Annals of Botany 90: 545-546, 2002
© 2002 Annals of Botany Company
Chaffey, N.J. ed. Wood formation in treescell and molecular biology techniques
Wood formation in treescell and molecular biology techniques
Chaffey NJ, ed. 2002
London/New York: Taylor and Francis.
£85 (hardback). 364 pp.
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Wood formation is a highly complicated process involving an unbelievable variety of metabolic steps in the roots, stem and crown of shrubs and trees. At the centre of these processes is cambial activity which results in the release of young woody cells that undergo maturation until autolysis of the protoplast, indicating the final developmental