First published in 1985, information is presented and summarised in this account of how plant cells divide.

1. Control points within the cell cycle J. Van't Hof; 2. The organization of replicons J. H. Waterborg and S. Shall; 3. Enzymic controls of DNA replication V. L. Dunham and J. A. Bryant; 4. DNA replication in relation to DNA C values D. Francis, A. D. Kidd and M. D. Bennett; 5. Chromatin structure, gene expression and the cell cycle P. Kelly and A. J. Trewavas; 6. Changes in chromatin structure during the cell cycle W. Nagl and H. Scherthan; 7. The cytoskeleton and the cell cycle L. Clayton; 8. Growth substances, calcium and the regulation of cell division A. J. Trewavas; 9. Regulation of the cell division cycle in cultured plant cells M. W. Bayliss; 10. Genetic and epigenetic control of the plant cell cycle T. Cavalier-Smith; 11. The control of the cell cycle in relation to floral induction D. Francis and R. F. Lyndon; 12. The DNA endoreduplication cycles W. Nagl, J. Pohl and A. Radler; 13. The chloroplast division cycle and its relationship to the cell division cycle S. A. Boffey.