Progress in Botany, Volume 67 Genetics-Physiology-Systematics-Ecology

About this book

With one volume each year, Progress in Botany keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences. The present volume includes reviews on genetics, cell biology, physiology, comparative morphology, systematics, ecology, and vegetation science.

Contents

Review
- Fascination with Chloroplasts and Chromosome Pairing

Genetics
- Recombination: Cytoplasmatic Male Sterility and Fertility Restoration in Higher Plants
- Function of Genetic Material: From Genomics to Functional Markers in Maize
- Extranuclear Inheritance: Gene Transfer out of Plastids
- Molecular Cell Biology: Epigenetic Gene Silencing in Plants
- Genetics of Phytopathology: Secondary Metabolites as Virulence Determinants of Fungal Plant Pathogens
- Plant Breeding: MADS Ways of Memorizing Winter: Vernalization in Weed and Wheat
- Biotechnology: Engineered Male Sterility in Plant Hybrid Breeding

Physiology
- Membrane Turnover in Plants
- Besides Water: Functions of Plant Membrane Intrinsic Proteins and Aquaporins
- New Insight into Auxin Perceptin, Signal Transduction and Transport
- New Insights into Abiotic Stress Signalling in Plants
- Genetically Transformed Root Cultures – Generation, Properties and Application in Plant Sciences
- Molecular Chaperones – Holding and Folding

Systematics
- Recent Progress in Floristic Research in Korea
- Recent Progress in Systematics in China

Ecology
- Structural Determinants of Leaf Light-Harvesting Capacity and Photosynthetic Potentials
- Recent Trends in Plant-Ecological Modelling: Species Dynamics in Grassland Systems
- Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Enrichment Effects on Ecosystems – Experiments and the Real World
- Quaternary Palaeoecology: Central and South America, Antarctica and the Pacific Ocean Region
- Biodiversity Experiments – Artificial Constructions or Heuristic Tools? Resource Allocation in Clonal Plants

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