Plant Hormones and their Role in Plant Growth and Development

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-VIII

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2. Introduction

   1. The Plant Hormones: Their Nature, Occurrence, and Functions

      • Peter J. Davies

      Pages 1-11

   2. The Plant Hormone Concept: Transport, Concentration, and Sensitivity

      • Peter J. Davies

      Pages 12-23

3. Hormone Systhesis and Metabolism

   1. Auxin Biosynthesis and Metabolism

      • Dennis M. Reinecke, Robert S. Bandurski

      Pages 24-42

   2. Gibberellin Biosynthesis and Metabolism

      • Valerie M. Sponsel

      Pages 43-75

   3. Cytokinin Biosynthesis and Metabolism

      • Brian A. McGaw

      Pages 76-93

   4. Biosynthesis and Metabolism of Ethylene

      • Thomas A. McKeon, Shang-Fa Yang

      Pages 94-112

   5. Abscisic Acid Biosynthesis and Metabolism

      • Daniel C. Walton

      Pages 113-131

4. How Hormones Work

   1. Auxin and Cell Elongation

      • Robert E. Cleland

      Pages 132-148

   2. The Control of Gene Expression by Auxin

      • Gretchen Hagen

      Pages 149-163

   3. Gibberellin and Abscisic Acid in Germinating Cereals

      • John V. Jacobsen, Peter M. Chandler

      Pages 164-193

   4. Hormone Binding and Its Role in Hormone Action

      • Kees R. Libbenga, Albert M. Mennes

      Pages 194-221

5. Hormone Analysis

   1. Instrumental Methods of Plant Hormone Analysis

      • Roger Horgan

      Pages 222-239

   2. Immunoassay Methods of Plant Hormone Analysis

      • Valerie C. Pence, John L. Caruso

      Pages 240-256

6. The Functioning of Hormones in Plant Growth and Development

   1. Ethylene in Plant Growth, Development, and Senescence

      • Michael S. Reid

      Pages 257-279

   2. Polyamines as Endogenous Growth Regulators

      • Arthur W. Galston, Ravindar Kaur-Sawhney

      Pages 280-295

   3. Gibberellins and Plant Cell Elongation

      • Jean-Pierre Métraux

      Pages 296-317

   4. The Genetic Control of Growth via Hormones

      • James B. Reid

      Pages 318-340

   5. Auxin Transport

      • Philip H. Rubery

      Pages 341-362

   6. The Induction of Vascular Tissues by Auxin

      • Roni Aloni

      Pages 363-374

Plant hormones playa crucial role in controlling the way in which plants grow and develop. While metabolism provides the power and building blocks for plant life it is the hormones that regulate the speed of growth of the individual parts and integrate these parts to produce the form that we recognize as a plant. In addition, they playa controlling role in the processes of reproduction. This book is a description of these natural chemicals: how they are synthesized and metabolized; how they work; how we measure them; and a description of some of the roles they play in regulating plant growth and development. This is not a conference proceedings but a selected collection of newly written, integrated, illustrated reviews describing our knowledge of plant hormones and the experimental work which is the foundation of this knowledge. The information in these pages is directed at advanced students and professionals in the plant sciences: botanists, biochemists, molecular biologists, or those in the horticultural, agricultural and forestry sciences. It is intended that the book should serve as a text and guide to the literature for graduate level courses in the plant hormones, or as a part of courses in plant or comparative development. Scientists in other disciplines who wish to know more about the plant hormones and their role in plants should also find this volume invaluable It is hoped that anyone with a reasonable scientific background can find valuable information in this book expounded in an understandable fashion.

• Heterosis
• development
• gene expression
• growth
• metabolism
• plant
• plant growth
• plants
• seed

• Section of Plant Biology New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

  Peter J. Davies

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