Light and plant development /

Living organisms are subject to fluctuating environmental conditions. Whereas most animals are able to move away from unfavourable conditions, plants are sessile and so must cope with whatever comes their way. Of all the environmental cues that challenge the developing plant, light can probably be c...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Whitelam, Garry C., Halliday, Karen J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub., 2007.
Series:Annual plant reviews ; v. 30.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Photoreceptors. Phytochromes / Andreas Hiltbrunner, Ferenc Nagy, Eberhard Sch̃fer
  • Cryptochromes / Alfred Batschauer, Roopa Banerjee, Richard Pokorny
  • Phototropins and Other LOV-containing Proteins / John M Christie
  • Photoreceptor Signal Transduction. Phytochrome-Interacting Factors / Peter H Quail
  • Phosphorylation/Dephosphorylation in Photoreceptor Signalling / Catherine Lillo, Trudie Allen, Simon Geir M̜ller
  • The Role of Ubiquitin/Proteasome-Mediated Proteolysis in Photoreceptor Action / Suhua Feng, Xing Wang Deng
  • UV-B Perception and Signal Transduction / Gareth I Jenkins, Bobby A Brown
  • Physiological Responses. Photocontrol of Flowering / Paul Devlin
  • Red:Far-Red Ratio Perception and Shade Avoidance / Keara A Franklin, Garry C Whitelam
  • Photoreceptor Interactions with Other Signals / Eve-Marie Josse, Karen J Halliday
  • Applied Aspects of Photomorphogenesis. Photoreceptor Biotechnology / Matthew Hudson
  • Light-Quality Manipulation by Horticulture Industry / Nihal C Rajapakse, Yosepha Shahak
  • Index
  • The Colour Plate.