Plant roots : the hidden half
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Plant roots : the hidden half
(Books in soils, plants, and the environment)
Marcel Dekker, c1996
2nd ed., rev. and expanded
Available at 35 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This work offers an up-to-date, multidisciplinary presentation of plant roots, reflecting the explosion of information that has become available since publication of the first edition. It provides new coverage of current methods for investigating roots and the role of aeroponics in root research, the simulation of plant root architecture and the use of fractal geometry and scaling in describing root architecture, roots in human nutrition, and more.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The root system - structure and development: characteristics and functions of root systems
- genetic control of root systems
- the root cap - structure and function
- the root apical meristem and its margins. Part 2 Methods of root studies: modern methods for root investigations
- aeroponics - a tool for root research
- simulation of root system architecture
- fractal geometry, scaling and the description of plant root architecture. Part 3 Growth and metabolism: synthesis of plant growth regulators by roots
- root growth and gravireaction - a reexamination of hormone and regulator implications
- calcium and gravitropism
- respiratory patterns in roots in relation to their functioning. Part 4 Growth under stress: temperature effects on root growth
- growth under oxygen stress
- growth under trace element stress
- root growth under salinity stress. Part 5 Ion and water relations: root structure and sites of ion uptake
- ion uptake mechanisms
- dynamics of nutrient movement at the soil-root interface
- root-induced changes in the availability of micronutrients in the rhizosphere. Part 6 The rhizosphere: mycorrhizae
- root-bacteria interactions - symbiotic nitrogen fixation
- nonsymbiotic nitrogen-fixing soil microorganisms
- plant growth promotion by rhizosphere bacteria. Part 7 Root pests: root-nematode interactions - recognition and pathogenicity
- arthropod root pests
- interactions of roots with soil-borne pathogens. Part 8 Roots of various ecological groups: ecophysiology of roots of desert plants, with special emphasis on agaves and cacti
- ecophysiology of roots of halophytes
- development and function of contractile roots
- aerial roots and their environments.
by "Nielsen BookData"