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Новицкая Л.Л.
Карельская береза: механизмы роста и развития структурных аномалий
Петрозаводск: Verso, 2008. 144 с.
Novitskaya L.L. Karelian Birch: Mechanisms of Growth and Development of Structural Abnormalities. 2008. 144 p.
The monograph summarizes the results of 25 years of the author's research into mechanisms of woody plant morphogenesis. Karelian birch (Betula pendula var. carelica) is a unique study object in this sense. Of all tree species, it has the most explicit structural abnormalities of trunk tissues, which manifestation through the ontogeny is most diverse, and endogenous variation is very high; their manifestation, development and attenuation depend on environmental impacts.
Using various methods, including physiological-biochemical, anatomical-cytological analysis and various targeted experimental impacts, the author arrived at some original conclusions concerning the mechanisms inducing Karelian birch-type deviations from normal growth and development in woody plants. It is demonstrated that the cause of the structural abnormalities is excessive content of such an active morphogenetic agent as sucrose in the conducting phloem and cambial zone. Potential mechanisms of sucrose effect on morphogenetic processes in woody plants were considered relying on own experimental data and on survey of extensive recent literature on the regulatory role of sugars in woody plants. Since development abnormalities in Karelian birch begin with the emergence of so-called "ray abnormalities", which are naturally quite common, the data obtained are of general biological value.
The edition is meant for scientists, professors and students specializing in biological and forest sciences, as well as for specialists in forestry.
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