Photomorphogenesis

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX Advice to the Reader....Pages 1-2 How Phytochrome Acts — Perspectives on the Continuing Quest....Pages 3-23 An Introduction to Photomorphogenesis for the General Reader....Pages 24-38 Action Spectroscopy of Photoreversible Pigment Systems....Pages 39-68 Models in Photomorphogenesis....Pages 69-95 Phytochrome as a Molecule....Pages 96-118 Chromophores in Photomorphogenesis....Pages 119-151 Assay of Photomorphogenic Photoreceptors....Pages 152-177 Rapid Action of Phytochrome in Photomorphogenesis....Pages 178-212 Photocontrol of Gene Expression....Pages 213-257 Intracellular Photomorphogenesis....Pages 258-288 Control of Plastid Development in Higher Plants....Pages 289-311 Control of Plastogenesis in Euglena....Pages 312-335 Pattern Specification and Realization in Photomorphogenesis....Pages 336-357 The Control of Cell Growth by Light....Pages 358-400 Photomorphogenesis and Hormones....Pages 401-427 Light Control of Seed Germination....Pages 428-456 Photomorphogenesis and Flowering....Pages 457-490 The Function of Phytochrome in Nature....Pages 491-517 Horticultural Significance of Photomorphogenesis....Pages 518-544 Photomorphogenesis of Marine Macroalgae....Pages 545-568 Photomorphogenesis in Ferns....Pages 569-600 Front Matter....Pages 601-601 Photocontrol of Fungal Development....Pages 603-639 The Photoregulation of Anthocyanin Synthesis....Pages 640-661 Light Control of Chlorophyll Accumulation in Higher Plants....Pages 662-686 Developmental Significance of Light-Mediated Electrical Responses in Plant Tissue....Pages 687-703 Phytochrome in Light-Grown Plants....Pages 704-722 Blue-Light Effects in Phytochrome-Mediated Responses....Pages 723-744 UV Radiation in Photomorphogenesis....Pages 745-756 Back Matter....Pages 757-834