Listing 1 - 6 of 6
Sort by
Light sensing in plants
Authors: --- ---
ISBN: 4431240020 4431998071 9786610817542 1280817542 4431270922 Year: 2005 Publisher: Tokyo ; New York, NY : Tokyo : Springer ; Botanical Society of Japan,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Plants utilize light not only for photosynthesis but also as environmental signals. They are capable of perceiving wavelength, intensity, direction, duration, and other attributes of light to perform appropriate physiological and developmental changes. This volume presents overviews of and the latest findings in many of the interconnected aspects of plant photomorphogenesis, including photoreceptors (phytochromes, cryptochromes, and phototropins), signal transduction, photoperiodism, and circadian rhythms, in 42 chapters. Also included, is a prologue by Prof. Masaki Furuya that gives an overview of the historical background. With contributions from preeminent researchers in specific subjects from around the world, this book will be a valuable source for a range of scientists from undergraduate to professional levels.

Photomorphogenesis in plants and bacteria : function and signal transduction mechanisms
Authors: ---
ISBN: 1280612525 9786610612529 1402038119 1402038097 1402038100 Year: 2006 Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer,

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Plants as sessile organisms have evolved fascinating capacities to adapt to changes in their natural environment. Arguably, light is by far the most important and variable environmental factor. The quality, quantity, direction and duration of light is monitored by a series of photoreceptors covering spectral information from UVB to near infrared. The response of the plants to light is called photomorphogenesis and it is regulated by the concerted action of photoreceptors. The combined techniques of action spectroscopy and biochemistry allowed one of the important photoreceptors – phytochrome – to be identified in the middle of the last century. An enormous number of physiological studies published in the last century describe the properties of phytochrome and its function and also the physiology of blue and UV-B photoreceptors, unidentified at the time. This knowledge was summarized in the advanced textbook “Photomorphogenesis in Plants” (Kendrick and Kronenberg, eds., 1986, 1994). With the advent of molecular biology, genetics and new molecular, cellular techniques, our knowledge in the field of photomorphogenesis has dramatically increased over the last 15 years.

Light and plant development.
Authors: ---
ISBN: 9781405145381 1405145382 Year: 2007 Publisher: Oxford Blackwell Publishing

Loading...
Export citation

Choose an application

Bookmark

Abstract

Of all the environmental cues that challenge the developing plant, light can probably be considered to be the most important. This volume is designed to provide the reader with state-of-the-art accounts of our current knowledge of the major classes of higher plant regulatory photoreceptors and the signal transduction networks that comprise plant developmental photobiology. Consideration is also given to the ways in which knowledge of plant photoreceptors and their signalling networks can be exploited, for instance to improve the quality and productivity of commercially-grown plants. The book is directed at researchers and professionals working in plant molecular biology, plant physiology and plant biochemistry.

Listing 1 - 6 of 6
Sort by