| Description |
xxvi, 392 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
23. Evolutionary and Demographic Approaches to the Study of Whole Plant Science -- 24. Flower Longevity -- 25. Ecology of Leaf Senescence -- 26. Light Control of Senescence |
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Foreword - Aging and Death -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Plant Cell Death and Cell Differentiation -- 3. Cell Death in Plant Disease: Mechanisms and Molecular Markers -- 4. Changes in Gene Expression during Senescence -- 5. Genes that Alter Senescence -- 6. Senescence and Genetic Engineering -- 7. Proteolysis -- 8. Ethylene Signaling in Plant Cell Death -- 9. Jasmonates - Biosynthesis and Role in Stress Responses and Developmental Processes -- 10. Leaf Senescence and Nitrogen Metabolism -- 11. Photosynthesis and Chloroplast Breakdown -- 12. How Leaves Turn Yellow: Catabolism of Chlorophyll -- 13. Free Radicals and Oxidative Stress -- 14. Nutrient Resorption -- 15. Whole Plant Senescence -- 16. Autumn Coloration, Carbon Acquisition and Leaf Senescence -- 17. Annual Shoot Senescence in Perennials -- 18. Phototoxicity -- 19. Ultraviolet Effects -- 20. Effects of Airborne Pollutants -- 21. Physiology of Flower Senescence -- 22. Postharvest Senescence of Vegetables and its Regulation |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Plant physiology.
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Cell death.
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| Author |
Noodén, Larry D.
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| LC no. |
2003051842 |
| ISBN |
0125209150 (alk. paper) |
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