Synopses & Reviews
With one new volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of botany. The present volume includes reviews on structural botany, plant physiology, genetics, taxonomy, and geobotany.
Table of Contents
Contents: Structural Botany: Cell Architecture and Cellular Morphogenesis of Eukaryotic Algae (Chlorophyta).- Comparative Morphology, Anatomy, and Function of the Stem and Root of the Flowering Plants.- Physiology: Electrophysiology of Stomata.- Exchange of Energy and Vapor Between Plants and the Atmosphere.- Secondary Plant Substances: Ornithine-Derived Alkaloids.- Mineral Nutrition: Humid Tropical Forests.- Geosiphon pyriforme (Kützing) von Wettstein, a Promising System for Studying Endocyanoses.- Significance of Glutathione Metabolism in Plants Under Stress.- A Stress Physiological Role for Abscisic Acid (ABA) in Lower Plants.- UV-B Effects on Terrestrial Plants and Aquatic Organisms.- Molecular Aspects of Natural and Induced Incompatibility in Flowering Plants.- Genetics: Replication and Cell Cycle Control.- Recombination: Effects on Structure and Function of the Plant Mitochondrial Genome.- Mutation: Higher Plants.- Function of Genetic Material: Regulation of Seeds Encoding Seed Storage Proteins.- Extranuclear Inheritance: Plastid Genetics.- Population Genetics.- Taxonomy: Lichenized and Lichenicolous Fungi: 1991- 1992.- Molecular Systematics: 1991-1993.- Karyology and Cytogenetics.- Geobotany: Plant Population Ecology.