Handbook of photosynthesis
By: edited by Mohammad Pessarakli.
Contributors: Pessarakli, Mohammad, 1948-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Books in soils, plants, and the environment
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Boca Raton, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 928
ISBN-13: 9780824758394
Subjects: Photosynthesis
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: sec. 1. Principles of photosynthesis : Mechanisms of photosynthetic oxygen evolution and fundamental hypotheses of photosynthesis / Yuzeir Zeinalov ; Thermoluminescence as a tool in the study of photosynthesis / Anil S. Bhagwat and Swapan K. Bhattacharjee; title: sec. 2. Biochemistry of photosynthesis : Chlorophyll biosynthesis : a review / Benoît Schoefs and Martine Bertrand ; Probing the relationship between chlorophyll biosynthetic routes and the topography of chloroplast biogenesis by resonance excitation energy transfer determinations / Constantin A. Rebeiz, Karen J. Kopetz, and Vladimir L. Kolossov ; Protochlorophyllide photoreduction : a review / Martine Bertrand and Benoît Schoefs ; Formation and demolition of chloroplast during leaf ontogeny / Basanti Biswal ; Role of phosphorus in  photosynthetic carbon metabolism / Anna M. Rychter and I.M. Rao ; Inhibition or inactivation of higher-plant chloroplast electron transport / Rita Barr and Frederick L. Crane; title: sec. 3. Molecular aspects of photosynthesis : photosystems, photosythetic enzymes and genes : Photosystem I : structures and functions / Tetsuo Hiyama ; Covalent modification of Photosystem II reaction center polypeptides / Julian P. Whitelegge ; Reactive oxygen species as signaling molecules controlling stress adaptation in plants / Tsanko Gechev ... [et al.] ; Plastid morphogenesis / Ja̕n Huda̕k, Eliška Ga̕lova̕, and Lenka Zemanova̕ ; Plastid proteases / Dennis E. Buetow ; Supramolecular organization of water-soluble photosynthetic enzymes along the thylakoid membranes in chloroplasts / Jayashree K. Sainis and Michael Melzer ; Cytochrome cb6s genes in cyanobacteria and higher plants / Ho Kwok Ki; title: sec. 4. Atmospheric and environmental factors affecting photosynthesis : External and internal factors responsible for midday depression of photosynthesis / Da-Quan Xu and Yun-Kang Shen ; Root oxygen deprivation and the reduction of leaf stomatal aperture and gas exchange / Robert E. Sojka, Derrick M. Oosterhuis, and H. Dan Scott ; Rising atmospheric COb2s and Cb4s photosynthesis / Joseph C.V. Vu ; Influence of high light intensity on photosynthesis : photoinhibition and energy dissipation / Robert Carpentier ; Development of functional thylakoid membranes : regulation by light and hormones / Peter Nyitrai; title: sec. 5. Photosynthetic pathways in various crop plants : Photosynthetic carbon assimilation of Cb3s, Cb4s, and CAM pathways / Anil S. Bhagwat ; Photosynthesis in nontypical Cb4s species / María Valeria Lara and Carlos Santiago Andreo; title: sec. 6. Photosynthesis in lower and monocellular plants : Regulation of phycobilisome biosynthesis and degradation in cyanobacteria / Johannes Geiselmann, Jean Houmard, and Benoît Schoefs; title: sec. 7. Photosynthesis in higher plants : Short-term and long-term regulation of photosynthesis during leaf development / Dan Stessman, Martin Spalding, and Steve Rodermel ; Recent advances in chloroplast development in higher plants / Iliya D. Denev, Galina T. Yahubian, and Ivan N. Minkov; title: sec. 8. Photosynthesis in different plant parts : Photosynthesis in leaf, stem, flower, and fruit / Abdul Wahid and Ejaz Rasul; title: sec. 9. Photosynthesis and plant/crop productivity and photosynthetic products : Photosynthetic plant productivity / Lubomír Nátr and David W. Lawlor ; Photosynthate formation and partitioning in crop plants / Alberto A. Iglesias and Florencio E. Podestá; title: sec. 10. Photosynthesis and plant genetics : Crop radiation use efficiency and photosynthate formation : avenues for genetic improvement / G.V. Subbarao, O. Ito, and W. Berry ; Physiological perspectives on improving crop adaptation to drought : justification for a systemic component-based approach / G.V. Subbarao; title: sec. 11. Photosynthetic activity measurements and analysis of photosynthetic pigments: Whole-plant COb2s exchange as a noninvasive tool for measuring growth / Evangelos D. Leonardos and Bernard Grodzinski ; Approaches to measuring plant photosynthetic activity / Elena Masarovičova̕ and Katarina Kra̕lʹova̕ ; Analysis of photosynthetic pigments : an update / Martine Bertrand, José L. Garrido, and Benoît Schoefs; title: sec. 12. Photosynthesis and its relationship with other plant physiological processes : Photosynthesis, respiration, and growth / Bruce N. Smith ; Nitrogen assimilation and carbon metabolism / Alberto A. Iglesias, Maria J. Estrella, and Fernando Pieckenstain ; Leaf senescence and photosynthesis / Agnieszka Mostowska; title: sec. 13. Photosynthesis under environmental stress conditions : Photosynthesis in plants under stressful conditions / Rama Shanker Dubey ; Photosynthetic response of green plants to environmental stress : inhibition of photosynthesis and adaptational mechanisms / Basanti Biswal ; Salt and drought stress effects on photosynthesis / B. Huchzermeyer and H. W. Koyro ; Photosynthetic carbon metabolism of crops under salt stress / Bruria Heuer ; Photosynthesis under drought stress / Habib-ur-Rehman Athar and Muhammad Ashraf ;; title: Role of plant growth regulators in stomatal limitation to photosynthesis during water stress / Jana Pospíšilova̕ and Ian C. Dodd ; Adverse effects of UV-B light on the structure and function of the photosynthetic apparatus / Imre Vass, Andra̕s Szila̕rd, and Cosmin Sicora ; Heavy metal toxicity induced alterations in photosynthetic metabolism in plants / Shruti Mishra and R.S. Dubey ; Effects of heavy metals on chlorophyll-protein complexes in higher plants : causes and consequences / Eva Sa̕rva̕ri; title: sec. 14. Photosynthesis in the past, present, and future: Origin and evolution of Cb4s photosynthesis / Bruce N. Smith.