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1. Plant Cells
- Essay 1.1, Exploring Chemical Space in the Plant World - Natasha Raikhel, Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA; Glenn R. Hicks, Exelixis, South San Francisco, CA (August 2006)
- Essay 1.2, New Animations for Microtubule Assembly and Disassembly - Eva Nogales, Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of California at Berkeley (April 2007)
4. Water Balance of Plants
- Essay 4.1, A Brief History of the Study of Water Movement in the Xylem - Hanno Richter, University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna, and Pierre Cruiziat, PIAF-INRA-UBP, France (August 2002)
- Essay 4.2, The Cohesion–Tension Theory at Work - Pierre Cruiziat, PIAF-INRA-UBP, France, and Hanno Richter, University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna (May 2006)
- Essay 4.3, How Water Climbs to the Top of a 112 Meter-Tall Tree - George Koch, Northern Arizona University; Stephen Sillett and Gregg Jennings, Humboldt State University; Stephen Davis, Pepperdine University (May 2006)
- Essay 4.4, Cavitation and Refilling - James K. Wheeler and N. Michele Holbrook, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University (March 2007)
5. Mineral Nutrition
- Essay 5.1, From Meals to Metals and Back - David E. Salt, Center for Plant Environmental Stress Physiology, Purdue University (September 2006)
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Essay 5.2,
Boron Functions in Plants: Looking Beyond the Cell Wall
- Ildefonso Bonilla,1 Dale Blevins,2 and Luis Bolaños1
(1) Depto. Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; (2) Plant Science Unit, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA (March 2009)
6. Solute Transport
- Essay 6.1, Potassium Channels - Richard W. Mercier and Gerald A. Berkowitz, Department of Plant Science, University of Connecticut (September 2006)
7. Photosynthesis: The Light Reactions
- Essay 7.1, A Novel View of Chloroplast Structure - Maureen R. Hanson and Rainer H. Köhler, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (September 2006)
- Essay 7.2, Hydrogen Production. Green Algae as a Source of Energy - Anastasios Melis, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, and Thomas Happe, Botanisches Institut der Universität Bonn (March 2007)
8. Photosynthesis: Carbon Reactions
- Essay 8.1, Modulation of Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxylase in C4 and CAM Plants - Bob B. Buchanan, Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley; Ricardo A. Wolosiuk, Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas, University of Buenos Aires (August 2002)
11. Respiration and Lipid Metabolism
- Essay 11.1, Metabolic Flexibility Helps Plants to Survive Stress - William C. Plaxton, Queen′s University, Kingston, Ontario (May 2006)
- Essay 11.2, Metabolic Profiling of Plant Cells - Nicolas Schauer, Lothar Willmitzer, and Alisdair R. Fernie, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Germany (May 2006)
- Essay 11.3, Mitochondrial Dynamics: When Form Meets Function - Iain Scott & David C. Logan, School of Biology, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK (September 2006)
- Essay 11.4, Temperature Regulation by Thermogenic Flowers - Roger S. Seymour, Environmental Biology, University of Adelaide, Australia; Kikukatsu Ito, Cryobiosystem Research Centre, Iwata University, Moroika, Japan (September 2006)
- Essay 11.5, Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and Plant Respiration - Ian M. Møller, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark (September 2006)
- Essay 11.6, Coenzyme Synthesis in Plant Mitochondria - Stéphane Ravanel, Claude Alban, and Fabrice Rébeillé, Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire Végétale, UMR5168 CNRS-CEA-INRA-Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble I, Département Réponse et Dynamique Cellulaires, CEA-Grenoble, 17 rue des Martyrs, F-38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France (July 2005)
- Essay 11.7, The Role of Respiration in Desiccation Tolerance - Folkert A. Hoekstra, Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, The Netherlands (July 2005)
- Essay 11.8, Balancing Life and Death: The Role of the Mitochondrion in Programmed Cell Death - Jodi A. Swidzinski, Christopher J. Leaver, and Janneke Balk, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, UK (May 2006)
12. Assimilation of Mineral Nutrients
- Essay 12.1, Elevated CO2 and Nitrogen Photoassimilation - Arnold J. Bloom, Department of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Davis (August 2002)
- Essay 12.2, Modeling the Virtual Plant: A Systems Approach to Nitrogen-Regulatory Gene Networks - Miriam L. Gifford, Rodrigo A. Gutiérrez, and Gloria M. Coruzzi (August 2006)
- Essay 12.3, Introducing Symbiotic N2 Fixing Bacteria into Nonlegumes - E. C. Cocking, Centre for Crop Nitrogen Fixation, School of Biology and School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK (August 2007)
- Essay 12.4, Photoautotrophic Nitrification by Plants - Charles R. Hipkin, Department of Environmental and Molecular Biosciences, Institute of Environmental Sustainability, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, U.K. (July 2008)
13. Secondary Metabolites and Plant Defense
- Essay 13.1, Engineering Fruit Aromas - Gepstein Shimon, Department of Biology, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; Lewinsohn Efraim, Newe Ya′ar Research Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Ramat Yishay, Israel (September 2006)
- Essay 13.2, Unraveling the Function of Secondary Metabolites (May 2006)
- Essay 13.4, Alkaloid-Making Fungal Symbionts - Christopher L. Schardl, Jimmy D. Blankenship, Caroline Machado, & Martin J. Spiering, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington (May 2006)
- Essay 13.6, The Systemin Receptor: Tomato SR160 Is an LRR-Receptor Kinase Identical to Tomato BRI1 - Justin M. Scheer, Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University (May 2006)
- Essay 13.7, Secondary Metabolites and Allelopathy in Plant Invasions: A Case Study of Centaurea maculosa - Amanda K. Broz and Jorge M. Vivanco, Center for Rhizosphere Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA; Matthew J. Schultz, Forest Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship Department, Fort Collins, CO, USA; Laura G. Perry and Mark W. Paschke, Center for Rhizosphere Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA, and Forest Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship Department, Fort Collins, CO, USA (September 2006)
- Essay 13.8, Smelling the Danger and Getting Prepared: Volatile Signals as Priming Agents in Defense Response - Jurgen Engelberth, Department of Biology, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA (September 2006)
14. Gene Expression and Signal Transduction
- Essay 14.1, Plant Hormone Receptors: Perception Is Everything - Brenda Chow and Peter McCourt, Department of Botany, Univeristy of Toronto (May 2008)
15. Cell Walls: Structure, Biogenesis and Expansion
- Essay 15.1, Oscillatory Calcium and Proton Gradients in Growing Pollen Tubes - Peter Hepler and Alenka Lovy-Wheeler, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA (September 2006)
- Essay 15.2, Microtubules, Microfibrils, and Growth Anisotropy - Tobias I. Baskin, Biology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA (September 2006)
16. Growth and Development
- Essay 16.1, Division Plane Determination in Plant Cells - Laurie G. Smith, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego (May 2006)
- Essay 16.2, Plant Meristems: An Historical Overview - Ian Sussex, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, Yale University (May 2006)
17. Phytochrome and Light Control of Plant Development
- Essay 17.1, Awakened by a Flash of Sunlight - A. Scopel, C. L. Ballaré and R .A. Sánchez, IFEVA, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET. (August 2002)
- Essay 17.2, Diversity of Phytochrome Chromophores - Ruairidh J. H. Sawers, Department of Plant Biology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (September 2006)
- Essay 17.3, Know Thy Neighbor through Phytochrome - C. L. Ballaré, A. Scopel, J. J. Casal and R. A. Sánchez, IFEVA, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET. (May 2006)
18. Blue-Light Responses: Stomatal Movements and Morphogenesis
- Essay 18.1, Guard Cell Photosynthesis - James I. L. Morison and Tracy Lawson, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, UK (September 2006)
- Essay 18.3, The Blue–Green Reversibility of the Blue-Light Response of Stomata - Lawrence D. Talbott, Department of Environmental Biology, Ecology, and Evolution, University of California at Los Angeles (September 2006)
19. Auxin: The Growth Hormone
- Essay 19.1, Exploring the Cellular Basis of Polar Auxin Transport - Angus Murphy, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University (May 2006)
- Essay 19.2, Apical Basal Polarity is Maintained in Mature Plants - Jiří Friml, Center for Plant Molecular Biology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Angus Murphy, Department of Horticulture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA (August 2006)
- Essay 19.3, Phototropism: From Photoperception to Auxin-Dependent Changes in Gene Expression - Emmanuel Liscum, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia. (September 2002)
- Essay 19.4, Multiple Signals Control Lateral Branching - Christine Beveridge, School of Integrative Biology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (August 2006)
- Essay 19.5, Auxin and Fruit Initiation - Stephen M. Swain and Anna M. Koltunow, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Division of Plant Industry, Merbein (Vic) and Adelaide, Australia (October 2006)
- Essay 19.6, A Receptor for Auxin - Andrew W. Woodward and Bonnie Bartel, Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Rice University (March 2007)
20. Gibberellins: Regulators of Plant Height
- Essay 20.1, Gibberellins in Pea: From Mendel to Molecular Physiology - John J. Ross, School of Plant Science, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Australia (September 2006)
- Essay 20.2, Green Revolution Genes - Peter Hedden, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK (August 2006)
- Essay 20.3, Ubiquitin Becomes Ubiquitous in GA Signaling - Tohru Ariizumi and Camille M. Steber, Department of Crop and Soil Science, and USDA-ARS, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA (September 2006)
21. Cytokinins: Regulators of Cell Division
- Essay 21.2, Cytokinin-Induced Form and Structure in Moss - Karen S. Schumaker, University of Arizona at Tucson, Dept. Plant Sciences (May 2006)
- Essay 21.3, 1955: Kinetin Arrives. The 50th Anniversary of a New Plant Hormone - Richard Amasino, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (September 2006)
22. Ethylene: The Gaseous Hormone
- Essay 22.1, Tumor-Induced Ethylene Controls Crown Gall Morphogenesis - Roni Aloni, Plant Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Israel; Cornelia I. Ullrich, Botany, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany (April 2005)
23. Abscisic Acid: A Seed Maturation and Antistress Signal
- Essay 23.1, Heterophylly in Aquatic Plants - Bai-Ling Lin (August 2002)
24. Brassinosteroids
- Essay 24.1, Brassinosteroids and the Apical Hook—An Ongoing Story in Plant Architecture - Jenneth Sasse, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (August 2006)
25. The Control of Flowering
- Essay 25.1, The Role of Gibberellins in Floral Evocation of the Grass Lolium temulentum - Rod W. King and Lloyd T. Evans, CSIRO, Plant Industry, GPO Box 1600 Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia (September 2006)
- Essay 25.2, FT Protein, not mRNA, is the Phloem-Mobile Signal for Flowering - Jan A. D. Zeevaart, MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (September 2007)
26. Stress Physiology
- Essay 26.1, The Effect of Air Pollution on Plants - Eduardo Zeiger, University of California, Los Angeles (September 2006)
- Essay 26.2, An Extreme Plant Lifestyle: Metal Hyperaccumulation - David E. Salt, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA (August 2006)