Plant Roots - From Cells to Systems Proceedings of the 14th Long Ashton International Symposium Plant Roots — From Cells to Systems, held in Bristol, U.K., 13–15 September 1995

1. Mutational analysis of root initiation in the Arabidopsis embryo.- 2. Turgor-regulation during extension growth and osmotic stress of maize roots. An example of single-cell mapping.- 3. Microtubular cytoskeleton and root morphogenesis.- 4. Roots of willow (Salix viminalis L.) show marked tolerance to oxygen shortage in flooded soils and in solution culture.- 5. Rol genes and root initiation and development.- 6. Variation, co-ordination and compensation in root systems in relation to soil variability.- 7. Water transport in plants: Role of the apoplast.- 8. The molecular basis of potassium nutrition in plants.- 9. Root apical organization in Arabidopsis thaliana ecotype ‘WS’ and a comment on root cap structure.- 10. Experimental and genetic analysis of root development in Arabidopsis thaliana.- 11. A biophysical analysis of root growth under mechanical stress.- 12. Metal-gene-interactions in roots: metallothionein-like genes and iron reductases.- 13. Molecular responses of roots related to fungal colonisation in arbuscular mycorrhiza.- 14. Legume and actinorhizal root nodule formation.- 15. Responses of roots to low temperatures and nitrogen forms.