Recent Advances of Plant Root Structure and Function: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Structure and Function of Roots. Stara Lensna, Slovakia, 30 August – 4 September, 1998

Front Matter....Pages i-2
Histochemical analysis of root meristem activity in Arabidopsis thaliana using a cyclin:GUS ( β -glucuronidase) marker line....Pages 3-12
Ultrastructural effects of the herbicide chlorpropham (CIPC) in root tip cells of wheat....Pages 13-21
Measurement of viscoelastic properties of root cell walls affected by low pH in lateral roots of Pisum sativum L.....Pages 23-30
Secondary dilatation growth in the root endodermis....Pages 31-37
Changes of root structure in connection with the development of lateral root primordia in wheat and pumpkins....Pages 39-47
Some aspects of endodermis and cortex structure in Dryas roots....Pages 49-54
IAA and ZR content in leek ( Allium porrum L.), as influenced by P nutrition and arbuscular mycorrhizae, in relation to plant development....Pages 55-61
Polyploidy in tomato roots as affected by arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization....Pages 63-70
Water uptake by plant roots: an integration of views....Pages 71-82
Root-shoot interactions in mineral nutrition....Pages 83-95
Calcium channels in the plasma membrane of root cells: Their roles in mineral nutrition and cell signalling....Pages 97-102
Nitrogen and base cation uptake in seedlings of Acer pseudoplatanus and Calamagrostis villosa exposed to an acidified environment....Pages 103-109
Nitrate uptake by bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.) roots under phosphate deficiency....Pages 111-117
Nitrate reductase in roots: Succinate- and NADH-dependent plasma membrane-bound forms....Pages 119-122
Fast shoot responses to root treatment. Are hormones involved?....Pages 123-134
Response of tomato plants to chilling stress in association with nutrient or phosphorus starvation....Pages 135-141
Effect of water stress upon root meristems of pea seedlings: The role of quantitative and qualitative changes in protein patterns....Pages 143-150
The distribution of lead in duckweed ( Lemna minor L.) root tip....Pages 151-158
Lead effects on cereal roots in terms of cell growth, root architecture and metal accumulation....Pages 159-163
Diverse responses of root cell structure to aluminium stress....Pages 165-170
Relationship between microtubule orientation and patterns of cell expansion in developing cortical cells of Lemna minor roots....Pages 171-174
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