the gametophytic and sporophytic generations alternate in them.

1. Development of Flower as a Modified Shoot
2. Structure of Flower & its Variations
3. Structure of Stamen & Male Gametophyte
4. Structure of Carpel & Female Gametophyte
5. Angiospermic Ovule: Structure & Types
6. Types of Female Gametophyte in Angiosperms
7. Pollination: its Types & Floral Adaptations to them
8. Pollinators: Attractions & Rewards for them
9. Co-evolution of Flowers & Insects
10. Sexual Incompatibility
11. Pollen Pistil Interactions
12. Double Fertilization: Process, Mechanism & Significance
13. Endosperm: Development, Structure & Types
14. Embryogenesis: Development of embryo in monocots and dicots
15. Seed: A unit of genetic recombination and replenishment
16. Structure of Angiosperm: Seed & Embryo
17. Fruit Development & Maturation
18. Evolution of Fruits & Seeds in Relation to their Dispersal Agents
19. Seed Dormancy (Types) & Seed Germination
20. Vegetative propagation: natural means and methods
21. Vegetative propagation: Artificial Methods and their economic values