Editors

Editor-in-Chief:

Professor Jerry Roberts (University of Plymouth, UK)

Jerry Roberts obtained a BA in Botany from the University of Oxford and a PhD in Plant Cell Biology from the University of Cambridge. His research focuses on plant cell and molecular biology and he has published over 100 peer reviewed papers and is the named inventor on a number of patents. He has acted as a consultant for businesses both in the UK and overseas and is currently Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at the University of Plymouth.

Associate Editors

Timothy Tranbarger
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
University of Montpellier, France

Carol Wagstaff
Professor of Crop Quality for Health
University of Reading, UK

Astrid Wingler
Professor of Plant Biology
University College Cork, Ireland

Paul Dijkwel
Massey University, New Zealand

Derek Stewart
The James Hutton Institute, UK

Jianhua Zhang
Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Amanda Rasmussen
Division of Agriculture and Environmental Science, School of Biosciences
University of Nottingham

Chungui Lu
Professor of Sustainable Agriculture
Nottingham Trent University, UK

Titles in the Series

  • 1. Arabidopsis

    Edited by M. Anderson and J.A. Roberts

    2. Biochemistry of Plant Secondary Metabolism

    Edited by M. Wink

    3. Functions of Plant Secondary Metabolites and Their Exploitation in Biotechnology

    Edited by M. Wink

    4. Molecular Plant Pathology

    Edited by M. Dickinson and J. Beynon

    5. Vacuolar Compartments

    Edited by D.G. Robinson and J.C. Rogers

    6. Plant Reproduction

    Edited by S.D. O’Neill and J.A. Roberts

    7. Protein–Protein Interactions in Plant Biology

    Edited by M.T. McManus, W.A. Laing and A.C. Allan

    8. The Plant Cell Wall

    Edited by J.K.C. Rose

    9. The Golgi Apparatus and the Plant Secretory Pathway

    Edited by D.G. Robinson

    10. The Plant Cytoskeleton in Cell Differentiation and Development

    Edited by P.J. Hussey

  • 11. Plant–Pathogen Interactions

    Edited by N.J. Talbot

    12. Polarity in Plants

    Edited by K. Lindsey

    13. Plastids

    Edited by S.G. Moller

    14. Plant Pigments and their Manipulation

    Edited by K.M. Davies

    15. Membrane Transport in Plants

    Edited by M.R. Blatt

    16. Intercellular Communication in Plants

    Edited by A.J. Fleming

    17. Plant Architecture and Its Manipulation

    Edited by C. Turnbull

    18. Plasmodeomata

    Edited by K.J. Oparka

    19. Plant Epigenetics

    Edited by P. Meyer

    20. Flowering and Its Manipulation

    Edited by C. Ainsworth

  • 21. Endogenous Plant Rhythms

    Edited by A.J.W. Hall and H.G. McWatters

    22. Control of Primary Metabolism in Plants

    Edited by W.C. Plaxton and M.T. McManus

    23. Biology of the Plant Cuticle

    Edited by M. Riederer and C. M¨uller

    24. Plant Hormone Signaling

    Edited by P. Hedden and S.G. Thomas

    25. Plant Cell Separation and Adhesion

    Edited by J.A. Roberts and Z. Gonzalez‐Carranza

    26. Senescence Processes in Plants

    Edited by S. Gan

    27. Seed Development, Dormancy and Germination

    Edited by K. Bradford and H. Nonogaki

    28. Plant Proteomics

    Edited by C. Finnie

    29. Regulation of Transcription in Plants

    Edited by K.D. Grasser

    30. Light and Plant Development

    Edited by G.C. Whitelam and K.J. Halliday

  • 31. Plant Mitochondria

    Edited by D.C. Logan

    32. Cell Cycle Control and Plant Development

    Edited by D. Inze

    33. Intracellular Signaling in Plants

    Edited by Z. Yang

    34. Molecular Aspects of Plant Disease Resistance

    Edited by J. Parker

    35. Plant Systems Biology

    Edited by G.M. Coruzzi and R.A. Gutierrez

    36. TheMoss Physcomitrella patens

    Edited by C.D. Knight, P.‐F. Perroud and D.J. Cove

    37. Root Development

    Edited by T. Beeckman

    38. Fruit Development and Seed Dispersal

    Edited by L. Ostergaard

    39. Function and Biotechnology of Plant Secondary Metabolites

    Edited by M. Wink

    40. Biochemistry of Plant Secondary Metabolism

    Edited by M. Wink

  • 41. Plant Polysaccharides

    Edited by P. Ulvskov

    42. Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants in the Post‐genomic Era

    Edited by C. Foyer and H. Zhang

    43. Biology of Plant Metabolomics

    Edited by R.D. Hall

    44. The Plant Hormone Ethylene

    Edited by M.T. McManus

    45. The Evolution of Plant Form

    Edited by B.A. Ambrose and M.D. Purugganan

    46. Plant Nuclear Structure, Genome Architecture and Gene Regulation

    Edited by D.E. Evans, K. Graumann and J.A. Bryant

    47. Insect‐Plant Interactions

    Edited by C. Voelckel and G. Jander

    48. Phosphorus Metabolism in Plants

    Edited by W.C. Plaxton and H. Lambers

    49. The Gibberellins

    Edited by P. Hedden and S.G. Thomas

    50. Plant Mitochondria

    Edited by David C. Logan