Table of Contents

Introduction
General Development
Root hair zonation
Origin of root hairs
Phases of root hair growth
Regulators of root hair growth
Cell Biology
Cytoplasmic streaming
The cytoskeleton
Nuclear movement and the cytoskeleton
Vesicles
Clathrin coated vesicles and coated pits
Vesicle morphology and variation
Organelles and the plasma membrane
Electrobiology and gradients
Lectins
Cell wall (extracellular matrix)
Molecular biology of development
Root hairs and the Rhizobium/legume symbiosis
Concluding comments
References
