Cell Separation in Plants: Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Signals for Gene Expression in Ripening Tomato Fruit....Pages 1-9
Regulation, maturation and function of tomato fruit polygalacturonase....Pages 11-19
Characterization and Expression of a Ripening-Induced Cellulase Gene from Avocado....Pages 21-30
Gene Expression in Senescing Leaves....Pages 31-38
Regulation of Ethylene Biosynthesis in Higher Plants: Induction and Identification of l-Aminocyclopropane-l-Carboxylate Synthase....Pages 39-50
Auxin- and Wound-Induced Expression of ACC Synthase....Pages 51-59
Changes in Gene Expression During Ethylene-Induced Leaf Abscission....Pages 61-68
The Cell Biology of Bean Leaf Abscission....Pages 69-78
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Sorting Signals and Trafficking of Lysosomal and Extracellular Hydrolases of Cell Separation....Pages 81-99
Extensin Peroxidase Ties the Knots in the Extensin Network....Pages 101-113
Cell Wall-Derived Elicitors—Are they Natural (Endogenous) Regulators?....Pages 115-126
Polygalacturonase Activity in the Ripening Tomato Fruit....Pages 127-138
Hormone-Regulated Modifications to Cell Wall Polysaccharides: Relevance to Cell Separation....Pages 139-144
Ethylene and Polygalacturonase—What Else is Involved in Cell Separation in Ripening Fruit?....Pages 145-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Signals and Cell Wall Events in Plant-Pathogen Interactions....Pages 157-163
Host Cell Wall Loosening and Separation by Plant Pathogens....Pages 165-178
The Degradation of Potato Cell Walls by Pathogens....Pages 179-187
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Interference by Ethylene with the Abscission Retarding Effects of Auxin in Citrus Leaves....Pages 191-200
Identification of Leaf Abscission Zones as a Specific Class of Target Cells for Ethylene....Pages 201-210
Iaa Mediated Cell Separation in the Sepal Splitting of Oenothera Lamarkiana Flower Buds....Pages 211-220
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Pollination-Induced Corolla Abscission and Senescence and the Role of Short-Chain Fatty Acids in the Process....Pages 221-232
The Abscission Process in Peach: Structural, Biochemical and Hormonal Aspects....Pages 233-238
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
Cell Separation: A Developmental Feature of Root Caps which may be of Fundamental Functional Significance....Pages 241-251
Cell Wall Changes in Ripening Peaches....Pages 253-262
Regulation of Aerenchyma Formation in Roots and Shoots by Oxygen and Ethylene....Pages 263-274
Cell Isolation, Recognition and Fusion During Sexual Reproduction....Pages 275-285
Pectinaceous Beads and Pectinase on Callus Cell Surfaces in Graft Unions and in Culture....Pages 287-299
Signals Between Plant and Bacterial Cells: Specific Domains in Cell Walls, a New Insight....Pages 301-305
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Bud, Flower and Fruit Drop in Citrus and other Fruit Trees....Pages 309-321
Post-Harvest Berry Drop and its Control in Certain Grape Varieties....Pages 323-329
Olive Inflorescence, Flower, Fruit and Leaf Abscission with Chemicals Used for Mechanical Harvest....Pages 331-349
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Putative Ethylene Binding Protein(S) from Abscission Zones of Phaseolus Vulgaris....Pages 351-356
Differential Abscission and Ripening Responses to Ethylene by Tabasco Pepper Leaves and Fruit: Protein “Marker Events” as Probes....Pages 357-361
Chimeric Analysis of Cell Layer Interactions During Development of the Flower Pedicel Abscission Zone....Pages 363-368
The Role of Ethylene in Petal Abscission of Red Raspberry....Pages 371-375
Peroxidases and Cell Wall Growth by Epicotyls of Cicer Arietinum L. Possible Regulation by Calcium and Calmodulin and Relationship with Cell Wall Loosening....Pages 377-382
A Threonine and Hydroxyproline-Rich Glycoprotein from Maize....Pages 383-386
The Role of Endosperm Degradation in the Germination of Tomato Seeds....Pages 387-391
Auxin-Deprived Pear Cells in Culture as a Model System for Studying Senescence....Pages 393-398
Studies on the Release of Mesophyll Protoplasts from Cinchona Ledgeriana L.....Pages 399-403
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Cell Separation Events in Poplar in Response to Sulphur Dioxide and Ozone: Involvement of Ethylene....Pages 405-419
Cell Wall Pectic Content as an Early Signal for Cell Separation....Pages 421-437
Back Matter....Pages 439-452