Published by Oxford University Press [2008] on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology
Preface |
Life and death decisions of plant cells!
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This collection of reviews arises from the SEB Annual meeting held in Glasgow from 31 March - 4 April 2007 where a session was dedicated to Programmed Cell Death in Plants and Fungi. Examples of programmed cell death (PCD) in plants can be drawn from processes occurring throughout normal development starting with seed development through leaf remodelling, in some species, reproductive development, plant-plant interactions during reproduction, and organ or whole plant senescence. PCD can also be induced