{"product_id":"plant-tropisms-isbn-9780813823232","title":"Plant Tropisms","description":"Tropisms, the defined vectorial stimuli, such as gravity, light, touch, humidity gradients, ions, oxygen, and temperature, which provide guidance for plant organ growth, is a rapidly growing and changing field. The last few years have witnessed a true renaissance in the analysis of tropisms. As such the conception of tropisms has changed from being seen as a group of simple laboratory curiosities to their recognition as important tools\/phenotypes with which to decipher basic cell biological processes that are essential to plant growth and development. \u003ci\u003ePlant Tropisms\u003c\/i\u003e will provide a comprehensive, yet integrated volume of the current state of knowledge on the molecular and cell biological processes that govern plant tropisms.  Contributors. \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Mechanisms of Gravity Perception in Higher Plants: Aline H. Valster and Elison B. Blancaflor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Identification and characterization of gravity perception sites in plant organs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.1 Roots.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.2 Hypocotyls and inflorescence stems (dicotyledons).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.3 Cereal pulvini (monocotyledons).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 The Starch-statolith hypothesis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.1 A variety of plant organs utilize sedimenting amyloplasts to sense gravity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.2 Amyloplast sedimentation is influenced by the environment and developmental stage of the plant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 The gravitational pressure model for gravity sensing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 The cytoskeleton in gravity perception.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6 Concluding remarks and future prospects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7 Acknowledgment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.8 Literature Cited.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Signal Transduction in Gravitropism: Benjamin R. Harrison, Miyo T. Morita, Patrick H. Masson and Masao Tasaka.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Gravity signal transduction in roots and above-ground organs.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1 Do mechano-sensitive ion channels function as gravity receptors?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2 Inositol 1,4,5 trisphosphate seems to function in gravity signal transduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.3 Do pH changes contribute to gravity signal transduction?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.4 Proteins implicated in gravity signal transduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.5 Global ‘-omic’ approaches to the study of root gravitropism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.6 Re-localization of auxin transport facilitators or activity regulation?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.7 Could cytokinin also contribute to the gravitropic signal?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Gravity signal transduction in organs that do not grow vertically.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Acknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.5 Cited Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Auxin Transport and the Integration of Gravitropic Growth: Gloria K. Muday and Abidur Rahman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Introduction to auxins.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Auxin transport and its role in plant gravity response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Approaches to Identify Proteins that Mediate IAA Efflux.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Proteins that Mediate IAA Efflux.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 IAA influx carriers and their role in gravitropism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Regulation of IAA efflux protein location and activity during gravity response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.1 Mechanisms that may control localization of IAA efflux carriers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.2 Regulation of IAA efflux by synthesis and degradation of efflux carriers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.3 Regulation of auxin transport by reversible protein phosphorylation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.4 Regulation of auxin transport by flavonoids.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.5 Regulation of auxin transport by other signaling pathways.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6.6 Regulation of gravity response by ethylene.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7 Overview of the mechanisms of auxin induced growth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8 Conclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.9 Acknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.10 Cited Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Phototropism and its Relationship to Gravitropism: Jack L. Mullen and John Z. Kiss.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Phototropism: General Description and Distribution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Light Perception.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Signal Transduction and Growth Response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 Interactions with Gravitropism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5 Importance to Plant Form and Function.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6 Conclusions and outlook.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.7 References.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Touch Sensing and Thigmotropism: Gabriele B. Monshausen, Sarah J. Swanson and Simon Gilroy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Plant mechanoresponses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.1 Specialized touch responses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2.2 Thigmomorphogenesis and thigmotropism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 General principles of touch perception.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.1 Gating through membrane tension: the mechanoreceptor for hypoosmotic stress in bacteria, MscL.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.2 Gating through tethers: the mechanoreceptor for gentle touch in Caenorhabditis elegans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3.3 Evidence for mechanically gated ion channels in plants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Signal transduction in Touch \u0026amp; Gravity Perception.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.1 Ionic signaling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4.2 Ca2+ signaling in the touch and gravity response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5 Insights from transcriptional profiling.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.6 Interaction of touch and gravity signaling\/response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.7 Conclusion and Perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.8 Acknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.9 Cited Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Other Tropisms and their Relationship to Gravitropism: Gladys I. Cassab.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Hydrotropism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.1 Early studies of hydrotoprism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.2 Genetic analysis of hydrotropism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.3 Perception of moisture gradients and gravity stimuli by the root cap and the curvature response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.4 ABA and the hydrotropic response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2.5 Future experiments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Electrotropism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 Chemotropism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.5 Thermotropism and oxytropism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.6 Traumatropism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.7 Overview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.8 Acknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.9 Literature cited.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Single-Cell Gravitropism and Gravitaxis: Markus Braun and Ruth Hemmersbach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Definitions of responses to environmental stimuli that optimize the ecological fitness of single-cell organisms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Occurrence and significance of gravitaxis in single-cell systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Significance of gravitropism in single-cell systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 What makes a cell a biological gravity sensor?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.5 Gravity susception - the initial physical step of gravity sensing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.6 Susception in the statolith-based systems of Chara.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.7 Susception in the statolith-based system Loxodes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.8 Susception in the protoplast-based systems of Euglena and Paramecium.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.9 Graviperception in the statolith-based systems of Chara.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.10 Graviperception in the statolith-based system Loxodes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.11 Graviperception in the protoplast-based systems Paramecium and Euglena.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.12 Signal transduction pathways and graviresponse mechanisms in the statolith-based systems of Chara.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.13 Signal transduction pathways and graviresponse mechanisms in Euglena and Paramecium.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.14 Conclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.15 Acknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.18 Cited Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Space-Based Research on Plant Tropisms: Melanie J. Correll and John Z. Kiss.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Introduction - the variety of plant movements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 The microgravity environment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Ground-based studies: mitigating the effects of gravity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 Gravitropism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.1 Gravitropism: gravity perception.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.2 Gravitropism: signal transduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4.3 Gravitropism: the curving response.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.5 Phototropism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.6 Hydrotropism, autotropism and oxytropism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.7 Studies of other plant movements in microgravity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.8 Spaceflight hardware used to study tropisms.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.9 Future outlook and prospects.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.10 Cited Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Plan(t)s for Space Exploration: Christopher S. Brown, Heike Winter Sederoff, Eric Davies, Robert J. Ferl, and Bratislav Stankovic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Human missions to space.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Life support.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Genomics and space exploration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 Nanotechnology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Sensors, biosensors and intelligent machines.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.6 Plan(t)s for space exploration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.7 Imagine….\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.8 Literature cited\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eSimon Gilroy\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Biology at Pennsylvania State University.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Masson\u003c\/b\u003e, Ph.D., is Professor of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin.\u003c\/p\u003e Tropisms, the defined vectorial stimuli, such as gravity, light, touch, humidity gradients, ions, oxygen, and temperature, which provide guidance for plant organ growth, is a rapidly growing and changing field. The last few years have witnessed a true renaissance in the analysis of tropisms. As such the conception of tropisms has changed from being seen as a group of simple laboratory curiosities to their recognition as important tools\/phenotypes with which to decipher basic cell biological processes that are essential to plant growth and development. \u003ci\u003ePlant Tropisms\u003c\/i\u003e will provide a comprehensive, yet integrated, volume of the current state of knowledge on the molecular and cell biological processes that govern plant tropisms.","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989799321829,"sku":"NP9780813823232","price":319.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780813823232.jpg?v=1761785512","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/plant-tropisms-isbn-9780813823232","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}