Plant Roots - From Cells to Systems

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1. Mutational analysis of root initiation in the Arabidopsis embryo.
• 2. Turgor-regulation during extension growth and osmotic stress of maize roots. An example of single-cell mapping.
• 3. Microtubular cytoskeleton and root morphogenesis.
• 4. Roots of willow (Salix viminalis L.) show marked tolerance to oxygen shortage in flooded soils and in solution culture.
• 5. Rol genes and root initiation and development.
• 6. Variation, co-ordination and compensation in root systems in relation to soil variability.
• 7. Water transport in plants: Role of the apoplast.
• 8. The molecular basis of potassium nutrition in plants.
• 9. Root apical organization in Arabidopsis thaliana ecotype ‘WS’ and a comment on root cap structure.
• 10. Experimental and genetic analysis of root development in Arabidopsis thaliana.
• 11. A biophysical analysis of root growth under mechanical stress.
• 12. Metal-gene-interactions in roots: metallothionein-like genes and iron reductases.
• 13. Molecular responses of roots related to fungal colonisation in arbuscular mycorrhiza.
• 14. Legume and actinorhizal root nodule formation.
• 15. Responses of roots to low temperatures and nitrogen forms.