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Root Hairs

Cell and Molecular Biology

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Editors:
  1. Robert William Ridge

    1. Department of Biology Division of Natural Sciences, International Christian University, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

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  2. Anne Mie C. Emons

    1. Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

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  • The most up-to-date information on root hair biology by experts in the field

  • Four main topics on root hairs: cell biology, physiology, genetics and symbiosis are covered extensively

  • Detailed explanation of techniques is provided

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages ii-xvi
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  2. Root Hair Ultrastructure and Tip Growth

    • Moira E. Galway
    Pages 1-15

  3. The Role of Microtubules in Root Hair Growth and Cellulose Microfibril Deposition

    • Tijs Ketelaar, Anne Mie C. Emons
    Pages 17-28

  4. The Root Hair Actin Cytoskeleton as Backbone, Highway, Morphogenetic Instrument and Target for Signalling

    • John Esseling, Norbert de Ruijter, Anne Mie C. Emons
    Pages 29-52

  5. Cell Cleaving: A Method for Studying the Extracellular Matrix-Cytoskeleton-Plasma Membrane Continuum in Root Hairs

    • Anne Mie C. Emons, Jan A. Traas
    Pages 53-64

  6. Advanced Fluorescence Microspectroscopic Methods for the Study of Single Living Root Hairs

    • Joachim Goedhart, Theodorus W. J. Gadella Jr.
    Pages 65-94

  7. Molecules at the Tips of Root Hairs

    • Robert W. Ridge, Charlotta A. Fredriksson
    Pages 95-100

  8. Hormonal Control of Root Hair Growth and Development

    • Masayuki Katsumi, Mariko Izumo, Robert W. Ridge
    Pages 101-114

  9. Electrobiology of Root Hairs

    • Roger R. Lew
    Pages 115-139

  10. Calcium in Root Hair Growth

    • Tatiana Bibikova, Simon Gilroy
    Pages 141-163

  11. pH Regulation in and by Root Hairs

    • Hubert H. Felle, Almut Herrmann
    Pages 165-178

  12. Evidence for the Uptake of Non-Essential Ions and Essential Nutrient Ions by Root Hairs and Their Effect on Root Hair Development

    • R. Larry Peterson, Kevin J. Stevens
    Pages 179-195

  13. Specification of Root Hair Cells

    • John Schiefelbein
    Pages 197-209

  14. Genetics of Root Hair Development

    • Alison Cavell, Claire S. Grierson
    Pages 211-221

  15. Infection of Root Hairs by Rhizobia: Infection Thread Development with Emphasis on the Microtubular Cytoskeleton

    • Antonius C. J. Timmers
    Pages 223-239

  16. Nod-Factors in Symbiotic Development of Root Hairs

    • Helen R. Irving, Nawal M. Boukli, Marilyn N. Kelly, William J. Broughton
    Pages 241-265

  17. Rhizobium-Induced Plant Gene Expression in Root Hairs

    • Andrea Jahraus, Ton Bisseling
    Pages 267-283

  18. The Involvement of Root Hairs in Mycorrhizal Associations

    • Frédérique C. Guinel, Ann M. Hirsch
    Pages 285-310

  19. Root Hair-Frankia Interactions in Actinorhizal Symbioses

    • T. V. Bhuvaneswari, Bjørn Solheim
    Pages 311-327

  20. Back Matter

    Pages 329-336
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About this book

Root hairs are tip-growing cells that originate from epidennal cells called trichoblasts. Their role may be simply thought of as extending the surface area of the root to facilitate absorption of nutrients and water. However, as you will see in this book, the root hair is far more than that. To an increasingly larger number of plant biologists, the root hair is a model cell. It grows in much the same way as a pollen tube, by sending vast numbers of vesicles containing cell wall precursors to a rounded apical dome, the tip. Once the trichoblast becomes committed to root hair fonnation, it no longer divides. The root hair cell has a migrating nucleus and a complex cytoskeleton. It has a varied cell wall. It is easy to observe through differential interference contrast microscopy because there are no other cells around it to disturb the image. Cytoplasmic streaming is exceptionally clear, and amyloplasts and even mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum can be seen without reporter labelling in some species. Root hair mutants are easy to distinguish and catalogue. Plant honnones are involved in their growth and development. It is thus an almost ideal plant cell for experimental manipulation and observation. The root hair is also involved in interactions with soil microbes, as you will learn from later chapters of the book.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biology Division of Natural Sciences, International Christian University, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

    Robert William Ridge

  • Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Anne Mie C. Emons

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Root Hairs

  • Book Subtitle: Cell and Molecular Biology

  • Editors: Robert William Ridge, Anne Mie C. Emons

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-68370-4

  • Publisher: Springer Tokyo

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Tokyo 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-4-431-70282-5Published: 01 July 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-4-431-68372-8Published: 24 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-4-431-68370-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 336

  • Topics: Plant Sciences, Agriculture, Forestry

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