Table of Contents

Contributors to Volume 47     vii
Contents of Volumes 35-46     ix
The Plant Nucleolus   Julio Saez-Vasquez   Francisco Javier Medina
The Structure of the Plant Nucleolus     2
The Nucleolus During the Cell Cycle     15
Nucleolar Protein Factors: Their Role in Ribosome Biogenesis and Plant Development     21
Perspectives     31
Acknowledgments     34
References     35
Expansins in Plant Development   Dongsu Choi   Jeong Hoe Kim   Yi Lee
Introduction     48
The Expansin Superfamily     50
Evolution of Expansin Genes     57
Biochemical and Biophysical Properties of Expansins     59
Expansins in Vegetative Growth and Development     63
Expansins in Reproductive Growth and Development     79
Expansins in Fruit Development     83
Future Prospects: Further Understanding of Expansin Function and Agricultural Application     87
Acknowledgments     89
References     89
Molecular Biology of Orchid Flowers: With Emphasis on Phalaenopsis   Wen-Chieh Tsai   Yu-Yun Hsiao   Zhao-Jun Pan   Chia-Chi Hsu   Ya-Ping Yang   Wen-Huei Chen   Hong-Hwa Chen
Introduction to Orchid Flower Biology     100
Recent Progress in Orchid Genomics     103
Molecular Biology of Orchid Floral Development     111
Regulation of Orchid Flowering     122
Molecular Biology of Orchid Scent Production     125
Molecular Biology of Orchid Flower Colour Presentation     132
Conclusion     134
Acknowledgments     135
References     135
Molecular Physiology of Development and Quality of Citrus   Francisco R. Tadeo   Manuel Cercos   Jose M. Colmenero-Flores   Domingo J. Iglesias   Miguel A. Naranjo   Gabino Rios   Esther Carrera   Omar Ruiz-Rivero   Ignacio Lliso   Raphael Morillon   Patrick Ollitrault   Manuel Talon
Fruit Quality in Citrus is Mostly a Consumer's Preference     148
Citrus Flowering     152
Citrus Fruiting     156
It is Just not Food     172
Fruit Quality Only in Quality Environments     183
Citrus Abscission     192
Concluding Remarks and Perspectives     198
Acknowledgments     202
References     202
Bamboo Taxonomy and Diversity in the Era of Molecular Markers   Malay Das   Samik Bhattacharya   Paramjit Singh   Tarciso S. Filgueiras   Amita Pal
Introduction     226
Implications of Various Morphological Features in Bamboo Taxonomy     230
Bamboo Classifications Based on Morphological Features     235
Conspectus of Woody Bamboo Genera of the World     238
Relevance of Molecular Taxonomy in Bamboo     239
DNA Fingerprinting-Based Methods     240
DNA Sequence-Based Methods     245
Summary and Future Directions     252
Acknowledgments     260
References     260
Author Index     269
Subject Index     293