Advances in Plant Ecophysiology Techniques

Preface.- 1. In vitro and in vivo bioassays.- 2. Root morphology.- 3. Plant photosynthetic pigments: Methods and tricks for correct quantification and identification.- 4. Measuring photosynthesis and respiration with infrared gas analysers.- 5. Chlorophyll fluorescence: a practical approach to study ecophysiology of green plants.- 6. Thermoluminescence: a tool to study ecophysiology of green plants.- 7. Determining plant water relations.- 8. Thermal imaging and infrared sensing in plant ecophysiology.- 9. Photoprotection and photo-oxidative stress markers as useful tools to unravel plant invasion success.- 10. Reactive oxygen species and antioxidant enzymatic systems in plants: role and methods.- 11. Flow cytometric measurement of different physiological parameters.- 12. Flow cytometry: cell cycle.- 13. Mitotic index.- 14. Fluorescent probes and live imaging of plant cells.- 15. Confocal and transmission electron microscopy for plant studies.- 16. Plant programmed cell death (PCD): using cell morphology as a tool to investigate plant PCD.- 17. Visualization of plant microtubules.- 18. Multiprobe in-situ hybridization to whole mount Arabidopsis seedlings.- 19. Proteomics analysis of plant tissues based on two-dimensional gel electrophoresis.- 20. Metabolomics and metabolic profiling – investigation of dynamic plant-environment interactions at the functional level.- 21. SAR / QSAR.- 22. Elucidating the phytotoxic potential of natural compounds.- 23. Exploring plants strategies for allelochemical detoxification.- 24. Chemical characterization of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) through headspace solid phase micro extraction (SPME).- 25. Carbon radiochemicals (¹⁴C) and stable isotopes (¹³C): crucial tools to study plant-soil interactions in ecosystems.- 26. Stable-isotope techniques to investigate sources of plant water.- 27. Soil microorganisms.- 28. Computational approach to study ecophysiology.