Nitric Oxide in Plants Occurrence, Function and Use

This book - the first published on this topic in plants - presents the reader with an overview of recent research on nitric oxide (NO) in plants, which, in view of its empirical interest and its growth regulatory potential, is in the forefront of scientific endeavor in plant science. Subject matter...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leshem, Y.Y.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2000, 2000
Edition:1st ed. 2000
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • One: Endogenous Regulatory Processes
  • 1. The Biological Conquest of Nitric Oxide
  • 2. The Peroxynitrites
  • 3. Nitric Oxide as an Endogenous Regulator of Fruit, Vegetable and Flower Maturation and Senescence
  • 4. Nitric Oxide in Plant Pathology
  • 5. Plant Antecedents of, and Analogy to Viagra
  • Two: Atmospheric Nitric Oxide and Plant Growth
  • 6. Nitrogen Oxides in the Environment: Benign and Harmful Biological Effects of Atmospheric NO
  • 7. Is Nitric Oxide a Component of the GAS (General Adaptation Syndrome) Mechanism in Plant Stress Coping?
  • 8. Epilogue