Chemical Manipulation of Crop Growth and Development. Proceedings of Previous Easter Schools in Agricultural Science

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Proceedings of Previous Easter Schools in Agricultural Science, published by Butterworths, London, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE, Pages v-vi
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, Page vii
1 - PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS IN FIELD CROPS, Pages 3-11
2 - STRATEGIES TO DISCOVER PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS FOR AGRONOMIC CROPS, Pages 13-15
3 - EVALUATION OF THE POSSIBILITIES FOR MODIFYING STOMATAL MOVEMENT, Pages 19-37
4 - POSSIBLE USE OF CHEMICALS FOR THE CONTROL OF PHOTORESPIRATION, Pages 39-53
5 - HORMONAL CONTROL OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND ASSIMILATE DISTRIBUTION, Pages 55-66
6 - MANIPULATION OF CROP GROWTH BY ETHYLENE AND SOME IMPLICATIONS OF THE MODE OF GENERATION, Pages 67-78
7 - GENETIC AND CHEMICAL MANIPULATION OF CROPS TO CONFER TOLERANCE TO CHEMICALS, Pages 79-91
8 - THE EFFECTS OF ALLELOCHEMICALS ON CROP GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, Pages 93-110
9 - THE POTENTIAL FOR THE CONTROLLED DELIVERY OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS, Pages 111-126
10 - THE CONTROL OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE POTATO PLANT BY ENDOGENOUS AND EXOGENOUS GROWTH REGULATORS, Pages 129-138
11 - AN UNDERSTANDING OF CROP PHYSIOLOGY IN ASSESSING A PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR ON SUGAR BEET, Pages 139-150
12 - THE INFLUENCE OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON THE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND YIELD OF OILSEED RAPE (Brassica napus L.), Pages 153-164
13 - PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS IN THE SUGARCANE INDUSTRY, Pages 167-189
14 - PLANT REGULATORS FOR TOBACCO GROWTH MODIFICATION AND IMPROVED SAFETY, Pages 193-209
15 - THE INFLUENCE OF AUXIN ANTAGONISTS ON POD AND SEED NUMBER AND YIELD OF SOYABEAN (Glycine max Merrill), Pages 213-219
16 - THE EFFECT OF BTS 44584, A TERNARY SULPHONIUM GROWTH RETARDANT, ON NET PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND YIELD IN SOYABEANS, Pages 221-235
17 - THE POTENTIAL FOR INCREASING SOYABEAN YIELD WITH PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS, Pages 237-249
18 - CORN YIELDS—RATE-LIMITING FACTORS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN PLANT GROWTH REGULATION, Pages 253-265
19 - EFFECT OF FOLIAR APPLICATIONS OF SYNTHETIC PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON THE AGRONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF FIELD GROWN CORN (Zea mays L.), Pages 267-282
20 - PLANT GROWTH REGULATOR USE IN FIELD-SCALE VEGETABLE CROPS, Pages 285-296
21 - MODIFICATION OF PLANT PART RELATIONSHIPS IN VEGETABLE CROPS, Pages 297-311
22 - GROWTH REGULATION IN CEREALS—CHANCE OR DESIGN?, Pages 315-327
23 - SOME EFFECTS OF LOW-CONCENTRATION GIBBERELLIC ACID AND RETARDANT APPLICATION DURING EARLY GROWTH ON MORPHOGENESIS IN WHEAT, Pages 329-342
24 - MODIFICATIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPRING BARLEY BY EARLY APPLICATIONS OF CCC AND GA3 AND THE SUBSEQUENT EFFECTS ON YIELD COMPONENTS AND YIELD, Pages 343-357
25 - GROWTH REGULATOR EFFECTS ON EAR AND GRAIN DEVELOPMENT IN WHEAT, Pages 359-373
26 - EFFECT OF GROWTH REGULATOR COMBINATIONS ON EAR DEVELOPMENT, ASSIMILATE TRANSLOCATION AND YIELD IN CEREAL CROPS, Pages 375-390
27 - CERONE: ITS USE AND EFFECT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF WINTER BARLEY, Pages 391-397
28 - NEW APPROACHES TO INCREASING THE YIELD CAPACITY OF CEREALS, Pages 399-414
29 - NEW FINDINGS ON THE BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY OF MEPIQUAT CHLORIDE, Pages 415-424
30 - THE PLANT BREEDING POTENTIAL OF GENETIC VARIATION IN CEREAL PHYTOHORMONE SYSTEMS, Pages 425-449
31 - THE USE OF NITRIFICATION INHIBITORS AND SLOW-RELEASE NITROGEN FERTILIZERS FOR MANIPULATION OF THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF RICE, Pages 451-464
32 - AMENITY GRASS RETARDATION—SOME CONCEPTS CHALLENGED, Pages 467-483
33 - THE RETARDATION OF GRASS GROWTH BY SYNTHETIC PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS, Pages 485-504
34 - THE CHEMICAL CONTROL OF GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND YIELD OF Lolium Perenne GROWN FOR SEED, Pages 505-523
35 - HORMONAL REGULATION OF TILLER BUD DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNODE ELONGATION IN Agrostis Stolonifera L., Pages 525-542
APPENDIX - COMMON AND CHEMICAL NAMES, Pages 543-548
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS, Pages 549-558
INDEX, Pages 559-564