Progress in Botany: Vol. 76

437 Pages·2015·10.328 MB·English

by  Ulrich Lüttge, Wolfram Beyschlag (eds.)

Progress in Botany
Ulrich Lüttge
Wolfram Beyschlag Editors
Progress in
Botany 76
Progress in Botany
Volume 76
Series Editors
Ulrich Lu¨ttge, TU Darmstadt,
FB Biologie (10), Schnittspahnstraße 3–5,
64287 Darmstadt, Germany
Wolfram Beyschlag, Fakulta¨t fu¨r Biologie, Lehrstuhl fu¨r
Experimentelle O¨kologie und O¨kosystembiologie,
Universita¨t Bielefeld, Universita¨tsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld,
Germany
.
Ulrich Lu¨ttge (cid:129) Wolfram Beyschlag
Editors
Progress in Botany 76
Editors
UlrichLu¨ttge WolframBeyschlag
TUDarmstadtFBBiologie Universita¨tBielefeldW4-105Lehrstuhl
Darmstadt ExperimentelleO¨kologie
Germany Bielefeld
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany
ISSN0340-4773
ISBN978-3-319-08806-8 ISBN978-3-319-08807-5(eBook)
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-08807-5
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Contents
PartI Review
Fifty-FiveYearsofResearchonPhotosynthesis,Chloroplasts,
andStressPhysiologyofPlants:1958–2013. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
HartmutK.Lichtenthaler
AlfredRusselWallace:Self-EducatedGeniusandPolymath. . . . . . . . . 43
DavidLloyd
PartII Physiology
TheRoleofPlasmaMembraneH+-ATPaseinSalinityStress
ofPlants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
MałgorzataJanicka-RussakandKatarzynaKabała
SeleniuminPlants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
ElizabethA.H.Pilon-Smits
InterplayofWaterandNutrientTransport:AWhole-Plant
Perspective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
LarsH.Wegner
ActiveandPassiveElectricalSignalinginPlants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
AlexanderG.VolkovandVladislavS.Markin
AdaptationsofChloroplasticMetabolisminHalophyticPlants. . . . . . . 177
EwaNiewiadomskaandMonikaWiciarz
CAM-LikeTraitsinC Plants:BiochemistryandStomatalBehavior. . . 195
3
PauloTamasoMioto,MariaAurineideRodrigues,AlejandraMatiz,
andHeleniceMercier
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vi Contents
StabilityasaPhenomenonEmergentfrom
Plasticity–Complexity–DiversityinEco-physiology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
GustavoM.SouzaandUlrichLu¨ttge
TheProposedAnti-herbivoryRolesofWhiteLeafVariegation. . . . . . . 241
SimchaLev-Yadun
PartIII Ecology
SunlightandSoil–LitterMixing:DriversofLitterDecompositionin
Drylands. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . 273
PaulW.Barnes,HeatherL.Throop,StevenR.Archer,DavidD.Breshears,
RebeccaL.McCulley,andMarkA.Tobler
InterspecificCompetitioninArabidopsisthaliana:AKnowledgeGapIs
StartingtoClose. . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . 303
MaikBartelheimer,ChristophSchmid,JoanaStorf,KatharinaHell,
andSibylleBauer
CarbonReservesasIndicatorsforCarbonLimitationinTrees. . . . . . . 321
Gu¨nterHoch
ConsequencesofChangingPrecipitationPatternsforEcosystem
FunctioninginGrasslands:AReview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
StephanUngerandMarjanJongen
Plant-MediatedEcosystemEffectsofTroposphericOzone. . . . . . . . . . 395
HansJ.Weigel,ElkeBergmann,andJu¨rgenBender
List of Contributors
StevenR.Archer SchoolofNaturalResourcesandtheEnvironment,University
ofArizona,Tucson,AZ,USA
Paul W. Barnes Department of Biological Sciences, Loyola University New
Orleans,NewOrleans,LA,USA
MaikBartelheimer InstituteofBotany,FacultyofBiologyandPreclinicalMedi-
cine,UniversityofRegensburg,Regensburg,Germany
Sibylle Bauer Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology and Preclinical Medicine,
UniversityofRegensburg,Regensburg,Germany
Ju¨rgenBender Thu¨nenInstituteofBiodiversity,Braunschweig,Germany
ElkeBergmann Thu¨nenInstituteofBiodiversity,Braunschweig,Germany
David D. Breshears School of Natural Resources and the Environment, Univer-
sityofArizona,Tucson,AZ,USA
KatharinaHell InstituteofBotany,FacultyofBiologyandPreclinicalMedicine,
UniversityofRegensburg,Regensburg,Germany
Gu¨nterHoch InstituteofBotany,UniversityofBasel,Basel,Switzerland
Małgorzata Janicka-Russak Department of Plant Molecular Physiology,
InstituteofExperimentalBiology,WrocławUniversity,Wrocław,Poland
Marjan Jongen Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa,
Lisboa,Portugal
Katarzyna Kabała Department of Plant Molecular Physiology, Institute of
ExperimentalBiology,WrocławUniversity,Wrocław,Poland
SimchaLev-Yadun DepartmentofBiologyandEnvironment,FacultyofNatural
Sciences,UniversityofHaifa–Oranim,Tivon,Israel
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viii ListofContributors
Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler Botanical Institute 2 (Plant Physiology and Plant
Biochemistry), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), University Division,
Karlsruhe,Germany
DavidLloyd CardiffUniversitySchoolofBiosciences,Cardiff,Wales,UK
Ulrich Lu¨ttge Department of Biology, Technical University of Darmstadt,
Darmstadt,Germany
VladislavS.Markin DepartmentofNeurology,UniversityofTexas,Southwest-
ernMedicalCenter,Dallas,TX,USA
Alejandra Matiz Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of
Sa˜oPaulo,Sa˜oPaulo,SP,Brazil
Rebecca L. McCulley Department of Plant and Soil Science, University of
Kentucky,Lexington,KY,USA
Helenice Mercier Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences, University of
Sa˜oPaulo,Sa˜oPaulo,SP,Brazil
PauloTamasoMioto DepartmentofBotany,InstituteofBiosciences,University
ofSa˜oPaulo,Sa˜oPaulo,SP,Brazil
EwaNiewiadomska TheF.Go´rskiInstituteofPlantPhysiologyPolishAcademy
ofSciences,Krako´w,Poland
Elizabeth A. H. Pilon-Smits Biology Department, Colorado State University,
FortCollins,CO,USA
Maria Aurineide Rodrigues Department of Botany, Institute of Biosciences,
UniversityofSa˜oPaulo,Sa˜oPaulo,SP,Brazil
ChristophSchmid InstituteofBotany,FacultyofBiologyandPreclinicalMedi-
cine,UniversityofRegensburg,Regensburg,Germany
Gustavo M. Souza Laborato´rio de Cognic¸a˜o Ecolo´gica em Plantas – ECOLAB,
PresidentePrudente,SP,Brasil
Joana Storf Institute of Botany, Faculty of Biology and Preclinical Medicine,
UniversityofRegensburg,Regensburg,Germany
Heather L. Throop Department of Biology, New Mexico State University, Las
Cruces,NM,USA
Mark A. Tobler Department of Biological Sciences, Loyola University New
Orleans,NewOrleans,LA,USA
StephanUnger DepartmentforExperimentalandSystemsEcology,Universityof
Bielefeld,Bielefeld,Germany
Alexander G. Volkov Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Oakwood
University,Huntsville,AL,USA
ListofContributors ix
Lars H. Wegner Insitute for Pulsed Power and Microwave Technology and
InstituteofBotany1,KarlsruheInstituteofTechnology,Karlsruhe,Germany
HansJ.Weigel Thu¨nenInstituteofBiodiversity,Braunschweig,Germany
Monika Wiciarz Department of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Faculty of
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krako´w,
Poland