Progress in Botany: Genetics Cell Biology and Physiology Systematics and Comparative Morphology Ecology and Vegetation Science

ISBN-13: 9783642641893 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 547 str.

K. Esser;J. W. Kadereit;U. Luttge

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Review.- Chloroplast Movement from Phenomenology to Molecular Biology. Genetics.- Recombination: Organelle DNA of Plants and Fungi: Inheritance and Recombination. Nuclear and Plastomic Transformation of Higher Plants Using Microprojectile Bombardment. Extranuclear Inheritance: Genetics and Biogenesis of Mitochondria. Genetics of Phytopathogenic Bacteria. Male Sterility in Higher Plants - Fundamentals and Applications. Genetic Mapping in Woody Crops. Cell Biology and Physiology.- Plant Water Relations. Dynamics of Nutrient Transport from the Root to the Shoot. Photosynthesis. Carbon Metabolism: In and Beyond the Chloroplast. The Costs and Benefits of Oxygen for Photosynthesizing Plant Cells. Growth: Progress in Auxin Research. Secondary Plant Substances: Sesquiterpenes. Systematics and Comparative Morphology.- Systematics and Evolution of the Algae: Phylogenetic Relationships of Taxa Within the Different Groups of Algae. Systematics of the Pteridophytes.- Lichenized and Lichenicolous Fungi 1995-96. Ecology and Vegetation Science.- Mycorrhizae: Ectotrophic and Extendotrophic Mycorrhizae. Plant Population Ecology.

O autorze

Until 2004 Ulrich Lüttge taught at the Institute for Botany at the TU Darmstadt. He is an experienced teacher and is concerned with membrane physiology and biochemistry, circadian rhythms among photosynthesis processes as well as the antioxidative defense system of plants