The Biology of Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants

Author: Schwintzer   Christa R.  

Publisher: Elsevier Science‎

Publication year: 2012

E-ISBN: 9780323150866

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780126332100

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780126332100

Subject: Q939.13 Actinomycetales

Language: ENG

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The Biology of Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants provides a comprehensive review of Frankia and the actinorhizal plants. It reviews the state of knowledge on all aspects from molecular genetics through ecology to practical applications; describes methods used in research and practical applications; and is a guide to the literature.
The book begins with overviews of Frankia and the actinorhizal plants, and developments in the field prior to the first confirmed isolation of Frankia. Next is a series of authoritative chapters on the biology of Frankia, the symbiosis, and actinorhizal plants. Although methods used in research and in practical applications are included throughout the book, they are given special emphasis in the middle section. The final section of the book concerns the ecology and current and potential uses of actinorhizal plants in both the temperate regions and the tropics.
This work is intended as a reference text and handbook of methods for a wide audience including established workers and students of Frankia and actinorhizal plants, specialists and students in other areas of nitrogen fixation (including the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis), soil microbiologists, plant physiologists, ecologists, general biologists, foresters, specialists in land reclamation, and managers requiring an authoritative overview of this rapidly developing field.

Chapter

Front Cover

pp.:  1 – 4

Copyright Page

pp.:  5 – 10

Dedication

pp.:  6 – 16

Table of Contents

pp.:  10 – 6

Contributors

pp.:  16 – 18

Preface

pp.:  18 – 20

Chapter 1. Introduction

pp.:  20 – 34

Chapter 2. Discoveries, Discussions, and Trends in Research on Actinorhizal Root Nodule Symbioses before 1978

pp.:  34 – 54

Chapter 3. Systematics, Isolation, and Culture of Frankia

pp.:  54 – 80

Chapter 4. The Infection Process and Nodule Development

pp.:  80 – 102

Chapter 5. Cross-Inoculation Groups within Frankia and Host–Endosymbiont Associations

pp.:  102 – 126

Chapter 6. Physiology and Biochemistry of Frankia in Culture

pp.:  126 – 148

Chapter 7. The Physiology of Actinorhizal Nodules

pp.:  148 – 176

Chapter 8. Oxygen Regulation and Hemoglobin

pp.:  176 – 196

Chapter 9. Spore-Positive and Spore-Negative Nodules

pp.:  196 – 214

Chapter 10. The Molecular Genetics of Frankia

pp.:  214 – 234

Chapter 11. Micropropagation, Tissue Culture, and Genetic Transformation of Actinorhizal Plants and Betula

pp.:  234 – 258

Chapter 12. The Genetics of Actinorhizal Betulaceae

pp.:  258 – 282

Chapter 13. Techniques for Measuring Nitrogenase Activity in Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants

pp.:  282 – 300

Chapter 14. Methods for Production and Use of Actinorhizal Plants in Forestry, Low-Maintenance Landscapes, and Revegetation

pp.:  300 – 318

Chapter 15. Interactions among Actinorhizal and Associated Plant Species

pp.:  318 – 336

Chapter 16. Current and Potential Uses and Management of Casuarinaceae in the Tropics and Subtropics

pp.:  336 – 362

Chapter 17. Actinorhizal Plants in Pacific Northwest Forests

pp.:  362 – 384

Chapter 18. Current and Potential Uses of Actinorhizal Plants in Europe

pp.:  384 – 410

Index

pp.:  410 – 428

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