Overview
- First monograph that concentrates on the potential of plant microtubules for biotechnology and agriculture
Part of the book series: Plant Cell Monographs (CELLMONO, volume 11)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Keywords
- Cytoskelett
- Entwicklung, Pflanzen
- Evolutionäre Zellbiologie
- Mikrotubuli
- Zellbiologie, Pflanzen
- Zellskelett
- cytoskeleton
- evolutionary cell biology
- microtubules
- plant cell biology
- plant development
- biology
- biotechnology
- cell
- cell biology
- development
- growth
- morphogenesis
- plant growth
- plants
- temperature
About this book
This book introduces some microtubule-mediated key processes that are important for plant life and amenable to manipulation by either genetic, pharmacological or morphological rationales. In the first part, the role of microtubules in plant morphogenesis is reviewed. The second part covers their role in response to environmental factors. The third part deals with the tools that can be used for biotechnological manipulation.
Reviews
From the reviews:
"The overall impression of this book is a very good sum of knowledge gathered around plant microtubules. The scientific level of this book targets researchers and PhD. students readers. The readability is very good and the overall scientific level at which the co-ordinated authors have written their contributions is good to exellent." (Annals of Forest Science, France)
"The book edited by P. Nick largely succeeds in providing highly interesting information on microtubules as targets for biotechnological investigations. It is a compact book, easy to handle with an excellent subject index. Illustrations and schematic models are highly instructive. Overall this book will certainly be extensively read. It is a very useful and valuable publication for scientists and senior graduate students working on plant development and particularly on plant cytoskeleton as a potential for biotechnology. It is highly recommended." (Plant Science)
From the reviews of the second edition:
"This volume purports to be a second edition of the same editor’s 2000 tome Plant microtubules: potential for biotechnology … . all chapters appear to be very up-to-date reviews of their respective topics and will prove useful references to those wanting an update on those aspects. … Plant microtubules: development and flexibility does a good job." (Nigel Chaffey, Annals of Botany, Vol. 130 (3), 2009)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Plant Microtubules
Book Subtitle: Potential for Biotechnology
Editors: Peter Nick
Series Title: Plant Cell Monographs
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-22300-0
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000
eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-22300-0Published: 29 June 2013
Series ISSN: 1861-1370
Series E-ISSN: 1861-1362
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 209
Number of Illustrations: 87 b/w illustrations
Topics: Plant Sciences, Biotechnology, Agriculture, Forestry, Cell Biology