Overview
- Covers basic processes of wood biosynthesis
- Deals with the regulation of wood formation by endogenous and exogenous factors
- Gives an overview of the basic processes of wood formation
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Plant Cell Monographs (CELLMONO, volume 20)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Basic Processes of Wood Formation
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Control of Wood Formation by Endogenous and Exogenous Factors
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About this book
With today’s ever growing economic and ecological problems, wood as a raw material takes on increasing significance as the most important renewable source of energy and as industrial feedstock for numerous products. Its chemical and anatomical structure and the excellent properties that result allow wood to be processed into the most diverse products; from logs to furniture and veneers, and from wood chippings to wooden composites and paper. The aim of this book is to review advances in research on the cellular aspects of cambial growth and wood formation in trees over recent decades. The book is divided into two major parts. The first part covers the basic process of wood biosynthesis, focusing on five major steps that are involved in this process: cell division, cell expansion, secondary cell wall formation, programmed cell death and heartwood formation. The second part of the book deals with the regulation of wood formation by endogenous and exogenous factors. On the endogenous level the emphasis is placed on two aspects: control of wood formation by phytohormones and by molecular mechanisms. Apart from endogenous factors, various exogenous effects (such as climate factors) are involved in wood formation. Due to modern microscopic as well as molecular techniques, the understanding of wood formation has progressed significantly over the last decade. Emphasizing the cellular aspects, this book first gives an overview of the basic process of wood formation, before it focuses on factors involved in the regulation of this process.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cellular Aspects of Wood Formation
Editors: Jörg Fromm
Series Title: Plant Cell Monographs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36491-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-36490-7Published: 23 April 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44679-5Published: 08 February 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-36491-4Published: 11 April 2013
Series ISSN: 1861-1370
Series E-ISSN: 1861-1362
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 260
Topics: Tree Biology, Cell Biology, Plant Anatomy/Development, Wood Science & Technology