Advances in Plant Physiology : An International Treatise Series, Vol. IX

Contents: Preface. I. Molecular physiology of plants under environmental stresses: tolerance mechanism and responses: 1. Drought and oxidative stress: the role of hydrogen peroxide/Tana Jubany-Mari, Sergi Munne-Bosch and Leonor Alegre. 2. Molecular physiology of drought tolerance mechanisms in plants/A. Hemantaranjan and J.P. Singh. 3. Calcium and oxidative stress/Tracey Ann Cuin. 4. Physiological, biochemical and growth responses of plants to tropospheric ozone/Supriya Tiwari and Madhoolika Agrawal. 5. Superoxide dismutase - Scavengers of reactive oxygen species/K.V. Kasturi Bai and Shamina Azeez. 6. Physiology of mangroves: strategies on stress adaptation with special emphasis on tolerance to high salinity/A.B. Das, S. Mishra and P. Mohanty. 7. Adaptive strategies of coconut palm under stressful conditions/S. Naresh Kumar, V. Rajagopal and K.V. Kasturi Bai. 8. Molecular physiology of heavy metal stress in plants/S.K. Panda, S. Choudhury and H. Matsumoto. 9. Plants for heavy metal toxicity assessment : duckweeds (Lemnaceae)/Klaus-J. Appenroth and Kavita Shah. 10. Jasmonic acid - a stress relieving plant cell signaling molecule/B.K. Sarma. II. Recent advances in the biosynthesis and functions of cuticular waxes: 11. Plant cuticular waxes: biosynthesis and functions/M. Sturaro and M. Motto. III. Plant biogenesis: 12. Proteolysis in plant mitochondria and chloroplasts/P.F. Huesgen, H. Schuhmann and I. Adamska. IV. Root growth regulation: 13. Identification of rice root protein regulated by gibberellin using proteome analysis/Setsuko Komatsu and Hirosato Konishi. V. Crop modeling: 14. Crop simulation modeling: implications and potentials for rubber/S.K. Dey. VI. Actinorhizal and legumes nitrogen fixing symbioses: 15. Make your way to nodules. Early events in Actinorhizal and legumes nitrogen fixing symbioses/Daphne Autran, Laurent Laplaze, Valerie Hocher, Florence Auguy, Mame Oureyesy, Mariana Obertello, Benjamin Peret, Claudine Franche and Didier Bogusz. VII. Molecular basis of metabolism: 16. Fructan Exohydrolases (FEHS) in Fructan and Non-Fructan plants/Wim Van den Ende and Andre Van Laere. 17. 4-Chloroindole-3-Acetic acid : metabolism and bioactivity in plants/B. Ali, S. Hayat, Q. Fariduddin and A. Ahmad. VIII. Crop physiology and biochemistry: 18. A study into grain growth of Triticum aestivum L. Wheats as steered by anatomical, biochemical and physiological parameters/I.S. Dua and Davood Eradatmand Asli. IX. Post-harvest physiology: 19. Recalcitrant seed storage behaviour/S.R. Ambika. 20. Changes in plant growth substances during fruit ripening and post harvest period/P.K. Nagar. Index. Contents of previous volumes (1 to 8).

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