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Rhizomes

Hidden Stems with Unknown Diversity

Kraehmer, Hansjoerg / Hesse, Linnea (Herausgeber)

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1. Auflage August 2024
416 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-1-119-82714-6
John Wiley & Sons

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Comprehensive reference on the characteristics of rhizomes, stems growing roughly horizontally below ground level important for perennial and hard-to-control weeds and for the propagation of some commercially important crops.

Rhizomes describes and compares rhizomes, classifies them based on their features, and presents their ecological and commercial importance.

The book is divided into five parts. After a short introduction, Part I discusses the evolution of rhizomes and their function as organs. Part II provides an introduction into rhizomes of basal tracheophytes, formerly called pteridophytes, now referred to as Lycopodiopsida and Polypodiopsida or lycophytes and ferns. Part III covers monocot rhizomes with a focus on the high diversity of rhizomes found in monocots. Part IV focuses on dicot rhizomes and their morphological diversity. Part V explores the ecological and commercial importance of rhizomes, with special information on crops and weeds with rhizomes. Lastly, findings on rhizomes in different plant groups are compared, and conclusions on the development and diversification of rhizome characters are presented.

Written by two highly qualified authors with significant research experience in the field, Rhizomes covers sample topics such as:
* Difficulty in making a clear distinction between rhizomes, runners, and stolons and inner cortex cells of rhizomes differing in sheath modifications
* Different types of species with stem-borne roots, including dicot representatives with roots arising from the hypocotyl and plants with roots at nodes, internodes, and buds
* Molecular genetics research analyzing molecular mechanisms and signaling processes leading to stolon and rhizome initiation and development
* Rhizome producing species forming either large colonies or genetically identical group, with advantages and disadvantages of each

With English literature on rhizome literature being relatively sparse, Rhizomes is a unique and highly comprehensive reference on these types of stems, ideal for agronomists, botanists, horticulturists, breeders, ecologists, and weed scientists seeking to understand their important role in agriculture and food.

Part 1 - Introduction

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 - Evolution of rhizomes and their functional morphology

Part 2- Rhizomes of Lycopodiopsida and Polypodiopsida

Chapter 3 - Diversity in rhizomes of Lycopodiopsida and Psilotopsida

Part 3 - Monocot Rhizomes

Chapter 4 - Morphological diversity in monocot rhizomes

Chapter 5 - Histological characterisation of monocot rhizomes

Chapter 6 - The stele of monocot rhizomes

Chapter 7 - Nodes of monocot rhizomes

Chapter 8 - Monocot rhizome development

Chapter 9 - Selected, groupwise description of rhizomes

Part 4- Dicot Rhizomes

Chapter 10 - Morphological diversity in dicot rhizomes

Part 5 - Ecological and Commercial Importance of Rhizomes

Chapter 11 - Agricultural crops with rhizomes

Chapter 12 - Rhizomatous weeds

Chapter 13 - Clone formation in rhizomatous plants

Part 6 - Comparative Synopsis of Rhizome Characteristics

Chapter 14 - Differences between rhizomes of different tracheophyta

Chapter 15 - Phylogenetic relevance of rhizome characters

Part 7 - Final Discussion and Conclusions

Chapter 16 - Final discussion, conclusions and outlook
Hansjoerg Kraehmer, Past President of the European Weed Research Society and currently based at Bayer AG, Frankfurt, Germany. Dr. Kraehmer is a known scientist studying weed plants, crop science, and vegetative anatomy and morphology.

Linnea Hesse, Professor at Wood sciences and Biomimetics, Institute of Wood Science, University of Hamburg, Germany.

H. Kraehmer, Bayer Crop Science, Germany