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Transport in Plants II

Part A Cells

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  • © 1976

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Editors:
  1. U. Lüttge

    1. Botanisches Institut, Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt, Federal Republic of Germany

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  2. M. G. Pitman

    1. School of Biological Sciences (A12), University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

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Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology (PLANT, volume 2 / A)

Part of the book sub series: Transport in Plants II (919)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Theoretical and Biophysical Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Structure of Biological Membranes

      • N. A. Walker
      Pages 3-11

    3. Water Relations of Plant Cells

      • J. Dainty
      Pages 12-35

    4. Membrane Transport: Theoretical Background

      • N. A. Walker
      Pages 36-52

    5. Electrical Properties of Plant Cells: Methods and Findings

      • G. P. Findlay, A. B. Hope
      Pages 53-92

    6. Measurement of Fluxes across Membranes

      • N. A. Walker, M. G. Pitman
      Pages 93-126

  3. Particular Cell Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Transport in Algal Cells

      • J. A. Raven
      Pages 129-188

    3. Transport in Fungal Cells

      • D. H. Jennings
      Pages 189-228

    4. Transport in Cells of Storage Tissues

      • R. J. Poole
      Pages 229-248

  4. Regulation, Metabolism and Transport

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 249-249
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    2. Transport and Energy

      • U. Lüttge, M. G. Pitman
      Pages 251-259

    3. ATPases Associated with Membranes of Plant Cells

      • T. K. Hodges
      Pages 260-283

    4. Negative Feedback Regulation of Transport in Cells. The Maintenance of Turgor, Volume and Nutrient Supply

      • W. J. Cram
      Pages 284-316

    5. H+ Transport and Regulation of Cell pH

      • F. A. Smith, J. A. Raven
      Pages 317-346

    6. Ion Absorption and Carbon Metabolism in Cells of Higher Plants

      • C. B. Osmond
      Pages 347-372

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 373-XXII
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About this book

As plant physiology increased steadily in the latter half of the 19th century, problems of absorption and transport of water and of mineral nutrients and problems of the passage of metabolites from one cell to another were investigated, especially in Germany. JUSTUS VON LIEBIG, who was born in Darmstadt in 1803, founded agricultural chemistry and developed the techniques of mineral nutrition in agricul­ ture during the 70 years of his life. The discovery of plasmolysis by NAGEL! (1851), the investigation of permeability problems of artificial membranes by TRAUBE (1867) and the classical work on osmosis by PFEFFER (1877) laid the foundations for our understanding of soluble substances and osmosis in cell growth and cell mechanisms. Since living membranes were responsible for controlling both water movement and the substances in solution, "permeability" became a major topic for investigation and speculation. The problems then discussed under that heading included passive permeation by diffusion, Donnan equilibrium adjustments, active transport processes and antagonism between ions. In that era, when organelle isolation by differential centrifugation was unknown and the electron microscope had not been invented, the number of cell membranes, their thickness and their composition, were matters for conjecture. The nature of cell surface membranes was deduced with remarkable accuracy from the reactions of cells to substances in solution. In 1895, OVERTON, in U. S. A. , published the hypothesis that membranes were probably lipid in nature because of the greater penetration by substances with higher fat solubility.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Botanisches Institut, Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt, Federal Republic of Germany

    U. Lüttge

  • School of Biological Sciences (A12), University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

    M. G. Pitman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Transport in Plants II

  • Book Subtitle: Part A Cells

  • Editors: U. Lüttge, M. G. Pitman

  • Series Title: Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66227-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg 1976

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-66229-4Published: 07 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-66227-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXVIII, 400

  • Topics: Plant Physiology, Biomedicine general

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