Contributors .................................................. vii
Section A Introduction ......................................... 1
Chapter 1 Phloem, the Integrative Avenue ....................... 3
Aart J.E. van Bel and Gary A. Thompson
Chapter 2 Cell Biology of Sieve Element-Companion Cell
Complexes ............................................ 8
Rosemary G. White
Chapter 3 Fundamentals of Phloem Transport Physiology ......... 30
John W. Patrick
Section В Functional Aspects of Structural SE Components ...... 61
Chapter 4 Roles of Plasma Membrane Transporters in Phloem
Functions ........................................... 63
Mechthild Tegeder, Yong-Ling Ruan, and John
W. Patrick
Chapter 5 Regulation of Sucrose Carrier Activities ........... 102
Christina Kühn
Chapter 6 Cellular Basis of Electrical Potential Waves
along the Phloem and Impact of Coincident Ca2+
Fluxes ............................................. 122
Jens B. Hafke and Aart J.E. van Bel
Chapter 7 Sieve Element Occlusion ............................ 141
Michael Knoblauch and Daniel Mullendore
Section С Long-Distance Signaling ............................ 155
Chapter 8 Sieve Elements: Puzzling Activities Deciphered
through Proteomics Studies ......................... 157
Sylvie Dinant and William J. Lucas
Chapter 9 Endogenous RNA Constituents of the Phloem and
Their Possible Roles in Long-Distance Signaling .... 186
Julia Kehr and Anja Buhtz
Chapter 10 The Effect of Long-Distance Signaling on
Development ........................................ 209
David J. Hannapel
Chapter 11 Plant Defense and Long-Distance Signaling in the
Phloem ............................................. 227
Frank Gaupels and A. Corina Vlot
Section D Biotic Interactions with the Phloem ................ 249
Chapter 12 Role of Phloem Metabolites in Plant Defense ........ 251
Jillian M. Hagel, Akpevwe Onoyovwi, Edward
C. Yeung, and Peter J. Facchini
Chapter 13 Viroids and Phloem-Limited Viruses: Unique
Molecular Probes of Phloem Biology ................. 271
Lucy R. Stewart, Biao Ding, and Bryce W. Falk
Chapter 14 Phytoplasmas and Spiroplasmas: The
Phytopathogenic Mollicutes of the Phloem ........... 293
Allyson M. MacLean and Saskia A. Hogenhout
Chapter 15 Breaching the Sieve Element—The Role of Saliva as
the Molecular Interface between Aphids and the
Phloem ............................................. 310
Torsten Will, James C. Carolan, and Thomas L.
Wilkinson
Chapter 16 Behavioral and Molecular-Genetic Basis of
Resistance against Phloem-Feeding Insects .......... 328
Linda L. Walling and Gary A. Thompson
Index ......................................................... 353
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