Growth and Defence in Plants: Resource Allocation at Multiple Scales: 220 (Ecological Studies)

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Plants use resources, i.e. carbon, nutrients, water and energy, either for growth or to defend themselves from biotic and abiotic stresses. This volume provides a timely understanding of resource allocation and its regulation in plants, linking the molecular with biochemical and physiological-level processes. Ecological scenarios covered include competitors, pathogens, herbivores, mycorrhizae, soil microorganisms, carbon dioxide/ozone regimes, nitrogen and light availabilities. The validity of the � Growth-Differentiation Balance Hypothesis” is examined and novel theoretical concepts and approaches to modelling plant resource allocation are discussed. The results presented can be applied in plant breeding and engineering, as well as in resource-efficient stand management in agriculture and forestry.

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Growth and Defence in Plants: Resource Allocation at Multiple Scales: 220 (Ecological Studies) Review

"Growth and Defence in Plants" is a super-technical collection of scientific articles. It deals with the way in which plants "manage their resources", striking a balance between energy needed for growth and the equally pressing need for defences against parasites, etc. Articles include "Host-parasite interactions and trade-offs between growth- and defence-related metabolism under changing environments", "The rhizosphere: molecular interactions between microorganisms and roots" and "Plants and their ectomycorrhizosphere: cost and benefit of symbiotic soil organisms". Several articles deal with case studies of European Beech and Norway Spruce in the Kranzberger Forst.

This volume is part of a series of books called "Ecological Studies", published by the German Springer Verlag. The editors confirm all our deep-seated prejudices about Germans by comparing the research projects referenced in the book to a fortified castle, even including photos of a German castle in which the local botanical association convenes its meetings?!

This might be your cup of tea (or plant poison) if you are assisting a future Nobel Prize winner in his laboratory, or like to do other things in the Kranzberger Forst (forest?) apart from hiking, but personally I was just bewildered. I read philosophy books more comprehensible than this...

Still, I suppose I have to give "Growth and Defence in Plants" three stars for the effort, which I suppose must have been enormous.

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