Progress in Botany Vol. 73

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

A Half-century Adventure in the Dynamics of Living Systems.- To Divide and to Rule; Regulating Cell Division in Roots During Postembryonic Growth.- Metabolic Engineering of Cyanobacteria for Direct Conversion of CO2 to Hydrocarbon Biofuels.- Interaction Between Salinity and Elevated CO2: A Physiological Approach.- Mechanisms of Cd Hyperaccumulation and Detoxification in Heavy Metal Hyperaccumulators: How Plants Cope with Cd.- Long-distance Transport and Plant Internal Cycling of N- and S-Compounds.- Blue Light Activated Chloroplast Movements - Progress in the Last Decade.- Role of Chloroplast Thylakoid Lumen in Photosynthetic Regulation and Plant Cell Signaling.- Connecting Environmental Stimuli and CAM Expression: Phytohormones and Other Signaling Molecules.- Systematics of the Green Algae: a Brief Introduction to the Current Status.- Secondary Lichen Compounds as Protection Against Excess Solar Radiation and Herbivores.

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: Wolfra Beyschlag (Editor), Wolfram Beyschlag (Editor), Burkhard Büdel (Editor), Burkhard Büdel et al (Editor), Dennis Francis (Editor), Ulrich Lüttge (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.04.2014
• EAN: 9783642439810
• ISBN: 978-3-642-43981-0
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 17 mm x 235 mm
• Weight: 498 g
• Illustrations: XII, 312 p.
• Series: Progress in Botany; Progress in Botany; Progress in Botany. Structural Botany Physiology, Genetics, Taxonomy, Geobotany / Fortschritte der Botanik. Struktur, Physiologie, Genetik, Systematik, Geobotanik
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Botany; C, Botany, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Plant Science, Plant Sciences