TY - BOOK ID - 213958 TI - The apoplast of higher plants : compartment of storage, transport and reactions : the significance of the apoplast for the mineral nutrition of higher plants AU - Sattelmacher, Burkhard AU - Horst, W. J. PY - 2007 SN - 1280943602 9786610943609 1402058438 140205842X 9048174546 PB - Dordrecht : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Plants KW - Plant translocation. KW - Assimilation. KW - Translocation (Botany) KW - Translocation in plants KW - Biological transport KW - Plants, Motion of fluids in KW - Assimilation (Botany) KW - Minerals in plants KW - Plant assimilation KW - Plant physiology KW - Phytoliths KW - Translocation KW - Assimilation KW - Metabolism KW - Plant physiology. KW - Botany. KW - Agriculture. KW - Plant Ecology. KW - Trees. KW - Plant Physiology. KW - Plant Sciences. KW - Tree Biology. KW - Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics. KW - Dendrology KW - Nursery stock KW - Woody plants KW - Arboriculture KW - Forests and forestry KW - Timber KW - Botany KW - Ecology KW - Farming KW - Husbandry KW - Industrial arts KW - Life sciences KW - Food supply KW - Land use, Rural KW - Botanical science KW - Phytobiology KW - Phytography KW - Phytology KW - Plant biology KW - Plant science KW - Biology KW - Natural history KW - Physiology KW - Phytoecology KW - Vegetation ecology KW - Plant science. KW - Plant ecology. KW - Biophysics. KW - Biological physics. KW - Biological physics KW - Medical sciences KW - Physics KW - Floristic botany KW - Floristic ecology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:213958 AB - It was the botanist Ernst Münch, who separated the plant into two principal compartments, the "dead" apoplast and the living symplast. Only during the last 20 years cell walls attracted the interest of a broader group of plant scientists. We know today that apoplastic functions are much more diverse. The apoplast may be considered as "the internal physiological environment of plant bodies", that essentially maintains homeostasis. The term ‘cell wall’ may be misleading, since the chemical and physical properties of cell walls are not fixed but rapidly respond to environmental stimuli. This is why the term "extracellular matrix" may be more appropriate. The book summarizes the experimental work conducted during a trans-disciplinary research programme funded for six years by the German Research Foundation. In their contributions, the authors representing outstanding German scientists from such different disciplines as Physics, Biochemistry, Plant Nutrition, Botany, and Molecular Biology not only report original research but also review the state of knowledge in their particular research fields: nutrient acquisition, short and long distance (xylem) transport, tolerance of nutrient deficiencies and mineral toxicities, and the role of micro-organisms colonizing the apoplast. Introductory remarks are written to each of the chapters by internationally highly recognized scientists in their research areas. ER -