With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences. The present volume includes reviews on genetics, cell biology, physiology, comparative morphology, systematics, ecology, and vegetation science.
Author(s): Toshiyuki Nagata (auth.), Ulrich Lüttge, Wolfram Beyschlag, Burkhard Büdel, Dennis Francis (eds.)
Series: Progress in Botany 71
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2010
Language: English
Pages: 424
Tags: Plant Sciences; Plant Physiology; Plant Ecology; Plant Genetics & Genomics; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Front Matter....Pages I-X
Front Matter....Pages 1-3
A Journey with Plant Cell Division: Reflection at My Halfway Stop....Pages 5-21
Front Matter....Pages 24-24
Replication of Nuclear DNA....Pages 25-60
Transformations of Cellular Pattern: Progress in the Analysis of Stomatal Cellular Complexes Using L-Systems....Pages 61-99
Endoreduplication and Growth of Fleshy Fruits....Pages 101-132
Front Matter....Pages 134-134
Adaptation to a Changing Environment: The Regulatory Role of Small RNAs....Pages 135-155
Growth Responses of Trees to Arctic Light Environment....Pages 157-168
Initial Events Associated with Virus PBCV-1 Infection of Chlorella NC64A....Pages 169-183
The Role of Auxin in Root-Symbiont and Root-Pathogen Interactions: From Development to Defense....Pages 185-210
Molecular Mechanism of Water and Gas Transport Across Biological Membranes and Consequences for Plant Physiology....Pages 211-229
Front Matter....Pages 232-232
Lichen Systematics: The Role of Morphological and Molecular Data to Reconstruct Phylogenetic Relationships....Pages 233-275
Front Matter....Pages 278-278
Systemic Resistance Induction by Vascular and Airborne Signaling....Pages 279-306
Roots: The Acquisition of Water and Nutrients from the Heterogeneous Soil Environment....Pages 307-337
Re-Evaluation of Allometry: State-of-the-Art and Perspective Regarding Individuals and Stands of Woody Plants....Pages 339-369
Quaking Aspen’s Current and Future Status in Western North America: The Role of Succession, Climate, Biotic Agents and Its Clonal Nature....Pages 371-400
Quaternary Palaeoecology of East and Southeast Asia and of the Pacific Ocean....Pages 401-413
Back Matter....Pages 415-422