Gibberellins

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Historical Aspects of Gibberellins....Pages 1-8
Organ-Specific Gibberellins in Rice: Roles and Biosynthesis....Pages 9-21
Gibberellin Metabolism in Maize: Tissue Specificity....Pages 22-31
Gibberellins from the Tassel, Cob, ‘Seed,’ Silk, and Pollen of Maize....Pages 32-39
Gibberellin Mutants in Pisum and Lathyrus ....Pages 40-50
The Relationship of Different Gibberellin Biosynthetic Pathways in Cucurbita maxima Endosperm and Embryos and the Purification of a C-20 Oxidase from the Endosperm....Pages 51-61
Enzymatic 3 β -Hydroxylation of Gibberellins A 20 and A 5 ....Pages 62-71
Partial Characterization of the Gibberellin 3 β -Hydroxylase from Immature Seeds of Phaseolus vulgaris ....Pages 72-82
Gibberellin Metabolism in Cell-Free Preparations from Phaseolus coccineus ....Pages 83-93
Gibberellin Biosynthetic Enzymes and the Regulation of Gibberellin Concentration....Pages 94-105
Gibberellin A 3 -Regulated α -Amylase Synthesis and Calcium Transport in the Endoplasmic Reticulum of Barley Aleurone Cells....Pages 106-113
Rice α -Amylase and Gibberellin Action—A Personal View....Pages 114-124
Gibberellin Production and Action during Germination of Wheat....Pages 125-135
Probing Gibberellin Receptors in the Avena fatua Aleurone....Pages 136-145
A Minireview on the Immunoassay for Gibberellins....Pages 146-165
Physiology of Gibberellins in Relation to Floral Initiation and Early Floral Differentiation....Pages 166-178
Role of Endogenous Gibberellins During Fruit and Seed Development....Pages 179-187
Correlations Between Apparent Rates of ent -Kaurene Biosynthesis and Parameters of Growth and Development in Pisum sativum ....Pages 188-198
Gibberellins and the Regulation of Shoot Elongation in Woody Plants....Pages 199-210
The Gibberellin Control of Cell Elongation....Pages 211-219
The Role of Gibberellin in the Formation of Onion Bulbs....Pages 220-228
Gibberellin Requirement for the Normal Growth of Roots....Pages 229-240
Effects of Gibberellin A 3 on Growth and Tropane Alkaloid Synthesis in Ri Transformed Plants of Datura innoxia ....Pages 241-248
Biochemical and Physiological Aspects of Gibberellin Conjugation....Pages 249-263
Metabolism of [ 3 H]Gibberellin A 4 and [ 2 H]Gibberellin A 4 in Cell Suspension Cultures of Rice, Oryza sativa cv. Nihonbare....Pages 264-272
Stem Growth and Gibberellin Metabolism in Spinach in Relation to Photoperiod....Pages 273-279
Phytochrome Mediation of Gibberellin Metabolism and Epicotyl Elongation in Cowpea, Vigna sinensis L.....Pages 280-288
Role of Gibberellins in Phytochrome-Mediated Lettuce Seed Germination....Pages 289-295
Inhibitors of Gibberellin Biosynthesis: Applications in Agriculture and Horticulture....Pages 296-310
Studies on the Action of the Plant Growth Regulators BX-112, DOCHC, and DOCHC-Et....Pages 311-319
Studies on Sites of Action of the Plant Growth Retardant 4′-Chloro-2′-( α -Hydroxybenzyl)isonicotinanilide (Inabenfide) in Gibberellin Biosynthesis....Pages 320-329
Effects of the Growth Retardant Uniconazole-P on Endogenous Levels of Hormones in Rice Plants....Pages 330-338
Inconsistency Between Growth and Endogenous Levels of Gibberellins, Brassinosteroids, and Sterols in Pisum Sativum Treated with Uniconazole Antipodes....Pages 339-349
Gibberellin Increases Cropping Efficiency in Sour Cherry ( Prunus cerasus L.)....Pages 350-360
Prospects for Gibberellin Control of Vegetable Production in the Tropics....Pages 361-369
Gibberellin-Induced Flowering and Morphological Changes in Taro Plants....Pages 370-377
Antheridiogens of Schizaeaceous Ferns: Structures, Biological Activities, and Biosynthesis....Pages 378-388
Antheridiogen, Gibberellin, and the Control of Sex Differentiation in Gametophytes of the Fern Lygodium japonicum ....Pages 389-397
Synthetic Pathways to Fern Antheridiogens from Gibberellins....Pages 398-409
Back Matter....Pages 411-426