Biochemistry and Physiology of Plant Hormones

1 Introduction.- Fundamental Terms and Concepts.- Patterns and Kinetics of Growth in Cells, Tissues, Organs, and Whole Plants.- Mathematical Analyses of the Time Course of Growth.- Discontinuities in Growth, Growth Periodicities, and Problems of Relative Growth Rate.- Mechanisms Controlling Cellular...

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Main Author: Moore, Thomas C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Springer 2009
Edition:2nd ed.
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Summary:1 Introduction.- Fundamental Terms and Concepts.- Patterns and Kinetics of Growth in Cells, Tissues, Organs, and Whole Plants.- Mathematical Analyses of the Time Course of Growth.- Discontinuities in Growth, Growth Periodicities, and Problems of Relative Growth Rate.- Mechanisms Controlling Cellular Differentiation.- to Plant Hormones.- References.- 2 Auxins.- Brief History of Discovery.- Went's Avena Coleoptile Curvature Test.- Early Isolations of IAA.- Synthetic Auxins.- Controversy Surrounding the Use of Certain Chlorophenoxy Acids as Herbicides and Defoliants.
Physical Description:xv, 330 p.
ISBN:9780387969848