Intercellular Communication in Plants: Studies on Plasmodesmata

✍ Scribed by B. E. S. Gunning (auth.), Prof. B. E. S. Gunning, Dr. A. W. Robards (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 389
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This Volume attempts to summarise and integrate a field of study in its entirety: the nature of plasmodesmata, and the part these inter­ cellular connections play in the life of the plant. Except in the all­ embracing early reviews of the pre-electron microscope era, there has been a tendency for the subject to be approached from disparate points of view: plant physiologists, developmental biologists, biophysicists, virologists and cytologists all contributing to the corpus of knowledge, but often without a full appreciation of each others' goals and probl­ ems, and sometimes misinterpreting each others' findings. In June 1975 a group of about 40 specialists in these various disciplines, all with a common interest in intercellular communication in plants, met for two days, presented papers, talked, argued, and in general pooled their know­ ledge. Out of a synthesis of manuscripts and discussions there has emerged, by an editorial process of elimination of unnecessary dupli­ cation and insertions to ensure completeness of coverage, the present book - not so much a straight record of a conference, as a Monograph based on the proceedings. All of the Chapters are reviews and most include hitherto unpublished data or theoretical treatments.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Introduction to Plasmodesmata....Pages 1-13
Plasmodesmata in Higher Plants....Pages 15-57
Plasmodesmata in Algae and Fungi....Pages 59-80
The Origin and Development of Plasmodesmata....Pages 81-105
Physico-Chemical Assessment of Plasmodesmatal Transport....Pages 107-120
Physiological and Electrophysiological Evidence for Intercellular Communication in Plant Symplasts....Pages 121-129
Cytochemical Evidence for Ion Transport Through Plasmodesmata....Pages 131-147
Viruses and Plasmodesmata....Pages 149-164
Transport of Solutes Through the Plasmodesmata of Chara Nodes....Pages 165-179
The Role of Plasmodesmata in the Transport of Water and Nutrients Across Roots....Pages 181-201
The Role of Plasmodesmata in Short Distance Transport to and from the Phloem....Pages 203-227
Symplastic Transport of Metabolites During C 4 -Photosynthesis....Pages 229-241
Plasmodesmata in Growth and Development....Pages 243-289
Historical Perspectives on Plasmodesmata....Pages 291-295
Plasmodesmata: Current Knowledge and Outstanding Problems....Pages 297-311
Back Matter....Pages 313-390

✦ Subjects

Plant Sciences