Call number:
AWI Bio-22-94883
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
XI, 349 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Edition:
Reprint 2005
ISBN:
0470213590
,
085226240X
,
81-224-1343-9
URL:
http://digitale-objekte.hbz-nrw.de/storage/2008/10/23/file_14/2621664.pdf
Language:
English
Note:
Contents
Foreword, by Professor Dr. Martin Bopp
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. EXPERIMENTS ON SPORES AND GEMMAE
Spore Germination in Liverwort - Jungermanniales, Marchantiales, Anthocerotales, Sphaerocarpales;
Types of Spore Germination in Mosses - Sphagnales, Andreaeales, Tetraphidales, Bryales
Factors Affecting Spore Germination - Light, Temperature, Sugars, Minerals, Growth Regulators, Hydrogen-ion concentration (pH), OtheT Factors
Mechanism of Spore Germination
Experiments on Gemmae - light, Temperature, Humidity and other Physical Factors, Growth Regulators, Nitrogenous Substances, Hydrogen-ion concentration (pH), Other Chemical Factors
References
2. PROTONEMAL DIFFERENTIATION AND BUD FORMATION IN MOSSES
Protonemal Differentiation
Bud Formation
Factors Affecting Bud Formation - Light, Temperature, Auxins, Cytokinins, Gibberellins, Adenosine 3', 5'-cyclic monophosphate, Adenine and Amino Acids, Minerals and Chelates
Vitamins, Abscisic Acid, Sugars, pH, Influence of Other Organisms
References.
3. REGENERATION
Potentialities of Various Organs for Regeneration - Regeneration from Leaves, Regeneration from Setae
Morphology of Régénérants
Factors Affecting Regeneration - Light. Radiation, pH, Season, Humidity. Wounding, Temperature, Size of the Fragment Reserve Food Material. Location in the Plant, Age, Correlative Inhibition. Polarity and Apical Dominance
Changes Occurring in Regenerating Cells
References
4. REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Factors Affecting Gametangial Induction - Light Duration, Light Level, Light Quality. Temperature, Temperature-Photoperiod Interaction. Humidity. Hydration. Carbohydrates. Nitrogenous Substances, Growth Regulators, Chelating Agents, pH and Other Factors
References
5. ALTERNATIVE PATHWAYS IN LIFE CYCLE
Apogamy - Occurrence of Apogamy in Diplophase and Haplophase, Spore Production in Apogamous Sporophytes, Differentiation of Apogamous Sporophytes from Callus, Factors Controlling Differentiation of Apogamous Sporophytes: Exogenous Factors, Endogenous Factors, Differentiation of Sporophyte and Gametophyte, Role of Calyptra in Sporogon Development
Apospory
Callus Formation and its Differentiation - Formation of Callus. Differentiation in Callus
Controls in Differentiation
Alternation of Generations
References
6. PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS
Spore Germination - Liverworts, Mosses
Growth - Liverworts, Mosses
Vegetative Propagation - Liverworts, Mosses
Metabolism - Liverworts. Mosses; Senescence
Bud Induction in Mosses
Tropic Responses - Liverworts, Mosses
References.
7. ULTRASTRUCTURAL STUDIES
Spore
Protonema
Stem
Leaf
Gametangia - Antheridium
Gametogenesis - Spermatogenesis, Oogenesis
Sporogenesis - Spore Sac or Tapetum. Fluctuation in Plastid Number, Structural Changes in Plastids, Cytoplasm, and Other Organelles. Meiosis. Spore Wall Formation
Sporophyte-Ganietophyte Junction
Seta
Histoenzymological Studies - Localization of Enzymes in the Haustorial Foot
References
8. CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF BRYOPHYTES
Antibiotics
Growth Substances - Specified Growth Substances, Non-specified Growth Substances
Lipids - Alkanes, Fatty Acids, Cuticular Components
Terpenoids - Monoterpenoids, Sesquiterpenoids, Ditetpenoids, Triterpenoids and Sterols
Flavonoids - Flavones, Isoflavones, Flavonols, Dihydrofiavonoids and Biflavonyls, Aurones and Chalcones, Acylated Flavonoids, Anthocyanins and Proanthocyanidins, Sphagnorubins
Lignins; Other Constitutents - Carotenoids, Carbohydrates, Organic Acids, Dihydrostilbenes, Enzymes, Amino Acids and Quinones, Inorganic Compounds, Miscellaneous, Antitumour Activities, Allergenic Activities
References
9. BRYOPHYTES AS INDICATORS OF POLLUTION
Heavy Metals - Lead, Cadmium, Zinc, Mercury, Arsenates, Chromium, Nickel. Vanadium
Stability Pattern of Metal Ions
Metal Tolerance - Copper Mosses, Peat Mosses
Gaseous Pollutants - Sulphur dioxide. Fluorides, Ozone
Radionuclides (Radio Isotopes) - Cesium. Strontium, Uranium; Radiations
References.
10. PROTOPLAST CULTURE
Isolation of Protoplasts - Mechanical Method, Enzymatic Method, Source Material for Protoplasts, Factors Affecting Protoplast Isolation: Culture of Protoplasts—Liquid Culture
Agar Plating of Protoplasts: Regeneration of Protoplasts - Factors Affecting Regeneration
Protoplast Fusion and Somatic Hybrids
Induction and Isolation of Mutants
References.
11. CONDUCTION IN BRYOPHYTES
External Conduction - Gametophyte. Sporophyte, Significance of External Conduction
Internal Conduction - Cells Involved in Conduction, Anatomy of the Horizontal Axis, Midribs and Leaf Traces. Conducting Strand in Seta and Capsule, Development and Structure of Mature Conducting Tissues. The Interphase, Internal Conduction of Water, Conduction of Organic Compounds; Evolutionary Trends in the Conducting Strands
References.
12. WATER RELATIONS
Absorption and Conduction of Water - Endohydric.' Ectohydric, Myxohydric
Water Holding Capacity and Growth Rate
Desiccation and Rehydration
Mechanism of Damage
Growth-Forms
References
SUBJECT INDEX
PLANT INDEX
AUTHOR INDEX
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