Milestones in Plant Embryology

Milestones in Plant Embryology

1682 - Nehemiah Grew mentioned stamens as the male organ of a flower.

1694 - R.J.Camerarius described the structure of a flower, anther, pollen and ovule

1761 - J.G. Kolreuter gave a detailed account on the importance of insects in pollination

1824 - G.B.Amici discovered the pollen tube.

1848 - Hofmeister described the structure of pollen tetrad

1870 - Hanstein described the development of embryo in Capsella and Alisma

1878 - E.Strasburger reported polyembryony

 1898- E.Strasburger discovered the process of Syngamy.

1898 and 1899 - S.G.Nawaschin and        L. Guignard & independently discovered Double fertilization

1904 – E.Hanning initiated embryo culture.

1950 - D.A. Johansen proposed classification for embryo development

1964 - S.Guha and S.C.Maheswari raised haploids from Datura pollen grains

1991 - E.S.Coen and E. M. Meyerowitz proposed the ABC model to describe the genetics of initiation and development of floral parts

2015 - K.V.Krishnamurthy summarized the molecular aspects of pre and post fertilization reproductive development in flowering plants