The Apoplast of higher plants: Compartment of Storage, Transport and Reactions: The significance of the apoplast for the mineral nutrition of higher plants

CONTENTS......Page 7
PREFACE......Page 11
FOREWORD: THE PLANT–LEAF APOPLAST......Page 13
THE PLANT–LEAF APOPLAST......Page 14
SECTION 1: CELL WALL–ION INTERACTIONS: SIGNIFICANCE FOR NUTRITION OF PLANTS AND THEIR STRESS TOLERANCE......Page 24
CELL WALL–ION INTERACTIONS......Page 25
BORON IN THE APOPLAST OF HIGHER PLANTS......Page 29
SILICON IN PLANT NUTRITION......Page 43
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ROOT APOPLAST FOR ALUMINIUM TOXICITY AND RESISTANCE OF MAIZE......Page 58
SIGNIFICANCE OF POLYAMINES FOR PECTIN-METHYLESTERASE ACTIVITY AND THE ION DYNAMICS IN THE APOPLAST......Page 76
SECTION 2: THE ROOT APOPLAST – IMPLICATION FOR ION ACQUISITION AND SHORT-DISTANCE TRANSPORT......Page 93
THE APOPLAST: A KINETIC PERSPECTIVE......Page 94
THE APOPLAST OF ECTOMYCORRHIZAL ROOTS – SITE OF NUTRIENT UPTAKE AND NUTRIENT EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE SYMBIOTIC PARTNERS......Page 104
CHEMICAL COMPOSITON OF APOPLASTIC TRANSPORT BARRIERS IN ROOTS......Page 116
APOPLASTIC WATER TRANSPORT IN ROOTS......Page 125
SECTION 3: ION UPTAKE FROM AND LOADING INTO THE APOPLAST: CHARACTERIZATION OF CHANNEL PROPERTIES AND RELEVANCE FOR THE NUTRITION OF PLANTS......Page 137
LONG DISTANCE TRANSPORT IN PLANTS: TOWARDS ANALYSES OF REGULATORY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MEMBRANE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND CELL WALL IONIC ATMOSPHERE IN VASCULAR TISSUES......Page 138
THE ROLE OF POTASSIUM IN WOOD FORMATION OF POPLAR......Page 142
TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS OF ION CHANNELS AS INFLUENCED BY APOPLASTIC PROPERTIES......Page 155
ION UPTAKE FROM THE XYLEM INTO THE SYMPLASM OF THE MAIZE LEAF......Page 168
LOADING OF IONS INTO THE XYLEM OF THE ROOT......Page 184
SECTION 4: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE APOPLAST AS A COMPARTMENT FOR LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT......Page 204
NEW TOOLS TO EXPLORE THE APOPLAST......Page 205
ON-LINE MEASUREMENTS OF ION RELATIONS IN THE XYLEM SAP OF INTACT PLANTS......Page 208
DYNAMIC AND NUTRIENT FLUXES IN THE XYLEM......Page 222
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN APOPLASTIC NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS AND THE LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT OF NUTRIENTS IN THE RICINUS COMMUNIS L. SEEDLING......Page 231
LONG-DISTANCE WATER TRANSPORT UNDER CONTROLLED TRANSPIRATIONAL CONDITIONS: MINIMAL-INVASIVE INVESTIGATIONS BY MEANS OF PRESSURE PROBES AND NMR IMAGING......Page 250
CHANGES IN COMPOSITION OF THE XYLEM SAP AS WELL AS IN ION FLUXES IN POPULUS TREMULA X ALBA L. XYLEM IN DEPENDENCE ON EXOGENOUS FACTORS......Page 264
SECTION 5: ION RELATIONS IN THE APOPLAST OF LEAVES......Page 283
ION DYNAMICS IN THE APOPLAST OF LEAF CELLS......Page 284
PROBING APOPLASTIC ION RELATIONS IN VICIA FABA AS INFLUENCED BY NUTRITION AND GAS EXCHANGE......Page 291
THE ROLE OF THE LEAF APOPLAST IN MANGANESE TOXICITY AND TOLERANCE IN COWPEA (VIGNA UNGUICULATA L. WALP)......Page 303
INTERACTION BETWEEN PHLOEM TRANSPORT AND APOPLASTIC SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS......Page 318
INVESTIGATIONS OF THE MECHANISMS OF LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT AND ION DISTRIBUTION IN THE LEAF APOPLAST OF VICIA FABA L.......Page 332
THE DYNAMICS OF IRON IN THE LEAF APOPLAST......Page 348
SELF-REPORTING ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA EXPRESSING pH- AND [CA[sup(2+)]]-INDICATORS UNVEIL APOPLASTIC ION DYNAMICS......Page 367
SECTION 6: THE APOPLAST COMPARTMENT FOR PLANT–MICROBE INTERACTIONS......Page 387
CONSTRAINTS FOR ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA......Page 388
THE APOPLAST OF NORWAY SPRUCE (PICEA ABIES) NEEDLES AS HABITAT AND REACTION COMPARTMENT FOR AUTOTROPHIC NITRIFIERS......Page 397
THE RICE APOPLAST AS A HABITAT FOR ENDOPHYTIC N[sub(2)] -FIXING BACTERIA......Page 418
THE APOPLAST OF INDETERMINATE LEGUME NODULES: COMPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT OF AMINO ACIDS, AMIDES AND SUGARS?......Page 435
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