Cytomorphogenesis in Plants

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-X

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2. Cytomorphogenesis in Unicellular Plants and Cell Aggregates

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Morphopoietic and Functional Aspects of Regular Protein Membranes Present on Prokaryotic Cell Walls

      • U. B. Sleytr

      Pages 3-26

   3. Scale Formation in Flagellates

      • D. K. Romanovicz

      Pages 27-62

   4. Morphogenesis and Biochemistry of Diatom Cell Walls

      • Anna-Maria M. Schmid, M. A. Borowitzka, B. E. Volcani

      Pages 63-97

   5. Form and Pattern in Pediastrum

      • W. F. Millington

      Pages 99-118

   6. Pattern Formation in Acetabularia

      • H. G. Schweiger, Sigrid Berger

      Pages 119-145

   7. Cytoplasmic Basis of Morphogenesis in Micrasterias

      • O. Kiermayer

      Pages 147-189

   8. Nuclear Control of Morphogenesis in Micrasterias

      • P. Kallio, J. Lehtonen

      Pages 191-213

   9. Formation and Distribution of Cell Wall Pores in Desmids

      • G. Neuhaus, O. Kiermayer

      Pages 215-228

3. Cytomorphogenesis in Multicellular Plants

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229

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   2. Control of Cell Expansion in the Nitella Internode

      • L. Taiz, J.-P. Métraux, P. A. Richmond

      Pages 231-264

   3. Morphogenesis and Polarity of Tubular Cells with Tip Growth

      • A. Sievers, E. Schnepf

      Pages 265-299

   4. Microtubules and Cytomorphogenesis in a Developing Organ: The Root Primordium of Azolla pinnata

      • B. E. S. Gunning

      Pages 301-325

   5. Morphogenesis of Tracheary Elements and Guard Cells

      • P. K. Hepler

      Pages 327-347

   6. Sporogenesis and Pollen Grain Formation

      • Brigitte Buchen, A. Sievers

      Pages 349-376

4. General Aspects of Cytomorphogenesis in Plants

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 377-377

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   2. Ionic Currents as Control Mechanism in Cytomorphogenesis

      • M. H. Weisenseel, Rosalinde M. Kicherer

      Pages 379-399

   3. Role of Lipid Self-Assembly in Subcellular Morphogenesis

      • P. Sitte

      Pages 401-421

5. Back Matter

   Pages 423-441

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In 1958 E. BUNNING published a book in the former series "Proto­ plasmatologia" entitled "Polaritat und inaquale Teilung des pflanzlichen Protoplasten" (polarity and unequal division of the plant protoplast) in which for the first time results of experimental plant cytomorphogenesis were re­ viewed. This book was based completely on light microscopic observations and rather simple experimental techniques. Since then our knowledge of basic cytomorphogenetic mechanisms has greatly increased, especially with the introduction of modern ultrastructural, biochemical and sophisticated experi­ mental methods so that the field of cytomorphogenesis in our days should be considered a separate discipline within the general field of cell biology. This book, "Cytomorphogenesis in Plants", represents a necessary attempt to bring together current knowledge in this field of research on a comparable basis. Unfortunately enormous gaps in our understanding of the underlying principles of cytomorphogenetic events still exist. Therefore it seemed reason­ able to present a book composed of individual chapters, each written by experts for a defined experimental system. Each chapter represent a separate treatise with its own references, hence it was not possible to avoid some overlap both in the text and in the literature of the chapters without destroying the uni­ formity of the respective article.

• Zelle
• cell
• morphogenesis
• plants
• algorithm analysis and problem complexity

• Botanical Institute, University of Salzburg, Austria

  Oswald Kiermayer

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