Biology of Root Formation and Development

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. The Place of Roots in Plant Development

   • Peter W. Barlow, Beatriz Palma

   Pages 1-11

3. Determinate Primary Root Growth in Stenocereus gummosus (Cactaceae)

   • Joseph G. Dubrovsky

   Pages 13-20

4. The Acquisition of Cell Fate in the Arabidopsis thaliana Root Meristem

   • Claudia van den Berg, Viola Willemsen, Nicole van der Werff, Harald Wolkenfelt, Heather McKhann, Peter Weisbeek et al.

   Pages 21-29

5. Root System Restoration Following Root Pruning of Acacia senegal and its Analysis by Means of an Elementary Petri Net

   • Beatriz Palma, Peter W. Barlow

   Pages 31-38

6. Root Architecture Effects on Nutrient Uptake

   • Asher Bar-Tal, Ruth Ganmore-Neumann, Gozal Ben-Hayyim

   Pages 39-45

7. Role of the Root Apex in Lateral Root Development in Pine Seedlings

   • Nir Atzmon, Oded Reuveni, Joseph Riov

   Pages 47-50

8. Preliminary Evaluation of Variability in MUSA Root System Development

   • Guy Blomme, Rodomiro Ortiz

   Pages 51-52

9. Arrangement of Microtubules, but not Microfilaments, Indicates Determination of Cambial Derivatives

   • Nigel Chaffey, John Barnett, Peter Barlow

   Pages 52-54

10. Indissociable Chief Factors in the Inductive Phase of Adventitious Rooting

    • Thomas Gaspar, Claire Kevers, Jean-François Hausman

    Pages 55-63

11. The Effects of Polyamines and Hydrogen Peroxide on Root Formation in Olive and the Role of Polyamines as an Early Marker for Rooting Ability

    • E. Rugini, G. Di Francesco, M. Muganu, S. Astolfi, G. Caricato

    Pages 65-73

12. Histological and Biochemical Characterization of Adventitious Root Formation in Walnut Cotyledon Fragments

    • Laurent Duroux, Fabienne Fontaine, Christian Breton, Jean-Paul Charpentier, Patrick Doumas, Christian Jay-Allemand

    Pages 75-84

13. Adventitious Root Formation in Walnut Hybrid Rootstocks (Juglans hindsii X J. regia)

    • James McKenna, Ellen G. Sutter

    Pages 85-90

14. Rooting Induction After In Vitro Cold Storage of Cork Oak Cultures

    • A. Romano, M. A. Martins-Loução

    Pages 91-92

15. Novel Ligno-Silicon Products Promoting Root System Development

    • Galina Telysheva, Galina Lebedeva, Tatiana Dizhbite, Natalya Zaimenko, Datse Grivinya, Olga Virzina

    Pages 92-93

16. Regulation of Rooting Ability of Solanum tuberosum L. Explants by Gaseous Environment, In Vitro

    • G. Arente, D. Gertnere

    Pages 93-94

17. Increased Induction of Adventitious Rooting by Slow Release Auxins and Elicitors

    • W. M. Van der Krieken, J. Kodde, M. H. M. Visser, A. Blaakmeer, K. de Groot, L. Leegstra et al.

    Pages 95-104

18. Jasmonic Acid Affects Cell Division in Meristems of Cultured Potato Roots

    • Barbara Vilhar, Maja Ravnikar, Dennis Francis

    Pages 105-110

19. Choice of Auxin for In Vitro Rooting of Apple Microcuttings

    • Geert-Jan De Klerk, Jolanda Ter Brugge, Jan Jasik, Svetla Marinova

    Pages 111-116

20. Biochemical and Molecular Factors Affecting In Vitro Rooting Ability in Almond

    • E. Caboni, P. Lauri, M. G. Tonelli, P. Iacovacci, C. Damiano

    Pages 117-124

This book contains the majority of the presentations of the Second International Symposium on the Biology of Root Formation and Development that was hcld in Jerusa­ lem, Israel, June 23---28, 1996. Following the First Symposium on the Biology of Adventi­ tious Root Formation, held in Dallas. USA, 1993, we perceived the need to include all kinds of roots, not only the shoot-borne ones. The endogenous signals that control root formation. and the subsequent growth and development processes, are very much alike, re­ gardless of the sites and sources of origin of the roots. Therefore, we included in the Sec­ ond Symposium contributions on both shoot-borne (i.e., adventitious) roots and root-borne (i.e., lateral) roots. Plant roots have remained an exciting and an intriguing field of sciencc. During thc years that followed the first symposium, an exceptional proliferation of interest in root biology has developed, associated with the intensive research activity in this field and the contemporary developments in the understanding of root function and development. New methods have been applied, and old ideas and interprctations werc rccxamined. Alto­ gether, it became necessary to update our viewpoints and to expand them.

• Expression
• gene expression
• physiology
• plant development
• plant roots
• root growth
• roots

• The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel

  Arie Altman

• Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

  Yoav Waisel

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