Biology of Root Formation and Development

Preface; A. Altman, Y. Waisel. Diversity of Roots: The Place of Roots in Plant Development and the Diversity of Root Types; P.W. Barlow, B. Palma. Induction of Roots and Their Development: Indissociable Chief Actors in the Inductive Phase of Adventitious Rooting; T. Gaspar et al. Hormonal Control of Root Induction and Development: Increased Induction of Adventitious Rooting via Slow Release Auxins and Elicitors; van der Krieken et al. Molecular Biology of Root Development: Auxin Induced Gene Expression During Rooting of Loblolly Pine Stem Cuttings; B. Goldfarb et al. Ecological Aspects of Root Development: Shootborne Roots: An Adaptive Organ in Sand Dunes; A. Danin. Applied Aspects of Root Development: Relations between Early Root Growth and Flower Yield of Clonal Rose Rootstocks; D.P. de Vries, L.A.M. Dubois. Root Products: Insane Roots and Twisted Carrots: Physiology and Biochemistry of Root Specific Metabolites; H.E. Flores. Models and Methods for Root Study: Morphological Structured Model for Hairy Root Culture; I. Berzin et al. Concluding Remarks: A 1996 Overview of the Research Interests from the Jerusalem Symposium T. Gaspar. 71 additional articles. Index.