Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction to photobiology, photosynthesis and photomorphogenesis/G. Renger, S.K. Sopory, G.S. Singhal, K.D. Irrgang and Govindjee. Part A. Photosynthesis: I. Basic Principles and Primary Processes: 2. The photosynthetic process/J. Whitmarsh and Govindjee. 3. Basic principles of photophysics and photochemistry/G. Renger. 4. Models of the light reaction of photosynthesis/G.R. Seely and G. Tollin. 5. Structure and function of phycobilisomes/M. Mimuro, H. Kikuchi and A. Murakami. II. Photosynthetic Apparatus: 6. Architecture of the Thylakoid membrane/K.D. Irrgang. 7. Biology of photosystem I: structural aspects/P. Fromme. 8. Function and molecular genetics of photosystem I/P. Manna and P.R. Chitnis. 9. Polypeptides of photosystem II: structure and function/D.F. Ghanotakis, G. Tsiotis and T.M. Bricker. 10. Mechanism of photosynthetic water cleavage/G. Renger. 11. Synthetic catalyst for non-biological water oxidation: comparison to the photosynthetic water oxidation complex/W. Ruettinger and G.C. Dismukes. III. Photophosphorylation and CO2 Metabolism: 12. The electrochemical properties of the Thylakoid membrane/J.F.H. Snel and W.J. Vredenberg. 13. Photophosphorylation/H. Strotmann and N. Shavit. 14. Carbon dioxide metabolism in photosynthesis/I.S. Sheoran and R. Singh. Part B. Stress Response: IV. Light Stress: 15. Acclimation of photosynthesis to the environment/B.A. Logan, B. Demmig Adams and W.W. Adams. 16. How higher plants respond to excess light: energy dissipation in photosystem II/A.M. Gilmore and Govindjee. 17. Photoregulation and photoprotection of the photosystem II reaction centre heterodimer/I.S. Booij, F.E. Callahan, M.A.K. Jansen, M. Edelman and A.K. Mattoo. 18. Molecular adaptation to irradiance: the dual functionality of photosystem II/C. Critchley. 19. UV-effects on plants/M. Tevini. V. Other Stress Factors: 20. Elevated temperature stress effects on photosystems: characterization and evaluation of the nature of heat induced impairments/N.G. Bukhov and P.K. Mohanty. 21. Salt tolerance engineering--which are the essential mechanisms/H.J. Bohnert, D. Golldack, M. Ishitani, U.R. Kamasani, G. Rammeswayer, B. Shen, E. Sheveleva and R.G. Jensen. 22. Oxidative stress in photodynamic herbicidal action of 5-aminolevulinic acid/B.C. Tripathy and G.S. Singhal. Part C. Gene Regulation and Photomorphogenesis: VI. Chloroplast Molecular Biology and Regulation: 23. Molecular biology of chloroplast genome/N. Tuteja and K.K. Tewari. 24. Regulation of plastid gene expression/A.K. Tyagi. VII. Photoreceptors and Functions: 25. Phytochromes: molecular structure, photoreceptor process and physiological function/V.A. Sineshchekov. 26. Blue light perception and signal transduction in higher plants/J.P. Khurana and K. Poff. 27. UV-B effects in plants: receptors and targets/L.O. Bjorn. VIII. Photoresponses and Molecular Mechanism: 28. Photomorphogenesis in lower plants/J. Hughes and E. Hartmann. 29. The photoperiodic control of plant reproduction/S.D. Jackson and B. Thomas. 30. Light signal transduction and nuclear gene expression/S.K. Sopory, N. Sannan and R. Oelmuller. 31. Use of mutants and transgenics in understanding photomorphogenesis/R. Sharma and R.E. Kendrick.
"The present book brings together, and integrates, various aspects of photosynthesis, biology of pigments, light regulation of chloroplast development, nuclear and chloroplast gene expression, light signal transduction, other photomorphogenetic processes and some photoecological aspects under one cover. The chapters cover a biochemical and molecular discussion of most of the above topics.
"The coverage is comrehensive and includes a wide range of "hot topics" currently under investigation in the fields of photobiology of cyanobacteria algae and plants.
"Authors to this volume are select international authorities in their specific fields from USA, Europe, Australia and Asia. The book is designed primarily to be used as a text book by graduates and postgraduates. It is, however, also intended to be a resource book for new researchers in plant photobiology. Several introductory chapters are designed as suitable reading for undergraduate courses in integrative and molecular biology, biochemistry and biophysics."
