Plant Roots - From Cells to Systems Proceedings of the 14th Long Ash

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Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences VOLUME 73

The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.

Plant Roots - From Cells to Systems Proceedings of the 14th Long Ashton International Symposium Plant Roots From Cells to Systems, held in Bristol, U.K., 13-15 September 1995

Edited by

H. M. ANDERSON, P. W. BARLOW, D. T. CLARKSON, M. B. JACKSON AND P. R. SHEWRY

Partly reprinted from Plant and Soi/, Volume 187, No. 1 (1996)

SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.

Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

ISBN 978-94-010-6402-6 ISBN 978-94-011-5696-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-011-5696-7

Printed on acid-free paper

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© 1997 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht Originally published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 1997 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2004 No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner.

Contents

*1.

Mutational analysis of root initiation in the Arabidopsis embryo T. Berleth, C.S. Hardtke, G.K.H. Przemeck, J. Muller

*2.

Turgor-regulation during extension growth and osmotic stress of maize roots. An example of single-cell mapping J. Pritchard, W. Fricke, D. Tomos

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Microtubular cytoskeleton and root morphogenesis P.w. Barlow, J.S. Parker

23

Roots of willow (Salix viminalis L.) show marked tolerance to oxygen shortage in flooded soils and in solution culture M.B. Jackson, P.A. Attwood

37

*3. *4.

*5. Rol genes and root initiation and development D. Cbriqui, A. Guivarc 'h, W. Dewitte, E. Prinsen, H. van Onkelen *6. *7.

47

Variation, co-ordination and compensation in root systems in relation to soil variability D. Robinson

57

Water transport in plants: Role of the apoplast E. Steudle, J. Frensch

67

*8. The molecular basis of potassium nutrition in plants c.J. Smart, D.E Garvin, J.P. Prince, W.J. Lucas, L.V. Kochian *9.

*10.

Root apical organization in Arabidopsis thaliana ecotype structure T.L. Rost, S.E Baum, S. Nichol

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81 and a comment on root cap

Experimental and genetic analysis of root development in Arabidopsis thaliana B. Scheres, H. McKhann, C. van den Berg, V. Willemsen, H. Wolkenfelt, G. de Vrieze, P. Weisbeek

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11. A biophysical analysis of root growth under mechanical stress A.G. Bengough, C. Croser, J. Pritchard

107

12. Metal-gene-interactions in roots: metallothionein-like genes and iron reductases N.T. Robinson, J.R. Wilson, J.S. Turner, A.P. Fordham-Skelton, Q.J. Groom

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13. Molecular responses of roots related to fungal colonisation in arbuscular mycorrhiza V. Gianinazzi-Pearson

131

• Chapters indicated with an asterisk are reprinted from Plant and Soil Volume 187, No.1 (1996)

14. Legume and actinorhizal root nodule formation K. Pawlowski, T. Bisseling

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15. Responses of roots to low temperatures and nitrogen forms P. Stamp, B. Feil,