ABSTRACT
Trees are a major component of the biosphere and have played an important part in the world's history and culture. With the modern challenges of global warming and dwindling fossil fuel reserves, trees, and in particular their wood, can provide solutions. Unfortunately, too little is known about the biology of these plants, due largely to a lack of
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 5|18 pages
Chemical and Cryo-fixation for Transmission Electron Microscopy of Gymnosperm Cambial
Cells Kim H. Rensing
chapter 11|22 pages
Cell Walls of Woody Tissues: Cytochemical, Biochemical and Molecular Analysis of Pectins and Pectin Methylesterases
Fabienne Micheli, Fabienne E. Ermel, Marianne Bordenave, Luc Richard and Renée Goldberg
chapter 16|26 pages
The Use of GUS Histochemistry to Visualise Lignification Gene Expression In Situ during Wood Formation
Simon Hawkins, Gilles Pilate, Eric Duverger, Alain Michel Boudet and Jacqueline Grima-Pettenati
