It is appro pi ate to the contents of this book to recall a few highlights in the history of plant cytology from its inception over three centuries ago. Robert Hooke in 1663 presented his observations of what he called - cells" in cork and other plant parts and beautifully illustrated and described these in his classic - Micrographia" published two years later. More detailed exploration of the cell and its contents awaited almost two centuries for Robert Brown's discovery of the nucleus in 1831. Discoveries of other cell organelles followed, particularly in the latter part of the 19th and...
It is appro pi ate to the contents of this book to recall a few highlights in the history of plant cytology from its inception over three centuries ag...
