© 1994 • 1270 pp., illus., color plates, appendices, index
Cloth • ISBN  0-87969-428-9

The cruciferous weed Arabidopsis thialiana has become a model system for the study of an unusually wide variety of aspects of plant biology. As a result, nearly all aspects of Arabidopsis biology are now under investigation, more scientists are involved, and plant science as a whole has been invigorated.

This book is the first comprehensive account of what is known about the organism. The information is presented in the context of plant biology in general, with the properties of Arabidopsis mutants and the insights derived from their analysis as a unifying theme. The book's scope includes genetics, growth and development, biochemistry, physiology, and responses to pathogens and environmental stress.

This unique volume, in the classic tradition of the Cold Spring Harbor Monograph Series, is a landmark in plant science, essential reading for investigators at graduate student level and beyond, and a work of reference that will serve the field for years to come.

  "This book, running as it does through plant systematics, genetics, developmental biology, hormones, the chloroplast, pathology, the cell wall, metabolism and many other topics, should be dipped into by plant physiologists, biochemists and breeders and should convert doubters to the virtues of the weed."
      —Nature

Introduction (E.M. Meyerowitz, C.R. Somerville)

Genetics

Systematic Relationships of Arabidopsis: A Molecular and Morphological Perspective (R.A. Price et al.); Structure and Organization of the Arabidopsis thaliana Nuclear Genome (E.M. Meyerowitz); Chloroplast and Mitochondrial DNAs of Arabidopsis thaliana: Conventional Genomes in an Unconventional Plant (J.D. Palmer et al.); Molecular Cytogenetics of Arabidopsis (J.S. Heslop-Harrison, J. Maluszynska); Arabidopsis Genetics (M. Koornneef); Quantitative Genetics (R. Scholl et al.); Mutagenesis in Arabidopsis (K.A. Feldmann et al.); Tissue Culture and Transformation (P.C. Morris, T. Altmann); Genetic Studies with Arabidopsis: A Historical View (C. Koncz, G.P. Regrave;dei)

Development

Seed Development in Arabidopsis thaliana (D.W. Meinke); Pattern Formation in the Embryo (G. J&uumlaut;rgens); Seed Dormancy and Germination (M. Koornneef, C.M. Karssen); Root Development in Arabidopsis (J.W. Schiefelbein, P.N. Benfey); Development of the Vegetative Shoot Apical Meristem (J.I. Medford et al.); Leaf Development in Arabidopsis (A. Telfer, R.S. Poethig); The Transition to Flowering in Arabidopsis (J.M. Martínez-Zapater et al.); Arabidopsis Flower Development (S.E. Clark, E.M. Meyerowitz); From Pollination to Fertilization in Arabidopsis (R.E. Pruitt, M. H&uumlaut;lskamp)

Growth and Behavior

Ethylene: A Unique Plant Signaling Molecule (J.R. Ecker, A. Theologis); Gibberellin and Abscisic Acid Biosyn-thesis and Response (R.R. Finkelstein, J.A.D. Zeevaart); Auxin and Cytokinin in Arabidopsis (M. Estelle, H.J. Klee); Light Signal Transduction and the Control of Seedling Development (J. Chory, R.E. Susek); Circadian Rhythms in Arabidopsis thaliana (C.R. McClung, S.A. Kay); The Physiology of Tropisms (K.L. Poff et al.); Modulation of Root Growth by Physical Stimuli (K. Oka-da, Y. Shimura)

Biotic and Abiotic Stress

Interactions between Arabidopsis thaliana and Viruses (A.E. Simon); Microbial Pathogenesis of Arabidopsis (I. Crute et al.); Plant-parasitic Nematodes (P.C. Sijmons et al.); Environmental Stress and Gene Regulation (C.J. Daugherty et al.); Arabidopsis thaliana as a Model for Studying Mechanisms of Plant Cold Tolerance (M.F. Thomashow)

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Molecular Genetics of Amino Acid, Nucleotide, and Vitamin Biosynthesis (A.B. Rose, R.L. Last); Glycero-lipids (J. Browse, C. Somerville); Genetic Dissection of the Biosynthesis, Degradation, and Biological Functions of Starch (T. Caspar); Photosynthesis (W.L. Ogren); Structure, Synthesis, and Function of the Plant Cell Wall (W.-D. Reiter); Secondary Metabolism in Arabidopsis (C.C.S. Chapple et al.); Epicuticular Wax and eciriferum Mutants (B. Lemieux et al.); The Plant Cytoskeleton (R.B. Meagher, R.E. Williamson); Calcium, Protons, and Potassium as Inorganic Second Messengers in the Cyto-plasm of Plant Cells (M.R. Sussman et al.); Metabolic and Genetic Control of Nitrate, Phosphate, and Iron Assimilation in Plants (N.M. Crawford)

Genetic Resources

The Internet and Electronic Arabidopsis Information Re-sources (J.M. Cherry); Genetic Variations of Arabidopsis thaliana (E.M. Meyerowitz, H. Ma)