1. Edition - November 2009
169.- Euro
2009. 384 Pages, Hardcover
ISBN-10: 1-4051-6150-7
ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-6150-3 - John Wiley & Sons








Short description
Root Development is an extremely exciting new title in Blackwell Publishing's Annual Plant Reviews Series (Series Editor Profesor Jeremy Roberts). The book consists of contributions from author groups based at many of the World's formeost laboratories working in the root development area. The book's editor Tom Beeckman, himself very well known and respected for his work in this area, has drawn together an exceptional set of core cutting edge reviews of the subject, providing a state of the art reference tool for all those researching in this area.

From the contents
1. Arabidopsis root development

2. Vascular morphogenesis during root development

3. Root epidermal development in Arabidopsis

4. Lateral root formation

5. Adventitious root formation: new insights and perspectives

6. Root gravitropism

7. Molecular and genetic dissection of cereal root system development

8. Fern root development

9. When plants socialize: symbioses and root development

10. Legume root architecture: a peculiar root system

11. Effect of nutrient availability on root system development

12. Studying root development using a genomic approach