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Root Hairs
. Ed(S): Ridge, Robert W.; Emons, A.M.C.
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Description for Root Hairs
Paperback. Editor(s): Ridge, Robert W.; Emons, A.M.C. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PST; TVB; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 539.
Root hairs are tip-growing cells that originate from epidennal cells called trichoblasts. Their role may be simply thought of as extending the surface area of the root to facilitate absorption of nutrients and water. However, as you will see in this book, the root hair is far more than that. To an increasingly larger number of plant biologists, the root hair is a model cell. It grows in much the same way as a pollen tube, by sending vast numbers of vesicles containing cell wall precursors to a rounded apical dome, the tip. Once the trichoblast becomes committed to root ... Read more
Root hairs are tip-growing cells that originate from epidennal cells called trichoblasts. Their role may be simply thought of as extending the surface area of the root to facilitate absorption of nutrients and water. However, as you will see in this book, the root hair is far more than that. To an increasingly larger number of plant biologists, the root hair is a model cell. It grows in much the same way as a pollen tube, by sending vast numbers of vesicles containing cell wall precursors to a rounded apical dome, the tip. Once the trichoblast becomes committed to root ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Tokyo, Japan
ISBN
9784431683728
SKU
V9784431683728
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99-15
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