Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 30, Light and Plant Development
Annual Plant Reviews
1. Auflage Februar 2007
344 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
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 considered to
be the most important. In addition to its key role in plant
metabolism, and hence almost all life on Earth, where it drives the
process of photosynthesis, light energy also acts to regulate plant
growth and development. Light quantity, quality, direction and
diurnal and seasonal duration regulate processes from germination,
through seedling establishment to the architecture of the mature
plant and the transition to reproductive development. These
developmental responses of plants to light constitute
photomorphogenesis.
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.
Chapter 1. Phytochromes.
Andreas Hiltbrunner, Ferenc Nagy and Eberhard Schäfer.
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Institute of Biology
II/ Botany, Schänzlestr. 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany, and
Biological Research Centre, Institute of Plant Biology, P. O. Box
521, 6701 Szeged, Hungary.
Chapter 2. Cryptochromes.
Alfred Batschauer, Roopa Banerjee and Richard Pokorny.
Philipps-University, Biology-Plant Physiology;
Karl-von-Frisch-Str. 8; 35032 Marburg; Germany.
Chapter 3. Phototropins and Other Lov-Containing
Proteins.
John M. Christie.
Plant Science Group, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of
Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
Part 2: Photoreceptor Signal Transduction.
Chapter 4. Phytochrome Interacting Factors.
Peter H. Quail.
UC Berkeley, Plant Gene Expression Center, United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA), 800 Buchanan Street, Albany,
California 94710, USA.
Chapter 5. Phosphorylation/De-phosphorylation in
Photoreceptor Signalling.
Catherine Lillo(1), Trudie Allen(2) and Simon Geir
Møller(1,2,3).
(1) Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University
of Stavanger, 4036 Stavanger, Norway.
(2) Department of Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester
LE1 7RH, UK.
(3) Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, Rockefeller
University, New York, New York 10021-3699, USA.
Chapter 6. The Role of Ubiquitin/Proteasome-Mediated
Proteolysis in Photoreceptor Action.
Suhua Feng and Xing Wang Deng.
Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology,
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 06520-8104, USA.
Chapter 7. UV-B Perception and Signal Transduction.
Gareth I. Jenkins and Bobby A. Brown.
Plant Science Group, Division of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, Institute of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Bower Building,
University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK.
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Part 3: Physiological Responses.
Chapter 8. Photocontrol of Flowering.
Dr Paul Devlin.
School of Biological Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of
London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, UK.
Chapter 9. Red: Far-red Ratio Perception and Shade
Avoidance.
Keara A. Franklin and Garry C. Whitelam.
Department of Biology, University of Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK.
Chapter 10. Photoreceptor Interactions with Other
Signals.
Eve-Marie Josse and Karen J. Halliday.
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Edinburgh,
Daniel Rutherford Building, The King's Buildings, Mayfield Road,
Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK.
Part 4: Applied Aspects of Photomorphogenesis.
Chapter 11. Photoreceptor Biotechnology.
Matthew Hudson.
Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana,
Illinois 61801, USA.
Chapter 12. Light Quality Manipulation by Horticulture
Industry.
Professor Nihal C. Rajapakse and Dr Yosepha Shahak.
Department of Horticulture, Clemson University, 168 Poole
Agricultural Center, Box 340319, Clemson, SC 29634-0319, USA, and
Department of Fruit Tree Sciences, Agricultural Research
Organization, The Volcani Center, P.O.Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250,
Israel
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... The book is directed at researchers and
professionals working in plant molecular biology, plant physiology
and plant biochemistry.'
Biotechnology, Agronomy, Society and Environment, vol 11,
2007
' Overall, the authors provide a very useful update on
all aspects of photoreceptor structure, signalling and their impact
on plant physiology... I highly recommend this book as a valuable
read for graduate students and advanced researchers'
Annals of Botany 101: 479-482 2008
Biological Sciences, University of Leicester, UK
Dr Karen J. Halliday, School of Biological Sciences, The University
of Edinburgh, UK