Recent Research and Review Papers, Conference Reports, Books and Book Chapters
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SOON TO BE PUBLISHED !!
Ridge and Emons, Editors (2000) ROOT HAIRS: cell and molecular biology. Springer-Verlag, Tokyo. Thirty contributing authors from a dozen countries.
Recent Book Editorial and Book Chapters:
Ridge, R.W. (1996) Root Hairs: Cell Biology and Development. In "Plant Roots. The Hidden Half". Edited by Y. Waisel et al. Marcel Dekker Inc., New York. pp 127-147 (Chapter 7)
Image of root hair using DIC optics
Table of Contents for Complete Text
T. Hori, R.W. Ridge, W. Tulecke , J. Tremouillaux-Guiller, P. Del Tredici & H. Tobe (1997) Ginkgo biloba: a global treasure. From Biology to Medicine. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. (Book available here from Amazon.com)
Ridge, R.W., T. Hori and S. Miyamura. (1997) Analysis of flagellar movement in Ginkgo biloba sperm by high speed video microscopy. In: (T. Hori, R.W. Ridge, W. Tulecke , J. Tremouillaux-Guiller, P. Del Tredici & H. Tobe, editors) Ginkgo biloba:: a global treasure. From Biology to Medicine. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. reprints available (Book available here from Amazon.com)
Recent Research Papers:
Ridge R.W., R. Kim and F. Yoshida. (1998) The diversity of lectin-detectable sugar residues on root hair tips of selected legumes correlates with the diversity of their host-ranges for rhizobia. Protoplasma 202: 84-90.
reprints available
Text and Figures
B.G. Rolfe, R.W. Carlson, R.W. Ridge, F.B. Dazzo, P.F. Mateos and C.E. Pankhurst. (1996) Defective infection and nodulation of clovers by exopolysaccharide mutants of Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii. Australian J. Plant Physiology 23: 285-303. reprints available
Ridge R.W. (1995) Micro-vesicles, pyriform vesicles and macro-vesicles associated with the plasma membrane in the root hairs of Vicia hirsuta after freeze-substitution. Journal of Plant Research 108: 363-368. reprints available
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Figures (4 figs at 72dpi total 800k - could take 4 to 5 minutes to download - but worth it!!)
Ridge R.W. (1995) Recent developments in the cell and molecular biology of root hairs. J. Plant Research 108: 399-405. reprints available
Plazinski, J., R.W. Ridge, I.A. McKay and M.A. Djordjevic. (1994) The nodABC genes of Rhizobium leguminosarum biovar trifolii confer root hair curling ability to a diverse range of soil bacteria and the ability to induce novel root swellings on beans. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 21: 311-325. reprints available
Recent Review Paper:
Ridge R.W. (1995) Recent developments in the cell and molecular biology of root hairs. J. Plant Research 108: 399-405. reprints available
Recent Conference Papers:
Ridge, R.W. & M. Utsuki. (1998) Nod factors significantly affect actin/myosin-based intracellular movement in alfalfa root hairs. 8th Annual Meeting of the Plant-Microbe Interactions Society of Japan, Toba City, Mie Prefecture.
Robert W. Ridge, RiAe Kim and Fumie Yoshida. (1998) The diversity of lectin-detectable sugar residues on root hair tips of selected legumes correlates with the diversity of their host ranges for rhizobia. 8th Annual Meeting of the Plant-Microbe Interactions Society of Japan, Toba City, Mie Prefecture.
Plazinski, J., Lambiris, I., Hurley, U.A., Ridge, R.W., and Williamson, R.E. (1998) Plant myosins: phenotypic abnormalities in Arabidopsis transgenic plants that express the antisense constructs. Arabidopsis Conference, Madison, USA.
Plazinski, J., Lambiris, I., Arioli, T., Hurley, U.A., Ridge, R.W., Burn, J., and Williamson, R.E. (1997) Antisense expression of myosins in transgenic Arabidopsis plants leads to abnormal phenotypes. Proceedings of the 5th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology, Singapore.
Ridge, R.W. & M. Utsuki. (1996) Nod factors significantly affect cytoplasmic streaming in alfalfa root hairs. Symposium on Molecular Biology of the Cytoskeleton, Joint Meeting of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Society and the Australian Society for Plant Physiology, Canberra, Australia.
Izumo, M., M. Katsumi & R.W. Ridge. (1996) Effect of Uniconazole-P on root hair growth in clover. 23rd Annual Meeting of Plant Growth Regulators Society of America in conjunction with the Japanese Society of Chemical Regulation of Plants, Calgary, Canada.
Kohiyama, M & R.W. Ridge (1995) Colonisation of nodule-like structures on rice by GUS-labeled Rhizobium leguminosarum bv trifolii. 5th Annual Meeting of the Plant-Microbe Interactions Society of Japan, Kagoshima.
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Izumo, M., M. Katsumi & R.W. Ridge. (1995) Hormonal control of root hair growth in clover. 15th International conference on plant growth substances. Minneapolis, USA.
Izumo, M., R.W. Ridge & M. Katsumi. (1995) Action of gibberellin on root hair growth. 59th Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of Japan, Kanazawa.
Akao, S., Y. Minagawa, H. Taki, T. Minamizawa & R.W. Ridge. (1995) The construction and use of GUS-labeled Rhizobium. 5th Annual Meeting of the Plant-Microbe Interactions Society of Japan, Kagoshima.