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Plant Aging

Basic and Applied Approaches

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. Roberto Rodríguez

    1. University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain

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  2. R. Sánchez Tamés

    1. University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain

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  3. D. J. Durzan

    1. University of California, Davis, Davis, USA

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Part of the book series: NATO Science Series A: (NSSA, volume 186)

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Table of contents (62 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages N1-xi
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  2. Aging, Maturation and Rejuvenation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Aging of Meristems and Morphogenetic Potentialities

      • Victorio S. Trippi
      Pages 3-10

    3. Maturation and Senescence: Types of Aging

      • Victorio S. Trippi
      Pages 11-17

    4. Adult vs. Juvenile Explants: Directed Totipotency

      • D. J. Durzan
      Pages 19-25

    5. Recovery of Transient Juvenile Capacities During Micropropagation of Filbert

      • C. Díaz-Sala, M. Rey, R. Rodríguez
      Pages 27-36

    6. Juvenility and Maturity of Woody Species in New Zealand

      • J. L. Oliphant
      Pages 37-42

    7. Development of Rejuvenation Methods for in Vitro Establishment, Multiplication and Rooting of Mature Trees

      • A. Ballester, M. C. Sánchez, M. C. San-José, F. J. Vieitez, A. M. Vieitez
      Pages 43-49

    8. Aging in Tree Species: Present Knowledge

      • Andreas Meier-Dinkel, Jochen Kleinschmit
      Pages 51-63

  3. Vegetative Propagation: Advantages and Limitations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. Special Problems and Prospects in the Propagation of Woody Species

      • Trevor A. Thorpe, Indra S. Harry
      Pages 67-74

    3. Factors Affecting Tissue Culture Success in Mass Propagation

      • Pier-Luigi Pasqualetto
      Pages 75-80

    4. Effective Handling of Plant Tissue Culture

      • R. Sánchez Tamés, B. Fernandez Muñiz, J. P. Majada
      Pages 81-87

    5. In Vitro Micromultiplication of Grapevine: Effect of age, genotype and culture conditions on induction of callus in Vitis spp. leaf segments

      • K. A. Roubelakis-Angelakis, K. C. Katsirdakis
      Pages 89-95

    6. Plant Cells and Protoplast Immobilization as Tools for Studies on Cell Function, Metabolism and Differentiation

      • M. Salomè S. Pais, Joaquim M. S. Cabral
      Pages 97-112

    7. Recovery of Somatic Variation in Resistance of Populus to Septoria Musiva

      • M. E. Ostry, D. D. Skilling, O. Y. Lee-Stadelmann, W. P. Hackett
      Pages 113-116

    8. Shoot-Tip Grafting in Vitro of Woody Species and Its Influence on Plant Age

      • L. Navarro
      Pages 117-123

    9. The Control by Cryopreservation of Age-Related Changes in Plant Tissue Cultures

      • Erica E. Benson, Keith Harding
      Pages 125-131

    10. Vitrification in Plant Tissue Culture

      • P.-L. Pasqualetto
      Pages 133-137

  4. Ultrastructural, Genetic and Biochemical Characteristics of Aging and Senescence

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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For many, the terms aging, maturation and senescence are synonymous and used interchangeably, but they should not be. Whereas senescence represents an endogenously controlled degenerative programme leading to plant or organ death, genetiC aging encompasses a wide array of passive degenerative genetiC processes driven primarily by exogenous factors (Leopold, 1975). Aging is therefore considered a consequence of genetiC lesions that accumulate over time, but by themselves do not necessarily cause death. These lesions are probably made more severe by the increase in size and complexity in trees and their attendant physiology. Thus while the withering of flower petals following pollination can be considered senescence, the loss of viability of stored seeds more clearly represents aging (Norden, 1988). The very recent book "Senescence and Aging in Plants" does not discuss trees, the most dominant group of plants on the earth. Yet both angiospermic and gymnospermic trees also undergo the above phenomena but less is known about them. Do woody plants senesce or do they just age? What is phase change? Is this synonymous with maturation? While it is now becoming recognized that there is no programmed senescence in trees, senescence of their parts, even in gymnosperms (e. g. , needles of temperate conifers las t an average of 3. 5 years), is common; but aging is a readily acknowledged phenomenon. In theory, at least, in the absence of any programmed senescence trees should -live forever, but in practice they do not.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain

    Roberto Rodríguez, R. Sánchez Tamés

  • University of California, Davis, Davis, USA

    D. J. Durzan

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