Recent Advances of Plant Root Structure and Function

by Gasparikova, Otilia; Ciamporova, Milada; Mistrik, Igor; Baluska, Frantisek

• ISBN13: 9780792366584
• ISBN10: 0792366581
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

This book provides a comprehensive and interactive view of recent advances in the cytology, anatomy, and physiology of roots as presented at the 5th International Symposium on Structure and Function of Roots, held on 31 August-4 September, 1998, in Stará Lesná, Slovakia. This edition differs from previous ones by including some aspects of functional genetics and plant morphogenesis. The book is intended to serve both students and researchers as a valuable source of updated information, ideas, and concepts dealing with the most fundamental questions of development and function of plant roots.

Table of Contents

Preface	1	(2)
I. STRUCTURAL AND MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF ROOT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
Histochemical analysis of root meristem activity in Arabidopsis thaliana using a cyclin:GUS (β-glucuronidase) market line	3	(10)
M. - T. Hauser
E. Bauer
Ultrastructural effects of the herbicide chlorpropham (CIPC) in root tip cells of wheat	13	(10)
E.P. Eleftheriou
E. Bekiari
Measurement of visocelastic properties of root cell walls affected by low pH in lateral roots of Pisum sativum L	23	(8)
E. Tanimoto
S. Fujii
R. Yamamoto
S. Inanaga
Secondary dilatation growth in the root endodermis	31	(8)
A. Lux
M. Luxova
Changes of root structure in connection with the development of lateral root primordia in wheat and pumpkins	39	(10)
K.N. Demchenko
N.P. Demchenko
Some aspects of endodermis and cortex structure in Dryas roots	49	(6)
K.M. Barmicheva
M.F. Danilova
IAA and ZR content in leek (Allium porrum L.), as influenced by P nutrition and arbuscular mycorrhizae, in relation to plant development	55	(8)
A. Torelli
A. Trotta
L. Acerbi
G. Arcidiacono
G. Berta
C. Branca
Polyploidy in tomato roots as affected by arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization	63	(8)
G. Berta
A. Fusconi
S. Sampo
G. Lingua
S. Perticone
O. Repetto
II. PHYSIOLOGY OF WATER AND ION UPTAKE
Water uptake by plant roots: an integration of views	71	(12)
E. Steudle
Root-shoot interactions in mineral nutrition	83	(14)
W.D. Jeschke
W. Hartung
Calcium channels in the plasma membrance of root cells: Their roles in mineral nutrition and cell signalling	97	(6)
P.J. White
M.S. Ridout
Nitrogen and base cation uptake in seedings of Acer pseudoplatanus and Calamagrostis villosa exposed to an acidified environment	103	(8)
V. Gloser
J. Gloser
Nitrate uptake by bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) roots under phosphate deficiency	111	(8)
A. Gniazdowska
A.M. Rychter
Nitrate reductase in roots: Succinate - and NADH-dependent plasma membrane-bound forms	119	(4)
C. Stonr
S. Wienkoop
W.R. Ullrich
Impact of Agrobacterium tunefaciens-induced stem tumors on NO3 uptake in Ricinus communis	123	(12)
I. Mistrik
J. Pavlovkin
R. Wachter
K.S. Pradel
K. Schwalm
W. Hartung
U. Mathesius
C. Stohr
C.I. Ullrich
Fast shoot responses to root treatment Are hormones involved?	135	(8)
G. Kudoyarova
D. Veselov
M. Symonyan
A. Mustafina
A. Dedov
L. Vysotzkaya
S. Veselov
III. ROOT UNDER STRESS CONDITIONS
Response of tomato plants to chilling stress in association with nutrient or phosphorus stravation	143	(8)
Z. Strack
B. Niemyska
J. Bogdan
R.N. Akour Tawalbeh
Effect of water stress upon root meristems of pea seedlings: The role of quantitative and qualitative changes in protein patterns	151	(8)
D. Chiatante
L. Maiuro
G.S. Scippa
A. Di Iorio
The distribution of lead in duckweed (Lemna minor L.) root tip	159	(6)
S. Samardakiewicz
A. Wozny
Lead effects on cereal roots in terms of cell growth, root architecture and metal accumulation	165	(6)
N.V. Obroucheva
V.B. Ivanov
M. Sobotik
H. Bergmann
O.V. Antipova
E.I. Bystrova
I.V. Seregin
L.K. Shpigun
Diverse responses of root cell structure to aluminium stress	171	(4)
M. Ciamporova
Relationship between microtuble orientation and patterns of cell expansion in developing cortical cells of Lemna minor roots	175
S. Inada
S. Sato