The aim of this volume is to merge classical concepts of plant cell biology with the recent findings of molecular studies and real-world applications in a form attractive not only to specialists in the realm of fundamental research, but also to breeders and plant producers. Four sections deal with the control of development, the control of stress tolerance, the control of metabolic activity, and novel additions to the toolbox of modern plant cell biology in an exemplary and comprehensive manner and are targeted at a broad professional community. It serves as a clear example that a sustainable solution to the problems of food security must be firmly rooted in modern, continuously self re-evaluating cell-biological research.

No green biotech without green cell biology. As advances in modern medicine is based on extensive knowledge of animal molecular cell biology, we need to understand the hidden laws of plant cells in order to handle crops, vegetables and forest trees. We need to exploit, not only empirically, their astounding developmental, physiological and metabolic plasticity, which allows plants to cope with environmental challenges and to restore flexible, but robust self-organisation.

Plant microtubules are key elements of cell growth, division and morphogenesis. In addition to their role in plant development and architecture, they have emerged as regulatory elements of signalling and important targets of evolution.

Since the publication of the first edition of Plant Microtubules in 2000, our understanding of microtubules and their manifold functions have advanced substantially. Consisting of the following three parts, this book highlights the morphogenetic potential of plant microtubules from three general viewpoints: Microtubules and Morphogenesis: control of cell axis during division and expansion, cross-talk with actin filaments, mechanical properties of the cell wall. Microtubules and Environment: the role of microtubules during the sensing or response of environmental factors such as pathogens or abiotic stresses. Microtubules and Evolution: complexity and specialization of plant microtubules in the context of plant evolution.

The book is an invaluable source of information for researchers as well as for graduate and advanced students.

The aim of this volume is to merge classical concepts of plant cell biology with the recent findings of molecular studies and real-world applications in a form attractive not only to specialists in the realm of fundamental research, but also to breeders and plant producers. Four sections deal with the control of development, the control of stress tolerance, the control of metabolic activity, and novel additions to the toolbox of modern plant cell biology in an exemplary and comprehensive manner and are targeted at a broad professional community. It serves as a clear example that a sustainable solution to the problems of food security must be firmly rooted in modern, continuously self re-evaluating cell-biological research. No green biotech without green cell biology. As advances in modern medicine is based on extensive knowledge of animal molecular cell biology, we need to understand the hidden laws of plant cells in order to handle crops, vegetables and forest trees. We need to exploit, not only empirically, their astounding developmental, physiological and metabolic plasticity, which allows plants to cope with environmental challenges and to restore flexible, but robust self-organisation.

Since the publication of the first edition of Plant Microtubules in 2000, our understanding of microtubules and their manifold functions have advanced substantially. This revised edition highlights the morphogenetic potential of plant microtubules from three general viewpoints: Microtubules and Morphogenesis, Microtubules and Environment, Microtubules and Evolution. The book is an invaluable source of information for researchers as well as for graduate and advanced students.

In dem vorliegenden Sammelband werden wesentliche Forschungsergebnisse aus qualitativen und quantitativen Studien eines Forschungsprojekts zu berufsbegleitendem Studieren und zu lebenslangem Lernen veroeffentlicht. Zum einen geht es um den Themenkomplex der OEffnung der Hochschule fur beruflich Qualifizierte. Es werden Fragen nach den Rahmenbedingungen und Hintergrunden zu Zugang und Zulassung fur diese Zielgruppe verhandelt. Des Weiteren werden innovative Konzepte fur das akademische Lehren und Lernen vorgestellt.

Eine Studienhilfe als ErgAnzung zum STRASBURGER hat sich seit fA1/4nf Auflagen bewAhrt. FA1/4r die 35. Auflage des "Lehrbuchs der Botanik" wird sie erstmals als interaktives elektronisches Lernmedium auf CD-ROM angeboten. FA1/4nf den STRASBURGER-Autoren eng assoziierte Fachwissenschaftler haben das Lehrbuch didaktisch ausgewertet und mehr als 2400 sowohl Inhalts- wie VerstAndnisfragen aus dem Text heraus formuliert. Ca. 700 Abbildungen, die grAAtenteils aus dem Lehrbuch stammen, kAnnen als Hilfe zur Beantwortung der Fragen oder Illustration der Antworten aufgerufen werden. Der Benutzer kann in den simulierten PrA1/4fungssitzungen

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• jede Frage mit der zugehArigen Antwort ausdrucken,
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• STRASBURGER, Lehrbuch der Botanik fA1/4r Hochschulen. 35 Auflage
• STRASBURGER-Paket: Lehrbuch und CD-ROM zum gA1/4nstigen Sonderpreis
• BRESINSKY/KADEREIT, Systematik-Poster: Botanik. 2. Auflage
• FINKE, 100 Jahre STRASBURGERs Lehrbuch der Botanik fA1/4r Hochschulen