Synopses & Reviews
Describes novel conceptual framework for plant development based on target cell responses to chemical signals.
Review
"The book displays very deep knowledge of a subject that has dodged the scientific community for many years. This is a timely book that brings in a new way to look at old ideas. I highly recommend this text to researchers in fields of plant developmental physiology."
Plant Science Bulletin
Synopsis
In this up-to-date treatise, aimed at researchers in plant developmental biology, the authors discuss how each cell has the ability to discriminate between different chemical signals, determining which it will respond to and which it will ignore. These chemical signals shape the differentiation of that cell and hence the plant as a whole.
About the Author
Daphne J. Osborne is a Visiting and Honorary Professor with the Oxford Research Unit of the Open University, where her research focuses on the hormonal control of physiological and biochemical processes in plant differentiation and development.Michael T. McManus is Associate Professor in Plant Biology at the Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, New Zealand. His research is concerned with the control of biochemical pathways in plants, including the biosynthesis of plant hormones.
Table of Contents
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Hormones and signals; 3. Cell-to-cell signalling - long distance and short distance; 4. Population diversity of cell types and target identification in higher plants; 5. Flexibility of cell types and the target cell status; 6. Terminally committed cell types and the target status; 7. The mechanisms of target cell perception and response to specific signals; 8. Hormone action and the relief of repression; 9. The phenomenon of hormonal crosstalk; References.