Structure and Function of Roots Proceedings of the Fourth Internatio
In 1971, the late Dr. J. Kolek of the Institute of Botany, Bratislava, organized the first International Symposium devoted exclusively to plant roots. At that time, perhaps only a few of the participants, gathered together in Tatranska Lomnica, sensed tha
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Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences VOLUME 58
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Structure and Function of Roots Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Structure and Function of Roots, June 20-26, 1993, Stara Lesna, Slovakia Edited by
F. BALUSKA, M. CIAMPOROVA, O. GASPARfKOV Aand P. W. BARLOW
Partly reprinted from Plant and Soil, Volume 167, No.1 (1994)
SPRINGER-SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
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Contents
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Preface STRUCTURAL ASPECTS OF ROOT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
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Structure and function at the root apex - phylogenetic and ontogenetic perspectives on apical cells and quiescent centres P. W. Barlow
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The origin of the basal part of the embryo root in Brassica napus L. and its role in growth of early seedlings T. Tykarska and M. Kuras
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Radicle of Echinocactus platyacanthus (Cactaceae) A. Lux, M. Mikus, Z. Hanackova, J. Kristin
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The relation between cell size, chromosome length and the orientation of chromosomes in dividing root cortex cells J.L. Oud, N. Nanninga
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Importance of the post-mitotic isodiametric growth (PIG) region for growth and development of roots F. Baluska, P.W. Barlow, S. Kubica
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The completion of cell proliferation and growth in wheat radicle N.P. Demchenko
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Structural basis of root hair formation: Early development of trichoblasts and atrichoblasts D. Volkmann and P. Peters
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The relationship between growth, nucleus migration and cytoskeleton in root hairs of radish S. Sato, Y. Ogasawara and S. Sakuragi
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Morphology and anatomy of rice roots with special reference to coordination in organo- and histogenesis S. Morita and K Nemoto
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The localization of ~-glucuronidase in roots of transgenic sugar beet by means of azocoupling procedure K Benes, S. Vitha, KM.A. Gartland and M.C. Elliott
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Chapters indicated with an asterisk are reprinted from Plant and Soil, Volume 167, No. 1. (1994).
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Effect of gibberellin and ancymidol on the growth and cell wall components of pea (Pisum sativum L.) roots E. Tanimoto
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Structural and physiological characteristics of the tap root of Smyrnium perfoliatum L. (Apiaceae) A Lux, E. Masarovicova and Roman Olah
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*13. Increased root length and branching in cotton by soil application of the plant growth regulator PGR-IV D.M. Oosterhuis, D. Zhao
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Modelling of the branching process of the root syste
