Interactions in the Root Environment

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Pub. Date: 2003-01-01
Publisher(s): Kluwer Academic Pub
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Summary

This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the Rothamsted Millennium Conference "Interactions in the Root Environment - an Integrated Approach". The meeting brought together scientists from a range of disciplines interested in the relationship between soil biology and plant growth, reflected by the contents of the volume. Topics range from root development and nutrient flow, plant-microbe and plant-plant signaling, methods for studying bacterial and fungal diversity, to the exploitation of rhizosphere interactions for biological control of diseases and soil remediation. Authors include many internationally-recognized experts in their field and the contributions range from reviews to research papers. The volume presents a timely and wide-ranging overview of the interactions between plants, microbes and soil. It should prove an indispensable resource for students and others seeking an introduction to the topic, in addition to scientists already conversant with the area of research.

Table of Contents

Foreword 1(2)
Section 1. Signalling and recognition in the root environment
Analysis of N-acy1 homoserine-lactone quorum-sensing molecules made by different strains and biovars of Rhizobium leguminosarum containing different symbiotic plasmids
3(10)
J.K. Lithgow
V.E. Danino
J. Jones
J.A. Downie
Signalling between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and plants: identification of a gene expressed during early interactions by differential RNA display analysis
13(8)
H. Roussel
D. van Tuinen
P. Franken
S. Gianinazzi
V. Gianinazzi-Pearson
Methods for studying the nematophagous fungus Verticillium chlamydosporium in the root environment
21(10)
P.R. Hirsch
S.D. Atkins
T.H. Mauchline
C.O. Morton
K.G. Davies
B.R. Kerry
Does allelopathy offer real promise for practical weed management and for explaining rhizosphere interactions involving higher plants?
31(10)
M.A. Birkett
K. Chamberlain
A.M. Hooper
J.A. Pickett
Section 2. Root structure and function
Root proliferation, nitrate inflow and their carbon costs during nitrogen capture by competing plants in patchy soil
41(10)
D. Robinson
The nutritonal control of root development
51(18)
B. Forde
H. Lorenzo
Effect of phosphorus availability on basal root shallowness in common bean
69(12)
H. Liao
G. Rubio
X. Yan
A. Cao
K.M. Brown
J.P. Lynch
A comparison of structure, development and function in cluster roots of Lupinus albus L. under phosphate and iron stress
81(10)
J. Hagstrom
W.M. James
K.R. Skene
Section 3. Biologically-mediated processes in the root environment
Rhizosphere carbon flow measurement and implications: from isotopes to reporter genes
91(6)
K. Killham
C. Yeomans
Soil and rhizosphere as habitats for Pseudomonas inoculants: new knowledge on distribution, activity and physiological state derived from micro-scale and single-cell studies
97(12)
J. Sørensen
L.E. Jensen
O. Nybroe
Sulphur and phosphorus transport systems in plants
109(10)
F.W. Smith
Incorporating rhizosphere processes into field-scale (agro)ecosystem models
119(10)
J. Arah
Plant-mediated processes to acquire nutrients: nitrogen uptake by rice plants
129(6)
G.J.D. Kirk
Section 4. Biodiversity in the root environment
Plants and fertilisers as drivers of change in microbial community structure and function in soils
135(12)
A.G. O'Donnell
M. Seasman
A. Macrae
I. Waite
J.T. Davies
Soil fungi: diversity and detection
147(8)
P. Bridge
B. Spooner
On the relationships between nematodes, mycorrhizal fungi and plants: functional composition of species and plant performance
155(12)
L. Brussaard
T.W. Kuyper
R.G.M. de Goede
Bacterial diversity of the rhizosphere of maize (Zea mays) grown in tropical soil studied by temperature gradient gel electrophoresis
167(14)
N.C.M. Gomes
H. Heuer
J. Schonfeld
R. Costa
L. Mendonca-Hagler
K. Smalla
Monitoring temporal and spatial variation in rhizosphere bacterial population diversity: A community approach for the improved selection of rhizosphere competent bacteria
181(14)
V.J. Goddard
M.J. Bailey
P. Darrah
A.K. Lilley
I.P. Thompson
Section 5. Exploitation of rhizosphere interactions
Enhancing the biocontrol efficacy of Pseudomonas fluorescens F113 by altering the regulation and production of 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol
195(12)
I.R. Delany
U.F. Walsh
I. Ross
A.M. Fenton
D.M. Corkery
F. O'Gara
Plant and rhizosphere processes involved in phytoremediation of metal-contaminated soils
207(8)
S.P. McGrath
F.J. Zhao
E. Lombi
An integrated approach for the evaluation of biological control of the complex Polymyxa betae/Beet Necrotic Yellow Vein Virus, by means of seed inoculants
215
R. Resca
M. Basaglia
S. Poggiolini
P. Vian
S. Bardin
U.F. Walsh
C.M. Enriquez Barreiros
F. O'Gara
M.P. Nuti
S. Casella
U. Peruch

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