Cellular aspects of wood formation

With today's ever growing economic and ecological problems, wood as a raw material takes on increasing significance as the most important renewable source of energy and as industrial feedstock for numerous products. Its chemical and anatomical structure and the excellent properties that result...

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Other Authors: Fromm, Jörg., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2013.
Berlin ; New York : [2013]
Physical Description: 1 online resource.
Series: Plant cell monographs ; v. 20.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I
  • Basic Processes of Wood Formation.
  • Xylem Development in Trees: From Cambial Divisions to Mature Wood Cells /
  • Jörg Fromm
  • Topochemical and Electron Microscopic Analyses on the Lignification of Individual Cell Wall Layers During Wood Formation and Secondary Changes /
  • Gerald Koch, Uwe Schmitt
  • New Insights into Heartwood and Heartwood Formation /
  • Andreas Kampe, Elisabeth Magel
  • Part II
  • Control of Wood Formation by Endogenous and Exogenous Factors.
  • The Role of Hormones in Controlling Vascular Differentiation /
  • Roni Aloni
  • Transcriptional Regulation of Wood Formation in Tree Species /
  • Ruiqin Zhong, Zheng-Hua Ye
  • Climate Control of Wood Formation: Illustrated for Scots Pine at Its Northern Distribution Limit /
  • Jeong-Wook Seo, Dieter Eckstein, Andrea Olbrich, Risto Jalkanen, Hannu Salminen
  • Wood Formation Under Drought Stress and Salinity /
  • Silke Lautner
  • Biology, Chemistry and Structure of Tension Wood /
  • Judith Felten, Björn Sundberg
  • Formation and Structure of Compression Wood /
  • L.A. Donaldson, A.P. Singh.