Root Physiology: from Gene to Function

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lambers, Hans (Editor), Colmer, Timothy D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Series: Plant Ecophysiology, 4
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Agriculture.; Ecology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Plant physiology.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Life Sciences.; Plant Physiology.; Plant Sciences.; Soil Science & Conservation.

In the last decade, enormous progress has been made on the physiology of plant roots, including on a wide range of molecular aspects. Much of that progress has been captured in the chapters of this book. Breakthroughs have been made possible through integration of molecular and whole-plant aspects....

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.