Progress in Botany - Genetics Physiology Systematics Ecology

With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences.
The present volume includes reviews on genetics, cell biology, physiology, comparative morphology, systematics, ecology, and vegetation science.

List of contents

Review.- Chromatophore Displacements in Marine Macroalgae: Physiology and Ecological Relevance.- Genetics.- Alternative Respiration in Plants and Fungi: Some Aspects of Its Biological Role.- Mutants and Transgenics - a Comparison of Barley Resources in Crop Breeding.- Molecular Genetics of Chloroplast Biogenesis.- Extranuclear Inheritance: Genetics and Biogenesis of Mitochondria.- Genetics of Phytopathogenic Bacteria.- Population Genetics: Aspects of Biodiversity.- Strategies of Breeding for Durable Disease Resistance in Cereals.- Physiology.- Coordination of V-ATPase and V-PPase at the Vacuolar Membrane of Plant Cells.- Ca2+ Mobilization from Internal Stores in Electrical Membrane Excitation in Chara.- Photosynthesis. Carbon Metabolism: Quantification and Manipulation.- Light Sensory Responses in Lower Plants: Photomovement Versus Photoadaptation.- Circadian Rhythmicity: Is the "Biological Clock" Hardware or Software?.- Systematics.- Systematics of the Pteridophytes.- Ecology.- Impact of Ozone on Trees: an Ecophysiological Perspective.- Fine Root Biomass of Temperate Forests in Relation to Soil Acidity and Fertility, Climate, Age and Species.- Light Heterogeneity and Plants: from Ecophysiology to Species Coexistence and Biodiversity.- Applications of Stable Isotopes in Plant Ecology.- Trends in Plant Diversity Research.

About the author

Ulrich Lüttge lehrte bis zum Jahr 2004 als Ordinarius am Institut für Botanik der Technischen Universität Darmstadt. Ulrich Lüttges Arbeitsgruppe beschäftigt sich u.a mit Membranphysiologie und -biochemie, circadianer Rhythmik von Photosyntheseprozessen sowie dem antioxidativen Verteidigungssystem der Pflanze.

Summary

With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences.
The present volume includes reviews on genetics, cell biology, physiology, comparative morphology, systematics, ecology, and vegetation science.

Product details

• Assisted by: W. Beyschlag (Editor), Wolfram Beyschlag (Editor), Wolfram Beyschlag et al (Editor), Karl Esser (Editor), Frank Hellwig (Editor), Ulric Lüttge (Editor), Ulrich Lüttge (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.07.2013
• EAN: 9783642628382
• ISBN: 978-3-642-62838-2
• No. of pages: 536
• Weight: 842 g
• Illustrations: XV, 536 p.
• Series: Progress in Botany; Progress in Botany
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; C, Ökologie, Biosphäre, Zellbiologie (Zytologie), Microbiology (non-medical), Forstwirtschaft und Waldbau: Praxis und Techniken, Agrarwissenschaften, Mikrobiologie (nicht-medizinisch), Botany, Ecology, microbiology, Agriculture, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cellular biology (cytology), Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques, Forestry, Agricultural science, Plant Science, Plant Sciences, Cell Biology