Progress in Botany Vol. 73

The latest annual volume in the series Progress in Botany, this book reports on developments and results spanning the plant sciences. Includes reviews on genetics, cell biology, physiology, comparative morphology, systematics, ecology, and vegetation science.

Up-to-date reviews Written by leading experts All contributions are peer-reviewed Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Auteur
Until 2004 Ulrich Lüttge taught at the Institute for Botany at the TU Darmstadt. He is an experienced teacher and is concerned with membrane physiology and biochemistry, circadian rhythms among photosynthesis processes as well as the antioxidative defense system of plants

Contenu

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.