Plant, Chemicals and Growth

1st Edition - January 1, 1971
Author: F.C. Steward
Language: English
eBook ISBN:
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Plants, Chemicals and Growth investigates natural and synthetic chemicals that control plant growth and development. It examines how plant growth regulators, such as 2,4-D,… Read more

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Plants, Chemicals and Growth investigates natural and synthetic chemicals that control plant growth and development. It examines how plant growth regulators, such as 2,4-D, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, 2,4,5-T, 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid, ammonium sulfamate, indole-3-butyric acid, disodium 3,6-endoxohexahydrophthalate, gibberellic acid, and 2-chloroethyltrimethylammonium chloride, induce biological responses in plants. These responses range from tropism and chemotropism to growth of organs by cell division and enlargement, rhythmic phenomena in growth and development, initiation of lateral organs and problems of phyllotaxy, and the regulatory effects of light and temperature on growth and form. Comprised of 10 chapters, this volume begins with an overview of chemical regulators and the ways in which they elicit biological responses in plants; how chemical regulation of plants is related to the growth and development of flowering plants; cell growth and cell division; cell cycle; and cellular ontogeny. It then looks at the history and modern concepts of growth-regulating compounds, such as auxins, cytokinins, and gibberellins. The book introduces readers to how chemicals induce growth in quiescent cells; natural sources of growth stimulatory substances; synergisms and interactions of growth regulatory systems; growth-regulating effects in free cell systems; examples of biologically active compounds; the mechanisms of action of plant growth regulators; concepts and interpretations of plant growth regulation; and prospects and problems associated with chemical regulation of plant growth and behavior. Teachers, biology students, agriculturalists, and researchers will find this book extremely useful.

PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. Some Chemical Regulators: Some Biological ResponsesChapter 2. The Totipotency of Cells and Their Exogenous Regulation The "Division of Labor" Cell Growth and Cell Division The Cell Cycle Cellular Ontogeny Growing RegionsChapter 3. History and Modern Concepts of Growth-Regulating Substances Genesis of the Problem Problems of Terminology Auxins Cytokinins GibberellinsChapter 4. The Induction of Growth in Quiescent Cells The Onset of Growth in Mature Cells Bioassays Natural Sources of Growth Stimulatory SubstancesChapter 5. Some Growth Regulatory Systems Synergisms and Interactions Responses of Cells in Their Milieu: "Biochemical Ecology"Chapter 6. Growth-Regulating Effects in Free Cell Systems: Morphogenesis Organized and Unorganized Development of Cultured Cells and Tissues The Chemical Control of Unorganized Systems : The ChallengeChapter 7. The Range of Biologically Active Compounds Indolyl Compounds Adenyl Derivatives Terpenes and Terpenoids Lactones Carbamates and Their Derivatives Substituted Ureas Triazine Compounds Hydrazine Derivatives Quarternary Ammonium Compounds Phosphoniums Phenolics Hexitols Amino Acids and Peptides Alkaloids Glycosides Ethylene and Ethylene-Releasing Agents Phthalides Alkyl Esters Fatty Alcohols Aldehydes Other Classes of CompoundsChapter 8. What Do the Growth-Regulating Substances Do? General Approaches Controls of Growth versus Controls of Metabolism Embryological Controls: Plants versus Animals Stimuli and Response: Levels of Manifestation Cellular Compartmentation and Integration Specific Approaches The Role of Adenyl CompoundsChapter 9. Concepts and Interpretations of Growth Regulation "Plant Hormones" and "Action at a Distance" Presentation to the Sites of Action Mechanisms of Action Concepts Involving Cell Walls in Growth Regulation Concepts Relating Auxins and Ethylene Concepts Involving Proteins and Nucleic Acids Concepts Involving Light and PhytochromeChapter 10. Prospects and Problems The Complexity of the System: Its Multivariate Responses Growth Regulators and the Tumor Problem Chemicals Which Affect Plant Growth : Their Use and Abuse SummationBibliographySubject Index