Overview

Plant hormones play a crucial role in controlling the way in which plants grow and develop. While metabolism provides the power and building blocks for plant life, it is the hormones that regulate the speed of growth of the individual parts and integrate them to produce the form that we recognize as a plant. In addition, hormones play a governing role in the process of reproduction. This text is a description of these natural chemicals: how they are synthesized and metabolized, how they act at both the organismal and molecular levels, how we measure them, and a description of some of the roles they play in regulating plant growth and development. This is the second edition of the text published in 1987 under the title ""Plant Hormones and Their Role in Plant Growth and Development"". All chapters have been rewritten to include the latest information on plant hormones, and several totally new chapters have been included, particularly with reference to the molecular biology of plant hormones. The book is a collection of newly written, integrated and illustrated reviews describing our knowledge of plant hormones and the experimental work that is the foundation of this information. It is directed at advanced students and professionals in the plant sciences: botanists, biochemists and molecular biologists, and those involved with the horticultural, agricultural and forestry sciences.

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Author:   P.J. Davies
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   2nd 1995 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 5.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.638kg
ISBN:  

9780792329848

ISBN 10:   0792329848
Pages:   833
Publication Date:   30 April 1995
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

A. Introduction.- 1 The plant hormones: Their nature, occurrence and functions.- 2 The plant hormone concept: Concentration, sensitivity and transport.- B. Hormone Synthesis and Metabolism.- 1 Auxin biosynthesis and metabolism.- 2 Gibberellin biosynthesis and metabolism.- 3 Cytokinin biosynthesis and metabolism.- 4 Biosynthesis and metabolism of ethylene.- 5 Abscisic acid biosynthesis and metabolism.- C. Other Hormonal Compounds.- 1 Polyarnines as endogenous growth regulators.- 2 Jasmonates, salicylic acid and brassinosteroids.- D. How Hormones Work.- 1 Auxin and cell elongation.- 2 The control of gene expression by auxin.- 3 Gibberellin action in germinated cereal grains.- 4 Hormone binding and signal transduction.- 5 Calcium and plant hormone action.- E. Molecular Aspects of Hormone Synthesis and Action.- 1 Genes specifying auxin and cytokinin biosynthesis in prokaryotes.- 2 Transgenic plants in hormone biology.- 3 Molecular approaches to the study of the mechanism of action of auxins.- 4 Ethylene genes and fruit ripening.- 5 The role of hormones in gene activation in response to wounding.- F. Hormone Analysis.- 1 Instrumental methods of plant hormone analysis.- 2 Immunoassay methods of plant hormone analysis.- G. The Functioning of Hormones in Plant Growth and Development.- 1 Hormone mutants and plant development.- 2 Ethylene in plant growth, development, and senescence.- 3 Auxin transport.- 4 The induction of vascular tissues by auxin and cytokinin.- 5 Hormones and the orientation of growth.- 6 Hormonal regulation of apical dominance.- 7 Honnones as regulators of water balance.- 8 Honnones and reproductive development.- 9 The role of honnones in photosynthate partitioning and seed filling.- 10 The role of honnones during seed development.- 11 The role of honnones inpotato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tuberization.- 12 Postharvest honnone changes in vegetables and fruit.- 13 Natural and synthetic growth regulators and their use in horticultural and agronomic crops.- 14 Honnones in tissue culture and micropropagation.

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... it is relatively easy to read, gives the reader much multidisciplinary data and...thousands of bibliograhpic references.' Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 22: 2 (2000)

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