Plant Programmed Cell Death

Dr. Arunika Gunawardena is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada. Over recent years the Gunawardena laboratory has pioneered the use of the beautiful lace plant, Aponogeton madagascariensis as a novel model organism for the study of programmed cell death. (http://pcdlab.biology.dal.ca).Dr. Paul McCabe is Head of the Botany Programme at the School of Biology and Environmental Science at University College Dublin, Ireland. Dr. McCabe's research interests include the regulation of developmental cell fate and cell death determination. Dr. McCabe and his colleagues have used PCD morphology and in vitro cell cultures to study several aspects of plant programmed cell death.

• An Overview of Programmed Cell Death Research: From Canonical to Emerging Model Species.- Mitochondrion and Chloroplast Regulation of Plant Programmed Cell Death.- Life Beyond Death: the Formation of Xylem Sap Conduits.- Programmed Cell Death in Plant Immunity: Cellular Reorganization, Signaling and Cell Cycle Dependence in Cultured Cells as a Model System.- Vascular Aerenchyma and PCD.- Out for a Walk Along the Secretory Pathway During Programmed Cell Death.- Nuclear Dismantling Events: Crucial Steps During the Execution of Plant Programmed Cell Death.- Programmed Cell Death Regulation by Plant Proteases with Caspase-Like Activity.- Senescence-Associated Programmed Cell Death.- The Hypersensitive Response in PAMP- and Effector-Triggered Immune Responses.- To Live or Die: Auophagy in Plants.

"This first book on programmed cell death in plants in a decade examines many aspects of these processes. Geared to advanced readers, it is a compilation of original reviews contributed by 30 authors, supported by more than 1,000 references ... . The work is well illustrated with good use of color throughout ... . Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers/faculty, and professionals/practitioners." (L. C. Davis, Choice, Vol. 53 (8), April, 2016)