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Author:   Martin Bopp
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Weight:   0.890kg
ISBN:  

9783540162674

ISBN 10:   3540162674
Pages:   436
Publication Date:   01 August 1986
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Plant Cell Responses and the Role of Growth Substances.- I. Methods.- The Use of Immunological Techniques in Plant Hormone Analysis.- Immunoassays for the Quantitation of Plant Growth Regulators Using Monoclonal Antibodies.- Immunoassays for Plant Growth Regulators - A Help or a Hindrance?.- Validation of Immunoassays.- Immunoaffinity Columns for the Isolation and Analysis of Plant Hormones.- II. Hormones: Synthesis, Metabolism and Biochemistry.- Dwarf Mutants in Maize - The Gibberellin Biosynthetic Pathway and its Molecular Future.- Gibberellins: Structure-Activity Relationships and the Design of Molecular Probes.- Gibberellin Biosynthesis from Gibberellin A12-Aldehyde.- Biosynthetic and Metabolic Aspects of Auxins.- Cytokinin Biosynthesis and Metabolism.- The Nomenclature of Abscisic Acid and its Metabolites.- Metabolism of Abscisic Acid.- The Shapes of Abscisic Acid and the Active Site.- Enzymes of Ethylene Biosynthesis.- Chemistry, Physiology and Agricultural Application of Brassinolide and Related Steroids.- Plant Growth Substances of Plant and Microbial Origin.- III. Hormones: Mechanism.- Plant Growth Substances and the Ionic Permeability of Membranes.- Ca2+: Calmodulin Phytohormone-Linked Plant Senescence Control.- Phytohormones and Gene Expression.- Enzymes of Auxin and Cytokinin Biosynthesis Encoded in Ti Plasmids.- Cytokinin Biosynthetic Genes and Enzymes from Agrobacterium tumefaciens and other Plant-Associated Procaryotes.- The Evolution of Polar Transport Models, and some Possibilities for the Regulation of Auxin Carriers.- Roles of Transport and Binding in the Specific ?pH-Dependent Accumulation of Auxin by Zucchini Membrane Vesicles.- Active Auxin Uptake by Specific Plasma Membrane Carriers.- Two Comments on Auxin Transport: The Uptake/Efflux-Mechanism and the Problem of Adaptation.- Further Characterization of the Presumptive Auxin Transport Carrier Using Monoclonal Antibodies.- The Requirement for Calcium and Boron in Auxin Transport.- Cellular Patterns Determined by Polar Transport.- Auxin Transport and Shoot Tropisms: The Need for Precise Models.- Auxin and Root Gravitropism: The State of Our Knowledge.- IV. Hormones: Effects.- Are Angiosperm Hormones Present in, and Used as Hormones by, Algae?.- Hormonal Coordination of the Processes Leading to Cell Fusion in Algae: A Glycoprotein Hormone from Red Algae.- On the Hormonal System of Mosses.- Phytohormones and Filicinae: Chemical Signals Triggering Morphogenesis in Schizaeaceae.- The Control of Plant Cell Elongation by Auxin and Gibberellin.- Mechanism of Growth Induction by Ester Compounds. Studies with Segments and Protoplasts of Oat Coleoptiles.- The Control of Flower Initiation and Development.- Hormonal Regulation of Plant Flowering.- Phytohormones in Seed and Fruit Development.- A Revision of the Hormone Balance Theory of Seed Dormancy: Studies on Gibberellin and/or Abscisic Acid-Deficient Mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana.- Cytokinin Control of Monocarpic Senescence in Soybean.- Epigenetic and Genetic Factors Regulating the Cytokinin Requirement of Cultured Cells.- Apical Dominance and Correlations by Hormones.- Hormonal Control of Assimilate Movement and Compartmentation.- V. Hormones: Applications.- Aims and Possibilities of Applied Plant Bioregulation.- Growth Regulation of Arable Crops.- Ethylene as an Indicator and Regulator in the Development of Field Crops.- Effects of Endogenous and Exogenous Plant Growth Substances on Development and Yield of Soybeans.- Natural and Synthetic Plant Growth Substances in Fruit Growing.- Recent Advances in the Use of Growth Substances in Ornamental Horticulture.- Interrelations of Plant Growth Substances, Mineral Nutrition and Crop Yield.- Examples of the Use of Natural and Synthetic Plant Growth Substances in Cereal Breeding.

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