Lectures on Photomorphogenesis

The discovery of the reversible red far-red control of plant growth and development and the subsequent in vivo identification and isolation of the photoreceptor pigment, phyto­ chrome, constitutes one of the great achievements in modern biology. It was primarily a group of investigators at the Plant...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mohr, Hans
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1972, 1972
Edition:1st ed. 1972
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1st Lecture: Phenomenology of Photomorphogenesis; the Goals of Photomorphogenic Research; the Operational Criteria for the Involvement of Phytochrome
  • 2nd Lecture: Some Properties of Phytochrome
  • 3rd Lecture: Intracellular Localization of Phytochrome
  • 4th Lecture: Induction Experiments Versus Steady State Experiments; the Problem of the “High Irradiance Response” (HIR)
  • 5th Lecture: Phytochrome and the Diversity of Photoresponses; “Positive” and “Negative” Photoresponses; a Unifying Hypothesis
  • 6th Lecture: Phytochrome-mediated Enzyme Induction
  • 7th Lecture: Enzyme Repression, Mediated by Phytochrome through a Threshold Mechanism
  • 8th Lecture: Phytochrome-mediated Modulation of Metabolic Steady States and of Photonastic Movements
  • 9th Lecture: Control of Longitudinal Growth by Phytochrome
  • 10th Lecture: Modulation of Hypocotyl Longitudinal Growth by Pfr (ground state) through a Threshold Mechanism
  • 11th Lecture: The Problem of the Primary Reaction of Phytochrome
  • 12th Lecture: Interaction between Phytochrome and Hormones
  • 13th Lecture: The Double Function of Phytochrome in Mediating Anthocyanin and Enzyme Synthesis
  • 14th Lecture: Repression of Lipoxygenase Synthesis by Pfr: The Problem of Primary and Secondary Differentiation
  • 15th Lecture: Light-mediated Flavonoid Synthesis: A Biochemical Model System of Differentiation
  • 16th Lecture: Control of Distinct Enzymes (PAL, AO) in Different Organs of a Plant (Mustard Seedling)
  • 17th Lecture: Energetics of Morphogenesis
  • 18th Lecture: Control of Plastogenesis by Phytochrome
  • 19th Lecture: Phytochrome and Flower Initiation
  • 20th Lecture: Phytochrome and Seed Germination
  • 21st Lecture: Examples of Blue-light-mediated Photomorphogenesis
  • 22nd Lecture: The Problem of Phototropism
  • 23rd Lecture:Genes and Environment
  • 24th Lecture: Epilogue: Science and Responsibility
  • Literature Cited