Advances in Plant Physiology, Volume I

Contents: Preface. I. Biological nitrogen fixation: 1. Nitrogen fixation in leguminous crops under saline conditions and the manoeuvrability of their response through plant growth regulators/Neera Garg and I.S. Dua. 2. Biological nitrogen fixation in non-legumes : cereals/J.D.S. Panwar and R. Elanchezhian. II. Plant cell and tissue culture: 3. Plant tissue culture : current trends and future prospects/Minal Mhatre and P.S. Rao. 4. Selection of mutants using plant cell and tissue culture/P. Suprasanna and P.S. Rao. III. Plant metabolism: 5. Leaf senescence : physiological and biochemical aspects/A. Hemantaranjan, O.K. Garg and D.N. Tyagi. 6. Signaling molecules in plant metabolism/S. Naresh Kumar. IV. Herbicide physiology in relation to nitrogen fixation: 7. Physiological responses of genetically improved nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria to agro-chemicalization in relation to paddy culture : prospect as a source material for engineering herbicide sensitivity and resistance in plants/A. Vaishampayan. V. Plant growth regulators: 8. Physiology of grain growth in aestivum wheats with special reference to the role played by plant growth regulating substances in modulating the sink efficiency/I.S. Dua, Bhupinder Singh and K.K. Dhir. 9. Salicylic acid : a new PGR in signal transduction/H.S. Gehlot, Sanjay Purohit, K.K. Bora and S.P. Bohra. 10. Triazoles : a new group of promising synthetic plant growth regulators/R.P. Raghav and Nisha Raghav. VI. Physiology of rooting: 11. Physiology of rooting : effect of some metabolic inhibitors on the rooting response of hypocotyl cuttings of Phaseolus mungo and associated biochemical changes/I.S. Dua, Manjit Singh, Neera Garg and K.K. Dhir. VII. Tree physiology: 12. Role of net carbon balance in flowering and yield of fruit trees/K.S. Shivankara and C.K. Mathai. VIII. Stress physiology: 13. Relationship between water stress and abundance of phytophagous insects/C.P. Srivastava and R.M. Singh. 14. Influence of salinity stress on crop plants/J.P. Srivastava. IX. Growth and development: 15. Physiology of fruit ripening/U.S. Prasad. 16. Physiology of seed and bud dormancy/R. Panneerselvam. X. Techniques in plant physiology: 17. Analytical improvements in the vibrational spectroscopy for the study of biological systems/A. Javier Aller. 18. Looking into the major achievements in the analytical electrothermal atomic spectrometric techniques/A. Javier Aller.

"Researches have made tremendous progress in the area of Plant Physiology, greatly increasing our understanding of living processes, necessary for biotechnological research. Different volumes of the treatise Advances in Plant Physiology covers the entire spectrum of Plant Physiology including the Plant Molecular Biology in order to encourage meaningful research in the coming twenty-first century. The true endeavour in this direction is the result of comprehensive, authoritative and timely publication of this valuable treatise, provides the reader with the most recent information, views and references focused on individual topics through a rich collection of reviews contributed by pioneer workers and of those actively engaged in the studies of various specific areas in different parts of the world with extensive experience, established record of eminence and noted authorities. In fact, this treatise is a treasure for interdisciplinary exchange of information and the approach to topic ranges from theoretical to applied, molecular to organismic and single to multivariable systems.

"Apart from fulfilling the need of this treatise for research teams and scientists actively working in the areas of plant physiology, biochemistry and plant molecular biology in universities, institutes and research laboratories throughout the world, it would be extremely a useful book and a voluminous reference material for acquiring advanced knowledge by students in response to innovative courses in Plant Physiology, Plant Biochemistry, Agronomy, Genetics and Plant Breeding, Genetic Engineering, Microbiology, Plant biotechnology and Botany. Over eighteen (18) chapters of Volume I extensively elucidate the needful topics of Biological nitrogen fixation, Plant cell and tissue culture, Plant metabolism, certain rare Techniques in plant physiology, Herbicide physiology, Plant growth regulators, Physiology of rooting, Tree physiology, Stress physiology (in part) and Growth and development. Hopefully, Volume II will comprise other important topics." (jacket)