Gaseous Air Pollutants and Plant Metabolism

Content: 
Dedication, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages v-vi
Acknowledgements, Page vii
Abbreviations, Pages xii-xiii
Abbreviations of enzymes, Page xiv
Chapter 1 - Air pollution problems in western Europe, Pages 3-24
Chapter 2 - Air pollution problems in some central European countries — Czechoslovakia, The German Democratic Republic and Poland, Pages 25-34
Chapter 3 - Defining gaseous pollution problems in North America, Pages 35-48
Chapter 4 - Air pollution problems and the research conducted on the effects of gaseous pollutants on plants in China, Pages 49-57
Chapter 5 - Defining pollution problems in the Far East — a case study of Japanese air pollution problems, Pages 59-74
Chapter 6 - Permeability of plant cuticles to gaseous air pollutants, Pages 77-81
Chapter 7 - Uptake and distribution of pollutants in the plant and residence time of active species, Pages 83-103
Chapter 8 - Pollutants and plant cells: effects on membranes, Pages 105-116
Chapter 9 - Effects of various gaseous pollutants on plant cell ultrastructure, Pages 117-127
Chapter 10 - The role of stomata in resistance mechanisms, Pages 131-146
Chapter 11 - Photosynthetic gas exchange in leaves affected by air pollutants, Pages 147-159
Chapter 12 - Effects of gaseous air pollutants on stromal reactions, Pages 161-168
Chapter 13 - Effects of air pollutants on light reactions in chloroplasts, Pages 169-180
Chapter 14 - Effects of SO2 on light-modulated enzyme reactions, Pages 181-200
Chapter 15 - The influence of atmospheric pollutants and their cellular products upon photophosphorylation and related events, Pages 203-221
Chapter 16 - Phytotoxic air pollutants and oxidative phosphorylation, Pages 223-230
Chapter 17 - The effect of air pollutants on apparent respiration, Pages 231-248
Chapter 18 - Interactions of gaseous pollutants with carbohydrate metabolism, Pages 251-273
Chapter 19 - Air pollutant effects on biochemicals derived from metabolism: organic, fatty and amino acids, Pages 275-290
Chapter 20 - Biosynthesis and emission of hydrogen sulfide by higher plants, Pages 291-312
Chapter 21 - Modification of plant cell buffering capacities by gaseous air pollutants, Pages 313-330
Chapter 22 - Biochemical diagnostic tests for the effect of air pollution on plants, Pages 333-349
Chapter 23 - Changes in the nutritional quality of crops, Pages 351-359
Chapter 24 - Relationship of biochemical effects of air pollutants on plants to environmental problems: insect and microbial interactions, Pages 361-377
Chapter 25 - Enzymatic investigations on tolerance in forest trees, Pages 381-398
Chapter 26 - Emissions of volatiles from plants under air pollution stress, Pages 399-412
Chapter 27 - Biochemical aspects of plant tolerance to ozone and oxyradicals: superoxide dismutase, Pages 413-424
Chapter 28 - Epilogue: a biochemical overview, Pages 425-437
Appendix 1 - Latin and common names of plants and insects cited in the text, Pages 439-445
Appendix 2 - Conversion of air pollutant units, Pages 447-449
List of participants, Pages 451-454
Species index, Pages 455-462
Subject index, Pages 463-466