Plant hormones : biosythesis, signal transduction, action! / edited by Peter J. Davies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davies, Peter J., 1940-

Rudolph G. Schmieder Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plant hormones.

Growth (Plants).

Plants--Development.

Plants.

Plant molecular biology.

Physical Description:

xii, CP16, 750 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, 2004.

Summary:

Plant hormones play a crucial role in controlling the way in which plants grow and develop. While metabolism provides the power and building blocks for plant life, it is the hormones that regulate the speed of growth of the individual parts and integrate them to produce the form that we recognize as a plant.

This book is a description of these natural chemicals: how they are synthesized and metabolized, how they act at both the organismal and molecular levels, how we measure them, a description of some of the roles they play in regulating plant growth and development, and the prospects for the genetic engineering of hormone levels or responses in crop plants. This is the third edition of the highly acclaimed text/monograph last published in 1995 under the title "Plant Hormones: Physiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology". Two-thirds of the thirty-one chapters, written by a group of fifty-two international experts, are totally new, and all other chapters have been completely rewritten to include the latest information on Plant Hormones, particularly with reference to such new topics as signal transduction, brassinosteroids, responses to disease, and expansins. The book is not a conference proceedings but a selected collection of newly written, carefully integrated and illustrated reviews describing our knowledge of plant hormones and the experimental work that is the foundation of this information.

Contents:

1 The plant hormones: Their nature, occurrence and function / Peter J. Davies 1

2 Regulatory factors in hormone action: Level, location and signal transduction / Peter J. Davies 16

B Hormone Biosynthesis, Metabolism, and Its Regulation

1 Auxin biosynthesis and metabolism / Jennifer Normanly, Janet P. Slovin, Jerry D. Cohen 36

2 Gibberellin biosynthesis and inactivation / Valerie M. Sponsel, Peter Hedden 63

3 Cytokinin biosynthesis and metabolism / Hitoshi Sakakibara 95

4 Ethylene biosynthesis / Jean-Claude Pech, Mondher Bouzayen, Alain Latche 115

5 Abscisic acid biosynthesis and metabolism / Steven H. Schwartz, Jan A.D. Zeevaart 137

6 Brassinosteroids biosynthesis and metabolism / Sunghwa Choe 156

7 Regulation of gibberellin and brassinosteroid biosynthesis by genetic, environmental and hormonal factors / James B. Reid, Gregory M. Symons, John J. Ross 179

C The Final Action of Hormones

1 Auxin and cell elongation / Robert E. Cleland 204

2 Gibberellin action in germinating cereal grains / Fiona Woodger, John V. Jacobsen, Frank Gubler 221

3 Cytokinin regulation of the cell division cycle / Luc Roef, Harry Van Onckelen 241

4 Expansins as agents of hormone action / Hyung-Taeg Cho, Daniel Cosgrove 262

D Hormone Signal Transduction

1 Auxin signal transduction / Gretchen Hagen, Tom J. Guilfoyle, William M. Gray 282

2 Gibberellin signal transduction in stem elongation and leaf growth / Tai-Ping Sun 304

3 Cytokinin signal transduction / Bridey B. Maxwell, Joseph J. Kieber 321

4 Ethylene signal transduction in stem elongation / Ramlah Nehring, Joseph R. Ecker 350

5 Ethylene signal transduction in flowers and fruits / Harry J. Klee, David G. Clark 369

6 Abscisic acid signal transduction in stomatal responses / Sarah M. Assmann 391

7 Brassinosteroid signal transduction / Steven D. Clouse 413

E The Functioning of Hormones in Plant Growth and Development

1 Auxin transport / David A. Morris, Jiri Friml, Eva Zazimalova 437

2 The induction of vascular tissues by auxin / Roni Aloni 471

3 Hormones and the regulation of water balance / Ian C. Dodd, William J. Davies 493

4 The role of hormones during seed development and germination / Ruth R. Finkelstein 513

5 Hormonal and daylength control of potato tuberization / Salome Prat 538

6 The hormonal regulation of senescence / Susheng Gan 561

7 Genetic and transgenic approaches to improving crop performance via hormones / Andy L. Phillips 582

F The Roles of Hormones in Defense Against Insects and Disease

1 Jasmonates / Gregg A. Howe 610

2 Salicylic acid / Terrence P Delaney 635

3 Peptide hormones / Clarence A. Ryan, Gregory Pearce 654

G Hormone Analysis

1 Methods of plant hormone analysis / Karin Ljung, Goran Sandberg, Thomas Moritz 671.

Notes:

Previous eds. have variations in the subtitle.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rudolph G. Schmieder Fund.

ISBN:

1402026854

1402026846

1402026862

OCLC:

60340634