Photomorphogenesis

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Advice to the Reader....Pages 1-2
How Phytochrome Acts — Perspectives on the Continuing Quest....Pages 3-23
An Introduction to Photomorphogenesis for the General Reader....Pages 24-38
Action Spectroscopy of Photoreversible Pigment Systems....Pages 39-68
Models in Photomorphogenesis....Pages 69-95
Phytochrome as a Molecule....Pages 96-118
Chromophores in Photomorphogenesis....Pages 119-151
Assay of Photomorphogenic Photoreceptors....Pages 152-177
Rapid Action of Phytochrome in Photomorphogenesis....Pages 178-212
Photocontrol of Gene Expression....Pages 213-257
Intracellular Photomorphogenesis....Pages 258-288
Control of Plastid Development in Higher Plants....Pages 289-311
Control of Plastogenesis in Euglena....Pages 312-335
Pattern Specification and Realization in Photomorphogenesis....Pages 336-357
The Control of Cell Growth by Light....Pages 358-400
Photomorphogenesis and Hormones....Pages 401-427
Light Control of Seed Germination....Pages 428-456
Photomorphogenesis and Flowering....Pages 457-490
The Function of Phytochrome in Nature....Pages 491-517
Horticultural Significance of Photomorphogenesis....Pages 518-544
Photomorphogenesis of Marine Macroalgae....Pages 545-568
Photomorphogenesis in Ferns....Pages 569-600
Front Matter....Pages 601-601
Photocontrol of Fungal Development....Pages 603-639
The Photoregulation of Anthocyanin Synthesis....Pages 640-661
Light Control of Chlorophyll Accumulation in Higher Plants....Pages 662-686
Developmental Significance of Light-Mediated Electrical Responses in Plant Tissue....Pages 687-703
Phytochrome in Light-Grown Plants....Pages 704-722
Blue-Light Effects in Phytochrome-Mediated Responses....Pages 723-744
UV Radiation in Photomorphogenesis....Pages 745-756
Back Matter....Pages 757-834