Preface

Contributors

Part I Plants/Crops Growth Responses to Environmental Factors and Climactic Changes

Time, Plant Growth, Respiration, and Temperature

Bruce N. Smith

Lyneen C. Harris

V. Wallace McCarlie

Dorothy L. Stradling

Tonya Thygerson

Jillian Walker

Richard S. Criddle

Lee D. Hansen

Role of Temperature in the Physiology of Crop Plants: Pre- and Postharvest

William Grierson

Crop Plant Responses to Rising CO2 and Climate Change

Joseph C. V. Vu

Leon Hartwell Allen, Jr.

Maria Gallo-Meagher

Part II Physiology of Plant/Crop Growth and Developmental Stages

Germination and Emergence

Calvin Chong

Bernard B. Bible

Hak-Yoon Ju

Influence of Source Strength on Leaf Developmental Programming

Steven Rodermel

Adam Miller

Martin Spalding

Ecophysiological Aspects of the Vegetative Propagation of Saltbush (Atriplex spp.) and Mulberry (Morus spp.)

David N. Sen

Pramila Rajput

Fruit Development, Maturation, and Ripening

William Grierson

Dormancy: Manifestations and Causes

Frank G. Dennis, Jr.

Senescence in Plants and Crops

Lola Penarrubia

Joaquin Moreno

Abscission

Roy Sexton

Part III Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Plant/Crop Physiology

Cell Cycle Regulation in Plants

A. S. N. Reddy

Irene S. Day

Chlorophyll Biosynthesis During Plant Greening

Benoit Schoefs

Structure and Function of Photosynthetic Membranes in Higher Plants

Ilia D. Denev

Ivan N. Minkov

Bioenergetic Aspects of Photosynthetic Gas Exchange and Respiratory Processes in Algae and Plants

Klaus Peter Bader

Refat Abdel-Basset

Diffusive Resistances to CO2 Entry in the Leaves and Their Limitations to Photosynthesis

Angelo Massacci

Francesco Loreto

Part IV Plant/Crop Physiology and Physiological Aspects of Plant/Crop Production Processes

Mineral Nutrient Transport in Plants

Benjamin Jacoby

Nava Moran

Sodium: A Functional Nutrient in Plants

G. V. Subbarao

Raymond M. Wheeler

Wade L. Berry

Gary W. Stutte

Nitrogen Metabolism and Crop Productivity

Fred E. Below

Quantifying Immediate Carbon Export from Source Leaves

Evangelos Demosthenes Leonardos

Bernard Grodzinski

Production-Related Assimilate Transport and Partioning

John E. Hendrix

Phloem Transport of Solutes in Crop Plants

Edmund R. Miranda

Wattana Pattanagul

Monica A. Madore

Carbohydrate Synthesis and Crop Metabolism

Wattana Pattanagul

Edmund R. Miranda

Monica A. Madore

Production of Phytomedicinal Chemicals by Plants

Donald P. Briskin

Part V Plant Growth Regulators: The Natural Hormones (Growth Promoters and Inhibitors) and Plant Genes

Plant Growth Hormones: Growth Promoters and Inhibitors

Syed Shamshad Mehdi Naqvi

The Activation Sequence-1 Cognate Promoter Elements Play Critical Roles in the Activation of Defense-Related Genes in Higher Plants

Chengbin Xiang

Multilevel Regulation of Glutathione Homeostasis in Higher Plants

Chengbin Xiang

David J. Oliver

Genes Associated with Orchid Flower

Soek Ying Neo

Kwok Ki Ho

Part VI Physiological Responses of Plants/Crops Under Stressful (Salt, Drought, and Other Environmental Stresses) Conditions

Biology and Physiology of Saline Plants

David N. Sen

Sher Mohammed

Pawan K. Kasera

Role of Physiology in Improving Crop Adaptation to Abiotic Stresses in the Tropics: The Case of Common Bean and Tropical Forages

Idupulapati Madhusudana Rao

Adaptive Components of Salt Tolerance

James W. O'Leary

Growth and Physiological Adaptations of Grasses to Salinity Stress

Kenneth B. Marcum

Physiological Mechanisms of Nitrogen Absorption and Assimilation in Plants Under Stressful Conditions

R. S. Dubey

Mohammad Pessarakli

Induction of Proteins in Response to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses

Timothy S. Artlip

Michael E. Wisniewski

Physiological Responses of Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) to Salt Stress

Mohammad Pessarakli

Calcium as a Messenger in Stress Signal Transduction

A. S. N. Reddy

Vaka Subba Reddy

Regulation of Gene Expression During Abiotic Stresses and the Role of the Plant Hormone Abscisic Acid

Elizabeth A. Bray

Part VII Physiological Responses of Plants/Crops to Heavy Metal Concentration and Agrichemicals

How Plants Adapt Their Physiology to an Excess of Metals

Martine Bertrand

Jean-Claude Guary

Benoit Schoefs

The Negative Action of Toxic Divalent Cations on the Photosynthetic Apparatus

Robert Carpentier

Physiological Mechanisms of Herbicide Actions

Francisco F. de la Rosa

Part VIII Physiological Relationships Between Lower and Higher Plants

Parasitic Flowering Plants from Genus Orobanche: DNA Markers, Molecular Evolution, and Physiological Relations with the Host Plants

Ivan N. Minkov

Antoaneta Ljubenova

Part IX Physiology of Lower-Plant Genetics and Development

Developmental Genetics in Lower Plants

John C. Wallace

Part X Physiology of Higher-Plant/Crop Genetics and Development

Photosynthetic Efficiency and Crop Yield

Da-Quan Xu

Yun-Kang Shen

Transpiration Efficiency: Avenues for Genetic Improvement

G. V. Subbarao

Chris Johansen

Physiological Mechanisms Relevant to Genetic Improvement of Salinity Tolerance in Crop Plants

G. V. Subbarao

Chris Johansen

Glycine Betaine Accumulation: Its Role in Stress Resistance in Crop Plants

G. V. Subbarao

Lanfang He Levine

Raymond M. Wheeler

Gary W. Stutte

Part XI Using Computer Modeling in Plant Physiology

Computer Simulation of Plant and Crop Allocation Processes

Donna M. Dubay

Monica A. Madore

Part XII Plant/Crop Physiology Under Controlled Conditions, in Space, and on Other Planets

Composite Lighting for Controlled-Environment Plant Factories

Joel L. Cuello

Plant Growth and Human Life Support for Space Travel

Raymond M. Wheeler

Gary W. Stutte

G. V. Subbarao

Neil C. Yorio

Index