Plant growth signaling / volume editors, László Bögre, Gerrit Beemster.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bögre, László.

Beemster, Gerrit T. S.

Rudolph G. Schmieder Fund.

Series:

Plant cell monographs ; 10.

Plant cell monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Growth (Plants).

Plant regulators.

Physical Description:

380 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Springer Verlag, [2008]

Summary:

Plant growth is of great economical and intellectual interest. Plants are the basis of our living environment, the production of our food and a myriad of plant-based natural products. Plant bio-mass is also becoming an important renewable energy resource.

Agricultural plant cultivation and breeding programs have altered plant productivity and yield parameters extensively, yet the principles and underlying mechanisms are not well understood. At the cellular level, growth is the result of only two processes, cell division and cell expansion, but these two processes are controlled by intertwined signaling cascades and regulatory mechanisms forming complex regulatory networks. Ultimately this network is what plant scientists are trying to unravel.

The sequencing of model and agronomically important plant genomes allows complete insight into the molecular components involved in each process. Methods to quantify the molecular changes, image growth processes and reconstruct growth regulatory networks are rapidly developing. This knowledge should help to elucidate key regulators and to design methods to engineer plant architecture and growth parameters for future human needs. This volume gives a comprehensive overview of what is known about plant growth regulation and growth restraints due to environmental conditions and should allow readers at all levels an entry into this exiting field of research.

Contents:

Signals and Mechanisms in the Control of Plant Growth / P. Doerner 1

Control of Plant Organ Size / E. Anastasiou, M. Lenhard 25

Control of Leaf Morphogenesis by Long- and Short-Distance Signaling: Differentiation of Leaves Into Sun or Shade Types and Compensated Cell Enlargement / A. Ferjani, S. Yano, G. Horiguchi, H. Tsukaya 47

Plant Growth Dynamics: Analysis of Basic Spatial and Temporal Growth Patterns on the Background of Photosynthetic Energy Gain and Interactions with the Environment / A. Walter 63

Keeping the Balance Between Proliferation and Differentiation by the E2F Transcriptional Regulatory Network is Central to Plant Growth and Development / Z. Magyar 89

Plant Cell Growth Signalling and Its Link to Ploidy / T. Yoshizumi, C. Breuer, M. Matsui, K. Sugimoto-Shirasu 107

Epidermal Signalling and the Control of Plant Shoot Growth / G. C. Ingram 127

Signaling in Auxin-Dependent Plant Development / M. K. Zago, C. S. Galvan-Ampudia, R. Offringa 155

Brassinosteroid Signaling / S. D. Clouse 179

Ethylene: Inhibitor and Stimulator of Plant Growth / J. Dugardeyn, D. Van Der Straeten 199

Light and the Control of Plant Growth / E. Lopez-Juez, P. F. Devlin 223

TOR Signaling in Plants / G. H. Anderson 243

MAP Kinase Cascades Controlling Cell Division, Plant Growth and Development / T. Suzuki, Y. Machida 261

Protein Phosphatases in Plant Growth Signalling Pathways / A. Schweighofer, I. Meskiene 277

Armadillo Repeat Proteins: Versatile Regulators of Plant Development and Signalling / J. C. Coates 299

Mass Spectrometry Based Proteomics as a Tool for the Analysis of Protein-Protein Interactions in Signaling Processes / W. X. Schulze 315

Signal Transduction Networks During Stress Responses in Arabidopsis: High-Throughput Analysis and Modelling / A. Devoto, A. Paccanaro 331

Cell Growth Control in an Algal Model / K. Bisova 351.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rudolph G. Schmieder Fund.

ISBN:

9783540775898

3540775897

OCLC:

227025912