The Apoplast of Higher Plants: Compartment of Storage, Transport and Reactions
The significance of the apoplast for the mineral nutrition of higher plants
Samenvatting
This book summarizes the experimental work conducted during a trans-disciplinary research program conducted for six years by the German Research Foundation. Each chapter includes introductory remarks written by internationally recognized scientists in their research areas.
Contributiing authors representing outstanding German scientists from such different disciplines as Physics, Biochemistry, Plant Nutrition, Botany, and Molecular Biology not only report original research but also review the state of knowledge in their fields of research.
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Preface: Burkhard Sattelmacher and Walter Horst;
FOREWORD:THE PLANT–LEAF APOPLAST: D.T. Clarkson;
Section 1: CELL WALL – ION INTERACTIONS - SIGNIFICANCE FOR NUTRITION OF PLANTS AND THEIR STRESS TOLERANCE
CELL WALL - ION INTERACTIONS: N. Carpita; BORON IN THE APOPLAST OF HIGHER PLANTS: M.A. Wimmer and H.E. Goldbach; SILICON IN PLANT NUTRITION: H. Wiese, M. Nikolic and V. Römheld; SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ROOT APOPLAST FOR ALUMINIUM TOXICITY AND RESISTANCE OF MAIZE: W.J. Horst, M. Kollmeier, N. Schmohl, M. Sivaguru, Y. Wang, H.H. Felle, R. Hedrich, W. Schröder and A. Staß; SIGNIFICANCE OF POLYAMINES FOR PECTIN-METHYLESTERASE ACTIVITY AND THE ION DYNAMICS IN THE APOPLAST: J. Gerendas;
Section 2: THE ROOT APOPLAST – IMPLICATION FOR ION ACQUISITION AND SHORT-DISTANCE TRANSPORT
THE APOPLAST: A KINETIC PERSPECTIVE: A. Glass, THE APOPLAST OF ECTOMYCORRHIZAL ROOTS - SITE OF NUTRIENT UPTAKE AND NUTRIENT EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE SYMBIOTIC PARTNERS: H. Bücking, R. Hans and W. Heyser; CHEMICAL COMPOSITON OF APOPLASTIC TRANSPORT BARRIERS IN ROOTS:L. Schreiber, R. Franke and K. Hartmann; APOPLASTIC WATER TRANSPORT IN ROOTS: E. Steudle and K. Ranathunge;
Section 3: ION UPTAKE FROM AND LOADING INTO THE APOPLAST: CHARACTERISATION OF CHANNEL PROPERTIES AND RELEVANCE FOR THE NUTRITION OF PLANTS
LONG DISTANCE TRANSPORT IN PLANTS: TOWARDS ANALYSES OF REGULATORY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN MEMBRANE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND CELL WALL IONIC ATMOSPHERE IN VASCULAR TISSUES: H. Sentenac; THE ROLE OF POTASSIUM IN WOOD FORMATION OF POPLAR: J. Fromm and R. Hedrich; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS OF ION CHANNELS AS INFLUENCED BY APOPLASTIC PROPERTIES: P. Ache and R. Deeken; ION UPTAKE FROM THE XYLEM INTO THE SYMPLASM OF THE MAIZE LEAF: M. Abshagen-Keunecke and U.-P. Hansen; LOADING OF IONS INTO THE XYLEM OF THE ROOT: B. Köhler and K. Raschke;
Section 4: THESIGNIFICANCE OF THE APOPLAST AS A COMPARTMENT FOR LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT
NEW TOOLS TO EXPLORE THE APOPLAST: F.W. Bentrup; ON-LINE MEASUREMENTS OF ION RELATIONS IN THE XYLEM SAP OF INTACT PLANTS: L.H. Wegner, H. Schneider and U. Zimmermann; DYNAMIC AND NUTRIENT FLUXES IN THE XYLEM: F. GILMER and U. Schurr; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN APOPLASTIC NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS AND THE LONG-DISTANCE TRANSPORT OF NUTRIENTS IN THE RICINUS COMMUNIS L. SEEDLING: E. Komor, G. Orlich and H. Bauer-Ruckdeschel; LONG-DISTANCE WATER TRANSPORT UNDER CONTROLLED TRANSPIRATIONAL CONDITIONS: MINIMAL-INVASIVE INVESTIGATIONS BY MEANS OF PRESSURE PROBES AND NMR IMAGING: H. Schneider, L.H. Wegner, A. Haase and U. Zimmermann; 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: S. Siebrecht, G. Fiebelkorn and R. Tischner;
Section 5: ION RELATIONS IN THE APOPLAST OF LEAVES
ION DYNAMICS IN THE APOPLAST OF LEAF CELLS: Z. Rengel; PROBING APOPLASTIC ION RELATIONS IN VICIA FABA AS INFLUENCED BY NUTRITION AND GAS EXCHANGE: H.H. Felle and S. Hanstein; THE ROLE OF THE LEAF APOPLAST IN MANGANESE TOXICITY AND TOLERANCE IN COWPEA (VIGNA UNGUICULATA L. WALP): M.M. Fecht-Christoffers, P. Maier, K. Iwasaki, H.P. Braun and W.J. Horst; INTERACTION BETWEEN PHLOEM TRANSPORT AND APOPLASTIC SOLUTE CONCENTRATIONS: G. Lohaus; INVESTIGATIONS OF THE MECHANISMS OF LONGDISTANCE TRANSPORT AND ION DISTRIBUTION IN THE LEAF APOPLAST OF VICIA FABA L.: W. Merbach, D. Lüttschwager and K. Hüve; THE DYNAMICS OF IRON IN THE LEAF APOPLAST: M. Nikolic and V. Römheld; SELF-REPORTING ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA EXPRESSING pH- AND [CA2+]- INDICATORS UNVEIL APOPLASTIC ION DYNAMICS: C. Plieth, D. Gao, M.R. Knight, A.J. Trewavas and B. Sattelmacher;
Section 6: THE APOPLAST COMPARTMENT FOR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS
CONSTRAINTS FOR ENDOPHYTIC BACTERIA: T. Hurek; THE APOPLAST OF NORWAY SPRUCE (PICEA

