Advances
in Plant Physiology : Volume 4/edited by A. Hemantaranjan. Jodhpur,
Scientific, 2002, xii, 426 p., $66 (Vol. IV). ISBN 81-7233-280-7.Advances
in Plant Physiology : Volume 4/edited by A. Hemantaranjan. Jodhpur,
Scientific, 2002, xii, 426 p., $66 (Vol. IV). ISBN 81-7233-280-7.
Contents: Preface. I. Environmental stress: 1. Photosynthetic responses of C3 plants to drought/J. Flexas and H. Medrano. 2. Influence of high temperature on the photosynthetic apparatus/Katya Georgieva and Enrico Brugnoli. 3. Oxidative stress and damage in chloroplasts from dawn to dusk/Javier F. Palatnik, Estela M. Valle and Nestor Carrillo. 4. Glutathione and oxidative stresses in plants/Sheela Agarwal. 5. Chemical protection of plants against ozone: role of ethylenediurea (EDU)/S.B. Agrawal. 6. Variable response of legume species and their cultivars to salinity stress during various stages of growth and metabolism/Neera Garg and Jasleen Chawla. 7. Symbiotic Nitrogen fixation response to abiotic factors/V.S.G.R. Naidu, J.D.S. Panwar and S.P. Saikia. II. Molecular Physiology/Biology: 8. Ca2+ Signalling systems in plants—The cell as the minimum unity for complexity/Rui Malho and Luisa Camacho. 9. Molecular markers and tagging of genes in crop plants/Sujay Rakshit, Pervez, H. Zaidi and S.K. Mishra. III. Physiological and molecular implications of biofertilizer-- The phycotechnological advancement: 10. Phycotechnological advances with respect to bio-N fertilization of rice/A. Vaishampayan. IV. Iron Nutrition and interactions in plants: 11. Physiological and molecular advances in phytosiderophores—a contrivance for iron nutrition in plants/A. Hemantaranjan. V. Physiological pathology—a biotechnological approach: 12. Fungal host-pathogen interaction: attack and defense mechanisms/Balwant Kumar Singh and R.S. Upadhyay. VI. Nitrogen metabolism: 13. Nitrogen metabolism in crop plants: I. Uptake of nitrate and its regulation/Bandana Bose. VII. Molecular and physiological advances in biological Nitrogen fixation: 14. Recent advances in legume-rhizobium physiology and their inter-relationship with phytohormones/Neera Garg and Vivekanand Sharma. 15. Recent advances in physiology and genetics of nodulation and Nitrogen fixation in cereals/J.D.S. Panwar and V.S. Gopal Rao Naidu. VIII. Physiological strategies for sustainable agriculture: 16. Evaluation of high grain density related agronomic practices for the success of productive, sustainable and nutritious agriculture/Kalyan Singh, S. Mori, P.C. Sudhakar, Raghavendra Singh and R.S. Chandel. Index.