Plant Solute Transport

This book provides a broad overview of solute transport in plants.
It first determines what solutes are present in plants and what
roles they play. The physical bases of ion and water movement are
considered. The volume then discusses the ways in which solutes are
moved across individual membranes, within and between cells, and
around the plant. Having dealt with the role of plant solutes in
'normal' conditions, the volume proceeds to examine how
the use of solutes has been adapted to more extreme environments
such as hot, dry deserts, freezing mountains and saline marshes. A
crucial stage in the life cycle of most plants, the
internally-controlled dehydration concomitant with seed formation,
is also addressed.

Throughout the volume the authors link our increasing
understanding of the cellular and molecular bases of solute
movement with the roles that these fulfil in the whole plant under
both ideal and stressful conditions, showing how these are dictated
by the physical laws that govern solute and water movement. The
book is directed at postgraduates, researchers and professionals in
plant physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology.

Auteur
Dr Anthony Yeo and Professor Timothy Flowers, Department of Biology and Environmental Science, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, UK

Résumé
This book provides a broad overview of solute transport in plants. It first determines what solutes are present in plants and what roles they play. The physical bases of ion and water movement are considered. The volume then discusses the ways in which solutes are moved across individual membranes, within and between cells, and around the plant. Having dealt with the role of plant solutes in 'normal' conditions, the volume proceeds to examine how the use of solutes has been adapted to more extreme environments such as hot, dry deserts, freezing mountains and saline marshes. A crucial stage in the life cycle of most plants, the internally-controlled dehydration concomitant with seed formation, is also addressed. Throughout the volume the authors link our increasing understanding of the cellular and molecular bases of solute movement with the roles that these fulfil in the whole plant under both ideal and stressful conditions, showing how these are dictated by the physical laws that govern solute and water movement. The book is directed at postgraduates, researchers and professionals in plant physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology.

Contenu

1. General Introduction.

Anthony Yeo, West Sussex, UK.

2. Solutes, what are they, where are they and what do they
   do?.

Tim Flowers, Department of Biology and Environmental Science,
School of Life Sciences, John Maynard Smith Building, University of
Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QG, UK; and School of Plant Biology,
35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009,
Australia..

3. The driving forces for water and solute movement.

Tim Flowers, Department of Biology and Environmental Science,
School of Life Sciences, John Maynard Smith Building, University of
Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QG, UK and School of Plant Biology,
35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009,
Australia;.

and Anthony Yeo, West Sussex, UK.

4. Membrane Structure and the study of solute transport
   across plant membranes.

Matthew Gilliham, School of Agriculture, Food and Wine,
University of Adelaide, PMB 1, Glen Osmond, SA, 5064,
Australia.

5. Transport across plant membranes.

Frans J. Maathuis, Biology Department/Area 9, University of
York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

6. Regulation of ion transporters.

Anna Amtmann and Michael R. Blatt, IBLS Bower Building,
University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.

7. Intracellular transport: solute transport in chloroplasts,
   mitochondria, peroxisomes and vacuoles, and between
   organelles.

Katrin Philippar and Jürgen Soll, Department Biologie I,
Botanik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Menzingerstr. 67,
D-80638 München, Germany.

8. Ion uptake by plant roots.

Romola J. Davenport, Oxford Institute of Ageing, University of
Oxford, Manor Road, Oxford OX1 3UQ, UK.

9. Transport from Root to Shoot.

Sergey Shabala, School of Agricultural Science, University of
Tasmania, Private Bag 54, Hobart, Tas 7001, Australia..

10. Solute transport in the Phloem.

Jeremy Pritchard, School of Biosciences, The University of
Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK.

11. Factors limiting the rate of supply of solutes to the
    root surface.

Anthony Yeo, West Sussex, UK.

12. Mineral deficiency and toxicity.

Anthony Yeo, West Sussex, UK.

13. Water-limited conditions.

Anthony Yeo, West Sussex, UK.

14. Salinity.

Anthony Yeo, West Sussex, UK.

15. Desiccation Tolerance.

Anthony Yeo, West Sussex, UK.