A volume uniting the invited papers presented at one of the
SEB/BES Environmental Plant Physiology Group's sessions
at this year's SEB meeting has just been published:
Plant Cuticles - an integrated functional approach
(edited by G. Kerstiens)
BIOS Scientific Publishers, Oxford, UK
337 + xiv pages
ISBN 1 85996 130 4
Price: stlg60 (120 US dollars)
25% discount available for members of the SEB or BES.
SEB members: please place your order with the Society.
BES members: please consult the BES Bulletin.
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Table of contents:
* D Edwards, GD Abbott and JA Raven *
Cuticles of early land plants: a
palaeoecophysiological evaluation.
* CE Jeffree *
Structure and ontogeny of plant cuticles.
* PE Kolattukudy *
Biosynthetic pathways of cutin and waxes,
and their sensitivity to environmental stresses.
* L Schreiber, T Kirsch and M Riederer *
Diffusion through cuticles: principles and models.
* G Kerstiens *
Diffusion of water vapour and gases across
cuticles and through stomatal pores
presumed closed.
* J Schonherr and P Baur *
Effects of temperature, surfactants and other
adjuvants on rates of uptake of organic
compounds.
* JD Barnes and J Cardoso-Vilhena *
Interactions between electromagnetic radiation
and the plant cuticle.
* K Mendgen *
Fungal attachment and penetration.
* M Riederer and C Markstadter *
Cuticular waxes - a critical assessment of
current knowledge.
* SD Eigenbrode *
Plant surface waxes and insect behaviour.
* KE Espelie *
Integrated case study: effects of maize leaf
epicuticular lipids on insect pests.
* DM Jackson and DA Danehower *
Integrated case study: Nicotiana leaf-surface
components and their effects on insect pests
and diseases.
* TLW Carver, SM Ingerson and BJ Thomas *
Influences of host surface features on develop-
ment of Erysiphe graminis and Erysiphe pisi.
* DR Butler *
The presence of water on leaf surfaces and its
importance for microbes and insects.
* JN Cape *
Surface wetness and pollutant deposition.
* S Huttunen *
Interactions between epiphytic microbes and
deposited compounds.
* J Grace and PR van Gardingen *
Plant cuticles under challenge.
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Apologies for cross-posting!
G. Kerstiens
