Plant Developmental Biology - Biotechnological Perspectives

Manyexcitingdiscoveriesinrecentdecadeshavecontributednewknowledgeto ourunderstandingofthemechanismsthatregulatevariousstagesofplantgrowth anddevelopment. Suchinformation,coupledwithadvancesincellandmolecular biology,isfundamentaltocropimprovementusingbiotechnologicalapproaches. Twovolumesconstitutethepresentwork. The?rst,comprising22chapters, commenceswithintroductionsrelatingtogeneregulatorymodelsforplantdev- opmentandcropimprovement,particularlytheuseofArabidopsisasamodelplant. Thesechaptersarefollowedbyspeci?ctopicsthatfocusondifferentdevelopmental aspectsassociatedwithvegetativeandreproductivephasesofthelifecycleofa plant. Six chapters discuss vegetative growth and development. Their contents considertopicssuchasshootbranching,buddormancyandgrowth,thedevel- ment of roots, nodules and tubers, and senescence. The reproductive phase of plantdevelopmentisin14chaptersthatpresenttopicssuchas?oralorganinit- tionandtheregulationof?owering,thedevelopmentofmaleandfemalegametes, pollengerminationandtubegrowth,fertilization,fruitdevelopmentandripening, seed development, dormancy, germination, and apomixis. Male sterility and self-incompatibilityarealsodiscussed.
Volume2has20chapters,threeofwhichreviewrecentadvancesinsomatic embryogenesis,microsporeembryogenesisandsomaclonalvariation. Sevenofthe chapterstargetplantprocessesandtheirregulation,includingphotosynthatepartiti- ing,seedmaturationandseedstorageproteinbiosynthesis,theproductionandregu- tionoffattyacids,vitamins,alkaloidsand?owerpigments,and?owerscent. This secondbookalsocontainsfourchaptersonhormonalandenvironmentalsignaling (aminocompounds-containinglipids,auxin,cytokinin,andlight)intheregulationof plantdevelopment;othertopicsencompassthemoleculargeneticsofdevelopmental regulation,includingRNAsilencing,DNAmethylation,epigenetics,activationt- ging,homologousrecombination,andtheengineeringofsyntheticpromoters. Thesebookswillserveaskeyreferencesforadvancedstudentsandresearchers involved in a range of plant-orientated disciplines, including genetics, cell and molecularbiology,functionalgenomics,andbiotechnology. August2009 E-C. PuaandM. R. Davey v Contents PartI CellDifferentiationandDevelopmentInVitro 1 DevelopmentalBiologyofSomaticEmbryogenesis …3 R. J. Rose,F. R. Mantiri,S. Kurdyukov,S-K. Chen,X-D. Wang, K. E. Nolan,andM. B. Sheahan 1. 1 Introduction …3 1.
2 BasicRequirementsforInVitroSE …4 1. 3 ExplantandStemCellBiology …5 1. 3. 1 Genotype …5 1. 3. 2 ExplantCells …6 1. 4 EarliestEventinEmbryogenesis-AsymmetricCellDivision …8 1. 4. 1 CellWallinEstablishmentofPolarity,DivisionAsymmetry andCellFate …8 1. 4. 2 DivisionAsymmetryintheInitiationofSE …10 1. 4. 3 AsymmetricDivisionandtheSuspensorinSE …10 1. 5 StressComponentintheInitiationofSE …11 1. 5. 1 ReactiveOxygenSpecies …11 1. 5. 2 Stress-RelatedHormoneSignalling …12 1. 6 HormonesandtheInitiationofSE …13 1. 7 InductionofSEbyOver-ExpressionofLeafyCotyledon TranscriptionFactorsandTheirRelationshiptoSEInductionand Repression-theGAConnection …14 1. 8 ABA,StressandGA …16 1. 9 SolubleSignalsandCell-CellInteractionsthatPromoteSEin SuspensionCultures …16 1. 9. 1 SecretedProteinsthatIn?uenceSE …16 1. 9. 2 AGPSignallinginSE:MechanismsandInteractionsBetween SignallingPathways …17 1. 9. 3 Cell-AsymmetricCellDivision …8 1. 4. 1 CellWallinEstablishmentofPolarity,DivisionAsymmetry andCellFate …8 1. 4. 2 DivisionAsymmetryintheInitiationofSE …10 1. 4. 3 AsymmetricDivisionandtheSuspensorinSE …10 1. 5 StressComponentintheInitiationofSE …11 1. 5.
1 ReactiveOxygenSpecies …11 1. 5. 2 Stress-RelatedHormoneSignalling …12 1. 6 HormonesandtheInitiationofSE …13 1. 7 InductionofSEbyOver-ExpressionofLeafyCotyledon TranscriptionFactorsandTheirRelationshiptoSEInductionand Repression-theGAConnection …14 1. 8 ABA,StressandGA …16 1. 9 SolubleSignalsandCell-CellInteractionsthatPromoteSEin SuspensionCultures …16 1. 9. 1 SecretedProteinsthatIn?uenceSE …16 1. 9. 2 AGPSignallinginSE:MechanismsandInteractionsBetween SignallingPathways …17 1. 9. 3 Cell-Manyexcitingdiscoveriesinrecentdecadeshavecontributednewknowledgeto ourunderstandingofthemechanismsthatregulatevariousstagesofplantgrowth anddevelopment. Suchinformation,coupledwithadvancesincellandmolecular biology,isfundamentaltocropimprovementusingbiotechnologicalapproaches. Twovolumesconstitutethepresentwork. The?rst,comprising22chapters, commenceswithintroductionsrelatingtogeneregulatorymodelsforplantdev- opmentandcropimprovement,particularlytheuseofArabidopsisasamodelplant. Thesechaptersarefollowedbyspeci?ctopicsthatfocusondifferentdevelopmental aspectsassociatedwithvegetativeandreproductivephasesofthelifecycleofa plant.
Six chapters discuss vegetative growth and development. Their contents considertopicssuchasshootbranching,buddormancyandgrowth,thedevel- ment of roots, nodules and tubers, and senescence. The reproductive phase of plantdevelopmentisin14chaptersthatpresenttopicssuchas?oralorganinit- tionandtheregulationof?owering,thedevelopmentofmaleandfemalegametes, pollengerminationandtubegrowth,fertilization,fruitdevelopmentandripening, seed development, dormancy, germination, and apomixis. Male sterility and self-incompatibilityarealsodiscussed. Volume2has20chapters,threeofwhichreviewrecentadvancesinsomatic embryogenesis,microsporeembryogenesisandsomaclonalvariation. Sevenofthe chapterstargetplantprocessesandtheirregulation,includingphotosynthatepartiti- ing,seedmaturationandseedstorageproteinbiosynthesis,theproductionandregu- tionoffattyacids,vitamins,alkaloidsand?owerpigments,and?owerscent.
This secondbookalsocontainsfourchaptersonhormonalandenvironmentalsignaling (aminocompounds-containinglipids,auxin,cytokinin,andlight)intheregulationof plantdevelopment;othertopicsencompassthemoleculargeneticsofdevelopmental regulation,includingRNAsilencing,DNAmethylation,epigenetics,activationt- ging,homologousrecombination,andtheengineeringofsyntheticpromoters. Thesebookswillserveaskeyreferencesforadvancedstudentsandresearchers involved in a range of plant-orientated disciplines, including genetics, cell and molecularbiology,functionalgenomics,andbiotechnology. August2009 E-C. PuaandM. R. Davey v Contents PartI CellDifferentiationandDevelopmentInVitro 1 DevelopmentalBiologyofSomaticEmbryogenesis …3 R. J. Rose,F. R. Mantiri,S. Kurdyukov,S-K. Chen,X-D. Wang, K. E. Nolan,andM. B. Sheahan 1. 1 Introduction …3 1. 2 BasicRequirementsforInVitroSE …4 1. 3 ExplantandStemCellBiology …5 1. 3. 1 Genotype …5 1. 3. 2 ExplantCells …6 1. 4 EarliestEventinEmbryogenesis-AsymmetricCellDivision …8 1. 4. 1 CellWallinEstablishmentofPolarity,DivisionAsymmetry andCellFate …8 1. 4. 2 DivisionAsymmetryintheInitiationofSE …10 1. 4. 3 AsymmetricDivisionandtheSuspensorinSE …10 1.
5 StressComponentintheInitiationofSE …11 1. 5. 1 ReactiveOxygenSpecies …11 1. 5. 2 Stress-RelatedHormoneSignalling …12 1. 6 HormonesandtheInitiationofSE …13 1. 7 InductionofSEbyOver-ExpressionofLeafyCotyledon TranscriptionFactorsandTheirRelationshiptoSEInductionand Repression-theGAConnection …14 1. 8 ABA,StressandGA …16 1. 9 SolubleSignalsandCell-CellInteractionsthatPromoteSEin SuspensionCultures …16 1. 9. 1 SecretedProteinsthatIn?uenceSE …16 1. 9. 2 AGPSignallinginSE:MechanismsandInteractionsBetween SignallingPathways …17 1. 9. 3 Cell-CellInteractionandRelevancetoSEinSuspension Cultures …18 vii viii Contents 1. 10 DevelopmentProgramAfterSEInduction …19 1. 11 ConcludingRemarksandaModelBasedonStudiesin Medicagotruncatula …19 1. 12 SEandBiotechnology …20 References …21 2 MicrosporeEmbryogenesis …27 A. Olmedilla 2. 1 Introduction …27 2. 2 DiscoveryoftheProductionofHaploidsbyAntherCulture …29 2. 3 StrategiesfortheInductionofMicrosporeEmbryogenesis …29 2. 4 In?uenceofDifferentFactorsinMicrosporeEmbryogenesis …30 2. 4. 1 Genotype …30 2. 4. 2 DonorPlantPhysiology …31 2. 4. 3 StageofPollenDevelopment …