Overview
- This volume brings together state-of-the-art information about the role of secretions and emissions in different organs and organisms
- Information regarding the biochemistry of flower volatiles and root exudates, and their role in attracting pollinators and soil microbial communities
- No other book covers aspects related to biological secretion in such a holistic and integrative manner
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Signaling and Communication in Plants (SIGCOMM, volume 12)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Secretions and emissions in biological systems play important signaling roles within the organism but also in its communications with the surrounding environment. This volume brings together state-of-the-art information on the role of secretions and emissions in different organs and organisms ranging from flowers and roots of plants to nematodes and human organs. The plant chapters relate information regarding the biochemistry of flower volatiles and root exudates, and their role in attracting pollinators and soil microbial communities respectively. Microbial chapters explain the biochemistry and ecology of quorum sensing and how microbial communities highly co-adapted to plants can aid in bio-energy applications by degrading ligno-cellulosic materials. Other chapters explain the biology of secretions by nematodes, algae and humans, among other organisms. This volume will be a welcome addition to the literature, as no other book covers aspects related to biological secretion in such a holistic and integrative manner.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Secretions and Exudates in Biological Systems
Editors: Jorge M. Vivanco, František Baluška
Series Title: Signaling and Communication in Plants
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23047-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-23046-2Published: 20 January 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44694-8Published: 22 February 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-23047-9Published: 21 January 2012
Series ISSN: 1867-9048
Series E-ISSN: 1867-9056
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 284
Topics: Plant Sciences, Plant Biochemistry, Plant Physiology, Plant Anatomy/Development, Plant Ecology, Biochemistry, general