Cambial Growth, Root Growth, and Reproductive Growth

1st Edition - January 1, 1971
Author: T.T. Kozlowski
Language: English
eBook ISBN:
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Growth and Development of Trees, Volume II: Cambial growth, Root Growth, and Reproductive Growth describes the important features of growth and development of trees and other woody plants during their life cycles. This nine-chapter book highlights the significant changes that take place in vegetative and reproductive growth as woody plants progress from juvenility to adulthood and, finally, to a senescent state. The first four chapters cover the growth of tree cambium, which is a layer of delicate meristematic tissue between the inner bark or phloem and the wood or xylem. These chapters examine the variation, control, and measurement of cambial growth. The next two chapters look into the growth mechanism of specialized and modified root systems, such as aerial, grafted, knee, and nodulated roots, root buttresses, mycorrhiza, and pneumatophores. These chapters also discuss the distribution and growth characteristics of roots of woody plants. Other chapters explore the significant changes and features during flowering and fruit, cone, and seed development. The last chapter considers some aspects of internal and external control of reproductive growth at critical stages of development. Some practical methods for stimulating fruit and seed production by trees are also provided. This book will be of great value to arborists, foresters, horticulturists, plant ecologists, plant physiologists, plant anatomists, tree breeders and geneticists, plant pathologists, entomologists, soil scientists, meteorologists, and landscape architects. It is also intended for upper level undergraduate and graduate students.

Preface Contents of Volume IErratum to Volume I1. Cambial Growth Mature Xylem and Phloem Increments Production of Xylem and Phloem Differentiation Expansion of the Cambium Phellogen or Cork Cambium Cambial Growth in Wound Healing and Grafting Anomalous Cambial Growth Suggested Collateral Reading 2. Variation in Cambial Growth Variations in Growth Rings Variations in Duration of Cambial Growth Vertical Distribution of Cambial Growth Vertical Alignment of Cambial Derivatives Variations in Size of Cambial Derivatives Reaction Wood Variations in Bark Patterns Suggested Collateral Reading 3. Control of Cambial Growth Introduction Control of Cambial Growth by Tree Crowns Leaf Development and Cambial Growth Vertical Distribution of Cambial Growth Defoliation and Cambial Growth Environmental Control of Cambial Growth Site Factors Internal Control of Cambial Growth Control of Earlywood-Latewood Relations Suggested Collateral Reading 4. Measurement of Cambial Growth Introduction Measurement of Increase in Stem Radius, Diameter, or Girth Dendrochronology Microscopy Increment Cores Scanning Methods Bark Slipping Marking Partial Growth Increments Suggested Collateral Reading 5. Root Growth Depth and Spread of Root Systems Longevity of Roots Root Regeneration Root Hairs Primary Growth of Roots Secondary Growth of Roots Control of Root Growth Suggested Collateral Reading 6. Specialized and Modified Roots Aerial Roots Grafted Roots Root Buttresses Knee Roots and Pneumatophores Nodulated Roots Mycorrhizae Suggested Collateral Reading 7. Flowering Floral Structure and Arrangement Floral Initiation and Development Periodicity of Flowering Pollination Suggested Collateral Reading 8. Fruit, Cone, and Seed Development Introduction Fruit Growth in Angiosperms Abscission of Reproductive Structures Cone Development in Gymnosperms Periodicity of Reproductive Growth Effects of Reproductive Growth on Vegetative Growth Suggested Collateral Reading 9. Control of Reproductive Growth Introduction Floral Induction Fertilization Internal Requirements for Reproductive Growth Stimulation of Reproductive Growth Suggested Collateral Reading Bibliography Author Index Subject Index