Advances In Botanical Research: Plant Trichomes; Editor: Callow, J. A.; Hardback; Book

Editor: Callow, J. A.
Series#:31; Advances in Botanical Research; Hardback; Book
450 pages
Published: March 2000
Harcourt Publishers Ltd, a subsidiary of Harcourt International Ltd
ISBN: 0120059312

This volume is a collection of review articles by leading scientists involved in various aspects of work involving plant hairs, or trichomes. The scope of the volume is broad, representing the fact that there is interest in these structures for researchers in diverse fields including plant anatomy, taxonomy, cell and molecular biology, biochemistry, and ecology.Aerial surfaces of many plant species are covered in hairs (trichomes). Their utility as model systems to understand cell-to-cell movement and cell differentiation, as well as their potential utility in biotechnology, is summarized here.