Commentaries in plant science. Volume 2 / edited by Harry Smith.
Commentaries in Plant Science.
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1980.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Commentaries in Plant Science; Copyright Page; PREFACE; Table of Contents; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; CHAPTER 1. THE OCCURRENCE OF DEEP SUPERCOOLING IN COLD HARDY PLANTS; INTRODUCTION; SUPERCOOLING IN AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; DEEP SUPERCOOLING IN PLANT REPRODUCTIVE PARTS; DEEP SUPERCOOLING IN XYLEM; DEEP SUPERCOOLING AND PLANT DISTRIBUTION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; ADDENDUM; INTRODUCTION; DEEP SUPERCOOLING IN TEMPERATE ZONE CONIFERS; DEEP SUPERCOOLING IN TIMBERLINE FLORA; ADDENDUM REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2. THE STUDY OF INFRASPECIFIC VARIATION; INTRODUCTION.
- CENTRES OF GENETIC DIVERSITYTHE STUDY OF GENETIC DIVERSITY; THE CONSERVATION OF GENETIC DIVERSITY; THE NAMING OF GENETIC DIVERSITY; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. CYTOPLASMIC pH REGULATION AND ELECTROGENIC H+ EXTRUSION; INTRODUCTION; NATURE OF THE H+ FLUXES IN PLANT CELLS; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF THE BIOCHEMICAL AND THE BIOPHYSICAL pH-STATS; APPENDIX; REFERENCES; ADDENDUM; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4.A CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE CHOLODNY-WENT THEORY OF SHOOT GEOTROPISM; 1. IS THE MAGNITUDE OF GRAVITY-INDUCED AUXIN REDISTRIBUTION SUFFICIENT TO ACCOUNT FOR THE OBSERVED GROWTH DIFFERENTIAL?
- 2. can exogenously applied auxin influence geotropic curvature in a manner predicted by the cholodny-went hypothesis?3. does the gravity-induced auxin redistribution precede geotropic curvature?; conclusion; references; addendum; references; chapter 5.colchicine and plant microtubules: a critical evaluation; introduction; colchicine and microtubules; other effects of colchicine; in vivo effects of colchicine on plant cells; interactions of colchicine with plant components in vitro; basis of plant resistance to colchicine; conclusions; references; chapter 6.insect resistance in crop plants.
- RESISTANCE
- GENERAL ASPECTSCAUSES OF RESISTANCE; GENETICS OF RESISTANCE; INSECT BIOTYPES; ROLE OF RESISTANT VARIETIES IN INSECT CONTROL; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 7. SI UNITS IN PUBLICATIONS IN PLANT SCIENCE; INTRODUCTION; POLICY OF JOURNALS; PROBLEMS; CONCLUDING REMARKS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ADDENDUM; ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY; CHAPTER 8. OXYGEN
- A PHYSIOLOGICAL ELECTRON ACCEPTOR IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS?; PSEUDOCYCLIC PHOTOPHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN AND CYCLIC PHOTOPHOSPHORYLATION; SUPEROXIDE AND NET TRANSLOCATION OF PROTONS; PHOTORESPIRATION; Acknowledgement; REFERENCES.
- CHAPTER 9. RIBULOSE BISPHOSPHATE CARBOXYLASE ACTIVITY IN TERRESTRIAL PLANTS: SIGNIFICANCE OF O2 AND CO2 DIFFUSIONINTRODUCTION; GAS DIFFUSION IN PHOTOSYNTHETIC TISSUES; CO2 AND O2 DIFFUSION IN C3 PHOTOSYNTHESIS; CO2 AND O2 DIFFUSION IN C4 PHOTOSYNTHESIS; CONCLUSIONS; Acknowledgement; REFERENCES; ADDENDUM; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 10. ACTINOMYCETE GENETICS AND ANTIBIOTICS; TOPICS COVERED; THE NATURE OF THE ACTINOMYCETES: COMPLEX BACTERIA; THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ACTINOMYCETES: ANTIBIOTICS AND OTHER USEFUL PRODUCTS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE: THE DESTRUCTION OF ANTIBIOTICS.