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Structure and Function of Roots

Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Structure and Function of Roots, June 20–26, 1993, Stará Lesná, Slovakia

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  • © 1995

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  1. F. Baluška
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  2. M. Čiamporová
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  3. O. Gašparíková
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  4. P. W. Barlow
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Part of the book series: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences (DPSS, volume 58)

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Table of contents (46 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
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  2. Structural Aspects of Root Growth and Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Structure and function at the root apex — phylogenetic and ontogenetic perspectives on apical cells and quiescent centres

      • Peter W. Barlow
      Pages 3-18

    3. The origin of the basal part of the embryo root in Brassica napus L. and its role in growth of early seedlings

      • T. Tykarska, M. Kuras
      Pages 19-26

    4. Radicle of Echinocactus platyacanthus (Cactaceae)

      • Alexander Lux, Miloš Mikuš, Zora Hanáčková, Jozef Krištín
      Pages 27-31

    5. The relation between cell size, chromosome length and the orientation of chromosomes in dividing root cortex cells

      • J. L. Oud, N. Nanninga
      Pages 33-39

    6. Importance of the post-mitotic isodiametric growth (PIG) region for growth and development of roots

      • František Baluška, Peter W. Barlow, Štefan Kubica
      Pages 41-51

    7. The completion of cell proliferation and growth in wheat radicle

      • N. P. Demchenko
      Pages 53-59

    8. Structural basis of root hair formation: Early development of trichoblasts and atrichoblasts

      • Dieter Volkmann, Petra Peters
      Pages 61-67

    9. The relationship between growth, nucleus migration and cytoskeleton in root hairs of radish

      • S. Sato, Y. Ogasawara, S. Sakuragi
      Pages 69-74

    10. Morphology and anatomy of rice roots with special reference to coordination in organo- and histogenesis

      • Shigenori Morita, Keisuke Nemoto
      Pages 75-86

    11. The localization of β-glucuronidase in roots of transgenic sugar beet by means of azocoupling procedure

      • K. Beneš, S. Vitha, K. M. A. Garland, M. C. Elliott
      Pages 87-89

    12. Effect of gibberellin and ancymidol on the growth and cell wall components of pea (Pisum sativum L.) roots

      • Eiichi Tanimoto
      Pages 91-98

    13. Structural and physiological characteristics of the tap root of Smyrnium perfoliatum L. (Apiaceae)

      • Alexander Lux, Elena Masarovicova, Roman Olah
      Pages 99-105

    14. Increased root length and branching in cotton by soil application of the plant growth regulator PGR-IV

      • D. M. Oosterhuis, D. Zhao
      Pages 107-112

    15. Modelling of the branching process of the root system of young oil palm seedlings. A Markovian approach

      • Christophe Jourdan, Hervé Rey, Yann Guedon
      Pages 113-119

  3. Absorption, Transport and Utilization of Ions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. Effects of vanadate on the ATP content, ATPase activity and phosphate absorption capacity of maize roots

      • J. Sklenar, G. G. Fox, B. C. Loughman, A. D. B. Pannifer, R. G. Ratcliffe
      Pages 123-128

    3. Ion permeability of maize root membrane vesicles: Studies with light scattering

      • J. Sklenar, B. C. Loughman
      Pages 129-132

    4. The role of plasma membrane-bound activities in nitrate transport into sealed plasma membrane vesicles from Cucumis sativus L. roots

      • G. Kłobus
      Pages 133-140
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About this book

In 1971, the late Dr. J. Kolek of the Institute of Botany, Bratislava, organized the first International Symposium devoted exclusively to plant roots. At that time, perhaps only a few of the participants, gathered together in Tatranska Lomnica, sensed that a new era of root meetings was beginning. Nevertheless, it is now clear that Dr. Kolek's action, undertaken with his characteristic enormous enthusiasm, was rather pioneering, for it started a series a similar meetings. Moreover, what was rather exceptional at the time was the fact that the meeting was devoted to the functioning of just a single organ, the root. One possible reason for the unexpected success of the original, perhaps naive, idea of a Root Symposium might lie with the fact that plant roots have always been extremely popular as experimental material for cytologists, biochemists and physiologists whishing to probe processes as diverse as cell division and solute transport. Of course, the connection of roots with the rest of the plant is not forgotten either. This wide variety of disciplines is now coupled with the development of increasingly sophisticated experimental techniques to study some of these old problems. These factors undoubtedly contribute to the necessity of continuing the tradition of the root symposia. The common theme of root function gives, in addition, a certain unity to all these diverse activities.

Reviews

`The book, as other volumes of this series, is well produced. It can be receommended to everybody searching up-to-date information concerning root anatomy and physiology.'
Biologia Plantarum, 38:1 (1996)

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Structure and Function of Roots

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Structure and Function of Roots, June 20–26, 1993, Stará Lesná, Slovakia

  • Editors: F. Baluška, M. Čiamporová, O. Gašparíková, P. W. Barlow

  • Series Title: Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3101-0

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2832-2Published: 30 April 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-4402-0Published: 04 February 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-3101-0Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 354

  • Topics: Plant Physiology, Plant Sciences, Soil Science & Conservation, Plant Ecology, Ecology

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