Progress in Botany, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991 Structural Botany Physiology Genetics Taxonomy Geobotany/Fortschritte der Botanik Struktur Physiologie Genetik Systematik Geobotanik Coll. Progress in Botany, Vol. 52

This reference book on botany, plant physiology, systematics, morphology, geobotany, ecology and plant genetics is intended for the use of scientists in all fields of botany and microbiology.

A. Structural Botany.- I. Cytology and Morphogenesis of the Prokaryotic Cell.- 1. The Bacterial Nucleoid and Cell Division.- 2. Cell Differentiation.- a) Caulobacter crescentus.- b) Multicellular Morphogenesis in Myxobacteria.- c) Sporulation in Bacillus.- d) The Mechanism of Spore Germination.- 3. The Assembly of Protein Complexes in Membranes.- 4. The Photosynthetic Reaction Center.- References.- II. Endomembrane Systems.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Synthesis of Endomembranes in Plants.- 3. Synthesis of Secretory Proteins.- 4. Receipt of External Molecules by the Endromembrane System.- 5. Transport Through the Golgi Stack.- 6. Exocytosis.- 7. Conclusion.- References.- III. Cytology and Morphogenesis of Pollen and Spores.- 1. Preparation Methods and the Preservation of Structures.- 2. Morphogenesis and Ultrastructure of Pollen and Spore Cytoplasm and Organelles.- 3. Pollen Grain/Spore Walls.- a) Terminology and Homology of Sporoderm Strata.- b) Sporoderm Development and Composition.- 4. The Phylogenetic Significance of the Developmental Aspects of Young and Mature Angiosperm Pollen Walls.- 5. Some Special Topics of Sporoderm Development and Structure.- a) Anther Tapetum.- b) Pollenkitt, Its Origin and Composition.- c) Biosynthesis of Sporopollenin.- d) Substructure of the Exine.- e) The Orbicules.- References.- B. Physiology.- I. Plant Water Relations.- 1. Water Relations of Cells and Tissues and Their Effects on Plant Performance.- 2. Root Water Uptake and Water Movement Through the Plant.- 3. Stomatal Control of Transpirational Water Loss.- 4. Effects of Water Relations on Germination and Growth.- 5. Implications of Water Stress.- a) Drought Effects on Metabolism.- b) Drought Resistance.- 6. Implications of Waterlogged Conditions.- 7. Habitat Water Relations and Plant Performance.- 8. Water Relations of Poikilohydric Plants.- References.- II. Mineral Nutrition: Inducible and Repressible Nutrient Transport Systems.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Nitrogen.- a) Induction of Nitrate Transport.- b) Induction and the Identification of the Nitrate Transporter.- c) Transport of Nitrite.- d) Ammonium Transport.- e) Nitrogen Transport and N-Deprivation.- 3. Sulfate.- a) Composite Nature of Sulfate Transport.- b) Regulation of the High Affinity Permease.- c) Co-ordination of Sulfate and Nitrate Transport.- d) Functional Significance of Changes in Permease Activity.- 4. Phosphate.- a) Constitutive and Inducible Transport Systems.- b) Modulation of the Activity of the High Affinity Permease.- c) Induction of Phosphatase and Other Proteins by P-Starvation.- d) The Nature of the Regulatory Pool.- e) Nutritional Significance of Altered Permease Activity.- 5. Potassium.- 6. Sodium.- 7. Iron.- 8. Conclusions.- References.- III. Secondary Plant Substances: Monoterpenoid Indole Alkaloids.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Rauwolfia serpentina.- 3. Catharanthus roseus.- 4. Cinchona ledgeriana.- References.- IV. Photosynthesis. Carbon Metabolism: On Regulation at the Cellular Level and at the Whole Plant Level, and Some Considerations Concerning the Interactions of These Regulatory Events with the Increasing Level of Atmospheric C02.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Uptake of C02.- 3. Environmental Regulation of RuBP Carboxylase Activity.- 4. Chloroplast Enzymes and Their Light-Mediated Regulation.- 5. Starch and Sucrose in Source and Sink Tissues.- 6. Mitochondrial Respiration During Photosynthesis.- 7. Photorespiration.- 8. Metabolism in Stressed Photosynthetic Cells.- 9. C4 Photosynthesis.- 10. C3—C4 Intermediate Photosynthesis.- 11. Photosynthesis and CAM.- 12. The Other C02-Fixing Enzyme: PEP Carboxylase.- 13. Photosynthetic Carbon Metabolism in a Future Atmosphere Containing a High Level of C02.- References.- V. Metabolism of Inorganic Nitrogen Compounds.- 1. Nitrogen Fixation.- a) Nitrogen Fixation by Free-Living Microorganisms.- b) Nitrogen Fixation by Symbiotic Microorganisms.- 2. Nitrate Reduction.- a) Assimilatory Nitrate Reduction.- b) Dissimilatory Nitrate Reduction and Denitrification.- 3. Nitrification.- References.- VI. Development: Signals in the Development of Cryptogams.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Green Algae (Chlorophyceae).- a) Events in Mating Chlamydomonads.- ?) Mating Agglutinins.- ?) Cell Wall and Cell Wall Lysis.- b) The Induction System of Volvox.- c) Nucleus-Derived Signals in the Development of Acetabularia.- 3. Brown Algae (Phaeophyceae).- a) Chemotactic Pheromones in Phaeophytes.- b) Polarization of the Zygote in Fucoid Algae.- 4. Red Algae (Rhodophyceae).- a) Morphogenetic Hormones in Rhodophyceae.- 5. Slime Molds (Myxomycetales).- a) Dictyostelium discoideum.- ?) Chemoattraction and Cell/Cell Interactions.- ?) Function of G Proteins in Cell Cycle and Development.- ?) Other Differentiation Signals in Dictyostelium.- ?) Morphogenesis of Fruiting by Differentiation-Inducing Factors (DIF).- ?) Developmental and Differentiation Signals in Other Myxophytes.- 6. Phycomycetales (Fungi).- a) The Luring System of Allomyces macrogyrus and A. arbuscula (Phycornycetae).- b) Steroid Hormones in the Sexual Differentiation of Achlya.- c) Trisporic Acid Pheromones of the Zygomycetales.- 7. Eumycetes (Fungi).- a) Ascomycetes.- ?) Mating in the Budding Yeast Saccharomycescerevisiae.- b) Mating Pheromones of Heterobasidiomycetous Yeasts.- c) Developmental Signals in Aspergillus.- d) Sexual Hormones Inducing Conjugation in the Basidiomycete Tremellamesenterica.- e) Environmental Factors in the Formation of Fruiting Bodies of Basidiomycetes.- 8. Mosses (Bryophyta).- a) Hormones in the Moss Protonema.- b) Chemotactic Signals in the Development of Mosses.- 9. Ferns (Pteridophyta).- a) Chemical Signals Eliciting Morphogenesis in Ferns.- References.- C. Genetics.- I. Replication.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Replication of the Bacillussubtilis Chromosome.- a) Functional Analysis of DNA Replication.- b) The Origin of Replication.- c) Role of Membrane Association of DNA During Replication.- d) Termination of Replication.- 3. Replication of Plasmids by Single-Stranded DNA Intermediates.- a) The (+)-Origin.- b) The Rep Protein and the Sequence of RCR.- c) The(-)-Origin.- d) Regulation of RCR.- References.- II. Recombination: Recombination of Transforming DNA in Fungi.- 1. Introductory Remarks.- 2. Maintenance of Transferred Genetic Material.- 3. Integration of Genetic Material.- a) Recombinative Integration in Yeasts.- b) Integration in Filamentous Fungi.- c) Site-Specific Integration in Eukaryotes.- 4. Stability of Transferred Genetic Material.- a) Stability of Extrachromosomal Vectors.- b) Genomic Rearrangements in Filamentous Fungi Following the Integration of DNA.- 5. Conclusions.- References.- III. Mutation: Construction and Analysis of Cyanobacterial Mutants in Photosynthesis Research.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Random Mutagenesis.- a) Mutagens.- ?) Chemical Mutagens.- ?) Ultraviolet Light.- ?) Transposons.- ?) Interposons.- b) Selection of Photosynthetic Mutants.- 3. Directed Mutagenesis.- a) Interposon Mutagenesis.- b) Gene Fusions.- c) Oligonucleotide-Directed Mutagenesis.- 2. Future Perspectives.- References.- IV. Function of the Genetic Material: Promoter Elements, RNA Polymerase, and Activator Proteins in Lower Eukaryotes.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Promotor Elements, TATA-Binding Factors and RNA Polymerase II.- 3. Specific DNA-Binding Proteins.- 4. Molecular Mechanics of Activation.- 5. Protein: Protein Interactions in Transcriptional Control.- 6. The Transmission of Regulatory Signals to the Transcription Machinery.- 7. Conclusions.- References.- V. Extranuclear Inheritance: Mitochondrial Genetics.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Organization.- 3. Transcription.- 4. RNA Editing.- 5. Genes.- 6. Cytoplasmic Male Sterility.- 7. Mitochondrial Plasmids.- References.- VI. Molecular Genetics of Phytopathogenic Fungi.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Development of Molecular Genetic Techniques for Phytopathogenic Fungi.- 3. Achievements.- a) Cutinase.- b) Pisatindemethylase.- c) Ustilago maydis b-Locus.- 4. Conclusion.- References.- D. Taxonomy.- I. Systematics and Evolution of the Algae.- 1. General Aspects.- 2. Cyanobacteria.- a) Books and Monographs.- b) Molecular Evolution.- c) Taxonomy.- 3. Euglenophyta.- 4. Dinophyta.- a) Phylogeny.- b) Endosymbiosis.- c) Cellular Organization.- d) Life History.- e) Taxonomy.- 5. Chromophyta.- a) Prymnesiophyceae.- b) Raphidophyceae.- c) Pedinellophyceae.- d) Dictyochophyceae (Silicoflagellates).- e) Eustigmatophyceae.- f) Chrysophyceae.- g) Synurophyceae.- h) Tribophyceae.- i) Fucophyceae.- j) Diatomophyceae.- 6. Chlorarachniophyta.- 7. Cryptophyta.- 8. Rhodophyta.- a) Molecular Evolution.- b) Ultrastructure.- c) Life History.- d) Taxonomy.- 9. Glaucocystophyta.- 10. Chlorophyta.- a) Books, Reviews.- b) Molecular Evolution.- c) Prasinophyceae.- d) Charophyceae.- e) Ulvophyceae.- f) Chlorophyceae.- g) Taxa of Uncertain Affinities.- References.- II. Taxonomy and Phytogeny of Fungi.- 1. General Topics.- a) General Publications.- b) Techniques.- c) Cytology and Ultrastructure.- d) Ecological Groups.- Fungus-like Protoctista.- 2. Myxomycota.- 3. Oomycota.- 4. Chytridiorycota.- Fungi sensu stricto.- 5. Zygomycota.- 6. Ascomycota.- a) Hemiascomycetes.- b) Euascomycetes.- 7. Fungi imperfecti (Deuteromycota).- a) Coelomycetes.- b) Hyphomycetes.- 8. Basidiomycota.- a) General Aspects.- b) Phragmobasidiomycotina (Heterobasidiomycetes).- c) Holobasidiomycotina.- References.- III. Systematics of the Bryophytes.- 1. General Aspects.- 2. Morphology, Anatomy.- 3. Chemistry.- 4. Systematic and Evolution.- a) General.- b) Monographs, Revisions.- c) Fossil Bryophytes.- 5. Floristics.- 6. Geography, Ecology.- 7. Pollution Studies.- References.- IV. Systematics of the Pteridophytes.- 1. Systematics.- 2. Bibliography, Collections, Nomenclature.- 3. Floristics.- 4. Geography and Ecology.- 5. Morphology and Anatomy.- 6. Chemotaxonomy.- 7. Cytotaxonomy, Biosystematics, Hybridization.- 8. Folklore, Uses.- 9. Fern Allies.- References.- E. Geobotany.- I. The History of Flora and Vegetation During the Quaternary.- 1. Pleistocene Vegetation History of Central and Northern Asia.- a) Central Asia.- b) East Asia.- c) Northern Siberia.- 2. Palaeohydrology in Northern Eurasia.- References.- II. Vegetation Science (Sociobiological Geobotany).- 1. Introduction.- 2. Monographs and Bibliographies.- 3. General Results and Methods.- a) Symmorphology and Production Biology.- b) Vegetation Dynamics, Succession, and Population Biology.- c) Vegetation-Fauna-Interactions, Biocoenology.- 4. Application for Nature Protection, Nature Conservation, and Landscape Ecology.- 5. Vegetation of the Boreal Zone.- 6. Vegetation of the Temperate and Submeridional Zone.- a) Forests and Shrublands.- b) Aquatic and Litoral Vegetation, Mires.- c) (Semi-)Natural Grasslands and Dwarf Shrub Heaths.- d) Ruderal and Urban Vegetation.- 7. Vegetataion of the Meridional Zone.- a) Forest Vegetation.- b) Steppe and Garrique Vegetation.- 8. Vegetation of Subtropical and Tropical Areas.- References.- III. Ecological Geobotany/Autecology and Ecotoxicology.- 1. General.- 2. Relations of Higher Terrestrial Plants to Environmental Factors.- a) Mineral Nutrients in Soil.- b) Organic Compounds in Soil.- c) Other Chemical Factors and Factor Combinations.- ?) Aluminium.- ?) Heavy Metals.- ?) Salinity.- 3. Relations of Lower Plants to Environmental Factors.- References.