Plant Growth Substances 1988

Front Matter....Pages I-XXIII
Plant Hormones in Lower Plants....Pages 1-10
Endogenous Plant Hormones in Rice in Relation to the Regulation of Its Life Cycle....Pages 11-20
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
The Benefit of Biosynthesis and Response Mutants to the Study of the Role of Abscisic Acid in Plants....Pages 23-31
A Genetic Approach to Auxins and Cytokinins....Pages 32-44
Development of Genetic and Analytical Systems for Studies of Auxin Metabolism....Pages 45-56
Developmental Studies of Physcomitrella patens Using Auxin and Cytokinin Sensitivity Mutants....Pages 57-64
Dwarf Mutants of Maize — Research Tools for the Analysis of Growth....Pages 65-73
Gibberellin Synthesis and Sensitivity Mutants in Pisum ....Pages 74-83
Gibberellin-Insensitive and Overgrowth Mutations in Temperate Cereals....Pages 84-92
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Auxin and Gene Expression....Pages 95-99
IAA Perception and Auxin-Regulated Gene-Expression....Pages 100-105
Membrane-Bound Auxin Receptors....Pages 106-112
Wound-Induced ACC Synthase, an Immunochemical Comparison of the Wound-Induced and Auxin-Induced Enzymes....Pages 113-121
Polyphosphoinositide Turnover and Signal Transduction of Auxin on Isolated Membranes of Daucus carota L.....Pages 122-129
Complexity of the Barley α -Amylase Gene Families: Determination of Gene Numbers for each Family and mRNA Levels for Individual Members....Pages 130-137
Regulation of Gene Expression by Abscisic Acid in Barley Aleurone Layers....Pages 138-144
Novel Affinity Probes for Gibberellin Receptors in Aleurone Protoplasts of A vena Fatua ....Pages 145-153
Fusicoccin-Binding Sites in Higher Plants....Pages 154-160
Cytokinin Mode of Action — Problems and Perspectives....Pages 161-172
A Functional Cytokinin-Binding Protein in Photochemical Reactions of Chloroplast....Pages 173-178
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Structure-Activity Relationship Studies and Development of s -Triazine and Carbamate Anticytokinins....Pages 179-185
Construction of a System for Regulated Alterations of Endogenous Cytokinins....Pages 186-191
Ethylene Binding Receptors — Is There More Than One?....Pages 192-200
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Calcium and Second Messengers in Hormonal Regulation....Pages 203-208
The Role of Calcium in the Response of Roots to Auxin and Gravity....Pages 209-215
The Role of Calcium in Stimulus-Response Coupling....Pages 216-229
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Recent Studies of the Metabolism of Abscisic Acid....Pages 233-240
Recent Investigations of the Biochemistry of Abscisic Acid....Pages 241-253
Tissue-Specific Metabolism of both Abscisic Acid and Gibberellins in Legume Seeds....Pages 254-257
An Overview of Cytokinin Biosynthesis....Pages 258-266
Genetic Differences in the Enzymatic Regulation of Zeatin Metabolism in Phaseolus Embryos....Pages 267-274
Xylem-Translocated Cytokinin: Metabolism and Function....Pages 275-281
Cytokinin Oxidase and the Degradative Metabolism of Cytokinins....Pages 282-290
Metabolic Aspects of Ethylene Biosynthesis....Pages 291-299
Conjugation of Gibberellins in Zea mays ....Pages 300-306
Metabolism of Gibberellins A 20 and A 9 in Plants: Pathways and Enzymology....Pages 307-313
The Dioxygenases in Gibberellin Biosynthesis after Gibberellin A 12 -Aldehyde....Pages 314-321
The Action of Plant Growth Retardants at the Biochemical Level....Pages 322-332
Measurement of the in Vivo Rate of Indole-3-Acetic Acid Turnover....Pages 333-340
Relationship Between Stimuli, IAA and Growth....Pages 341-352
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Oxidation of Indole-3-Acetylaspartic Acid in Vicia ....Pages 353-359
Indole-3-Ethanol Metabolism and Its Possible Role in the Regulation of Indole-3-Acetic Acid Biosynthesis....Pages 360-366
The Oxindole-3-Acetic Acid Pathway in Zea mays ....Pages 367-373
Metabolism of Jasmonic Acid....Pages 374-379
Front Matter....Pages 381-381
How Abscisic Acid Causes Depressions of the Photosynthetic Capacity of Leaves....Pages 383-390
The Role of Abscisic Acid in Chilling Resistance....Pages 391-399
Dormancy in Cereals — Levels of and Response to Abscisic Acid....Pages 400-406
Auxin Regulation of Cell Differentiation in Moss Protonema....Pages 407-418
The Second Messenger in Apical Dominance Controlled by Auxin....Pages 419-427
Auxin Transport and Its Regulation by Flavonoids....Pages 428-440
GC-MS Quantifications of Free and Ester Indol-3yl-Acetic Acid in Relation to Root Growth and Gravitropism....Pages 441-449
Hemmstoff und Wachstum: Growth Inhibitors, Not Auxin, Regulate Phototropism....Pages 450-456
Cytokinins as Metabolic Stimulants Which Induce Pod Set....Pages 457-467
Gibberellins in Embryo Development....Pages 468-475
Gibberellins and Flower Initiation in Herbaceous Angiosperms....Pages 476-485
Cytokinins in Flower Initiation....Pages 486-491
Hormones and Cuscuta Development: Influence of Hormones on Secondary Xylem Differentiation, Phenylalanine Ammonia Lyase (PAL) Activity and Lignification....Pages 492-502
The Regulation of Tumor Morphology in Crown Gall....Pages 503-510
Cytokinin: Evidence for Spatial Control of Signal Transduction....Pages 511-518
Plant Wound Signals and Translation....Pages 519-530
Front Matter....Pages 381-381
The Effect of Growth Regulators on the Winter Survival of Winter Wheat....Pages 531-536
Hormonal Control of Senescence....Pages 537-546
The Possible Role of Protein Kinases in the Plant Cell Response to Phytohormones....Pages 547-551
Front Matter....Pages 553-553
New Types of Plant Growth Regulators of Microbial Origin: The Likelihood of Practical Use....Pages 555-565
Can PGRs Alleviate the Recently Evolved Cross Resistances to Herbicides?....Pages 566-575
Economic Aspects of Plant Growth Regulators....Pages 576-584
Practical Considerations in Using Growth Regulators on Turfgrass....Pages 585-594
New Aspects of the Practical Use of Ethylene-Releasing Compounds....Pages 595-603
Commercial Uses of Gibberellins and Cytokinins and New Areas of Applied Research....Pages 604-610
New Types of Plant Growth Retardants: Additional Perspectives for Practical Application in Agriculture and Horticulture....Pages 611-618
Back Matter....Pages 619-634