Ethylene : Biochemical, Physiological and Applied Aspects, An International Symposium, Oiryat Anavim, Israel held January 9-12 1984 / edited by Yoram Fuchs, Edo Chalutz.

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Main Author: Fuchs, Yoram
Other Authors: Chalutz, Edo
Other title:International Symposium, Qiryat Anavim, Israel, January 9-12, 1984.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1984.
Series:Advances in agricultural biotechnology ; 9.
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Table of Contents:
  • A. Ethylene Biosynthesis and Mode of Action
  • 1. The formation of ethylene from 1-aminocyclopropane-1-caboxylic acid
  • 2. The biochemistry and physiology of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid conjugation
  • 3. Model systems for the formation of ethylene from 1-amino-cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid
  • 4. Occurrence of membrane-bound enzyme catalyzing the formation of ethylene from 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid from carnation plants
  • 5. Distribution and properties of ethylene-binding from plant tissue
  • 6. Binding sites for ethylene
  • 7. Why do plants metabolize ethylene?
  • 8. Role of ethylene oxidation in the mechanism of ethylene action
  • 9. Superinduction of ACC synthase in tomato pericarp by lithium ions
  • 10. 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC)-dependent ethylene synthesis in vacuoles of pea and bean leaves
  • 11. ACC conversion to ethylene by mitochondria from etiolated pea (Pisum sativum) seedlings
  • 12. Wound-induced ethylene production and its control in the mesocarp tissue of winter squash fruit
  • 13. Characterization of the carbohydrates-stimulated ethylene production in tobacco leaf discs
  • 14. Role of sucrose in the metabolism of IAA-conjugates as related to ethylene production by tobacco leaf discs
  • 15. The effect of cycloalkenes on ethylene binding
  • B. Ethylene in Development and Senescence
  • 16. Ethylene and flower senescence
  • 17. On ethylene, calcium and oxidative mediation of whole apple fruit senescence by core control
  • 18. Ethylene-mediated growth response in submerged deep-water rice
  • 19. Control of the biosynthesis of ethylene in senescing tissues
  • 20. Wound-induced increase in 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxy-late synthase activity: regulatory aspects and membrane association of the enzyme
  • 21. Reduced S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase activity in ethylene-treated etiolated pea seedlings
  • 22. 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) and ethylene production during senescence of oat leaf segments
  • 23. Effect of naturally produced ethylene in tissue culture jars
  • 24. Involvement of ethylene in Liatris corm dormancy
  • 25. Endogenous ethylene production and flowering of Bromeliaceae
  • 26. Role of ethylene in distribution of assimilates in carnations
  • 27. Characterization of an endogenous inhibitor of ethylene biosynthesis in carnation petals
  • C. Ethylene in Stress and Disease
  • 28. Regulation of pathogenesis and symptom expression in diseased plants by ethylene
  • 29. Ethylene biosynthesis in tobacco leaf discs in relation to ethylene treatment, Cellulysin application and fungal infection
  • 30. Purification and properties of the ethylene-inducing factor from the cell wall digesting mixture, Cellulysin
  • 31. The involvement of callose and elicitors in ethylene production caused by mechanical perturbation
  • 32. Elicitors and ethylene trigger defense response in plants
  • 33. The role of ethylene in the pathogenic symptoms by Meloidogyne javanica nematode-infected tomato plants
  • D. Ethylene in the Control of Abscission
  • 34. Abscission and recognition of zone specific target cells
  • 35. Is ethylene the natural regulator of abscission?
  • 36. Anatomical aspects of citrus abscission
  • effect of ethylene on leaf and fruit explants
  • 37. Ethephon action in growth and abscission control
  • 38. Effect of ethylene on indol-3-acetic acid transport, metabolism and level in leaf tissues of woody plants during abscission
  • 39. Effects of the defoliant thidiauzuron on leaf abscission and ethylene evolution from cotton seedlings
  • 40. Ethylene and auxin transport and metabolism in peach fruit abscission
  • E. Ethylene in Fruit Ripening and Storage
  • 41. Ethylene and the control of tomato fruit ripening
  • 42. Experiments to prevent ethylene biosynthesis and/or action and effect of exogenous ethylene on ripening and storage of apple fruit
  • 43. Possible role of fruit cell wall oxidative activity in ethylene evolution
  • 44. Compartmentation of amino acids in tomato fruit pericarp tissue
  • 45. Effect of salinity on the ripening process in tomato fruit: possible role of ethylene
  • 46. Effect of mannose on ethylene evolution and ripening of pear fruit
  • F. Participants
  • G. Index.