Root Physiology: from Gene to Function /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Lambers, Hans. (Editor), Colmer, Timothy D. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edition:1st ed. 2005.
Series:Plant Ecophysiology, 4
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Root nitrogen acquisition and assimilation
  • Phosphate acquisition
  • Root-based N2-fixing symbioses: Legumes, actinorhizal plants, Parasponia sp. and cycads
  • Mycorrhizas: Gene to function
  • Cluster roots: A curiosity in context
  • The roots of carnivorous plants
  • Roles of aquaporins in root responses to irrigation
  • Mechanisms of plant resistance to metal and metalloid ions and potential biotechnological applications
  • The physiology, genetics and molecular biology of plant aluminum resistance and toxicity
  • Acclimation to soil flooding - sensing and signal-transduction
  • Root defense responses to fungal pathogens: A molecular perspective
  • Soil microorganisms: An important determinant of allelopathic activity
  • Facilitative root interactions in intercrops
  • Root-to-shoot signalling: Assessing the roles of 'up' in the up and down world of long-distance signalling in planta.