Growth and Defence in Plants: Resource Allocation at Multiple Scales [Paperback]

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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This volume gathers a timely understanding of resource allocation and its regulation in herbaceous and woody plant systems, linking molecular with biochemical and physiological process levels.?

Part I? Introduction

?1 The balance between resource sequestration and retention  a challenge in plant science
R. Matyssek, J. Koricheva, H. Schnyder, D. Ernst, J.C. Munch, W. O?wald, and H. Pretzsch

Part II? Mechanisms of resource allocation in plants and stands
Introduction into Part II

2 Common links of molecular biology with biochemistry and physiology in plants under ozone and pathogen attack
D. Ernst,, M. J?rgensen, G. Bahnweg, W. Heller, and G. M?ller-Starck

3 Host-parasite interactions and trade-offs between growth and defence related metabolism under changing environments
W. O?wald, F. Fleischmann, and D. Treutter

4 Conifer Defense Against Insects and Fungal Pathogens
N. Kolosova and J. Bohlmann

5 The rhizospherl#Ä