Photosynthesis: Genetic, Environmental and Evolutionary Aspects

ISBN-13: 9781926692630 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 338 str.

Philip Stewart;Sabine Globig

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In order to function and survive, plants produce a wide array of chemical compounds not found in other organisms. Photosynthesis requires a large array of pigments, enzymes, and other compounds to function, and these chemicals have multiple practical uses in the human world as well, with applications to agriculture, forestry, and horticulture. This book presents an important collection of research and studies on the physiology of photosynthesis.

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Chloroplast Two-Component Systems: Evolution of the Link Between Photosynthesis and Gene Expression. Ecological Selection Pressures for C4 Photosynthesis in the Grasses. Modeling the Fitness Consequences of a Cyanophage-Encoded Photosynthesis Gene. An Evaluation of the Effects of Exogenous Ethephon, an Ethylene Releasing Compound, on Photosynthesis of Mustard (Brassica juncea) Cultivars that Differ in Photosynthetic Capacity. High-Susceptibility of Photosynthesis to Photoinhibition in the Tropical Plant Ficus microcarpa L. f. cv. Golden Leaves. The Role of Chlorophyll B in Photosynthesis: Hypothesis. Exploring Photosynthesis Evolution by Comparative Analysis of Metabolic Networks Between Chloroplasts and Photosynthetic Bacteria. Effects of Cu2+, Ni2+, Pb2+, Zn2+ and Pentachlorophenol on Photosynthesis and Motility in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in Short-Term Exposure Experiments. Comparative Genomic Analysis of C4 Photosynthetic Pathway Evolution in Grasses. The ACCENT-VOCBAS Field Campaign on Biosphere-Atmosphere Interactions in a Mediterranean Ecosystem of Castelporziano (Rome): Site Characteristics, Climatic and Meteorological Conditions, and Eco-Physiology of Vegetation. Molecular Adaptation during Adaptive Radiation in the Hawaiian Endemic Genus Schiedea. Analysis of the Chloroplast Protein Kinase Stt7 during State Transitions. A Rapid, Non-Invasive Procedure for Quantitative Assessment of Drought Survival Using Chlorophyll Fluorescence. CO2 Assimilation, Ribulose-1,5-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/Oxygenase, Carbohydrates and Photosynthetic Electron Transport Probed by the JIP-Test, of Tea Leaves in Response to Phosphorus Supply. Index.

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Dr. Philip Stewart has a PhD in horticulture with a focus on the genetics of flowering in strawberries. He has worked in association with Cornell University’s Grapevine Breeding Program, the Department of Horticulture at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, and the Horticultural Sciences Program at the University of Florida in Gainesville. He has contributed to multiple publications, including the International Journal of Fruit Science, Horticultural Science, Plant Science, and BMC Plant Biology. He has served as a member on the U.S. Rosaceae Genetics and Breeding Executive Committee, the North American Strawberry Growers’ Association, and the Small Fruit Crop Germplasm Committee. Dr. Stewart is one of the inventors of the patented strawberry plant named DrisStrawSeven, and he currently works with the NCRA, State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors.

Professor Sabine Globig received her BA in 1972 at the American University School of International Service and her MS in horticulture and plant physiology in 1988 at Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey. Presently, she is Professor of Biology at Hazard Community & Technical College in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky, where she specializes in human anatomy and physiology and plant sciences. She has also worked as an Adjunct Instructor of Biology at Union County College in New Jersey and at Rutgers University, as well as a certified high school biology teacher. While at Rutgers, she worked as a plant physiology researcher at their AgBiotech Center and held the same position for DNA Plant Technologies Corporation. She has given presentations at XXII International Conference on Horticultural Science, UC Davis, California, 1987; and 1997 International Society for Horticultural Science’s International Symposium on Artificial Lighting in Horticulture, Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands. She has also been included in several Who’s Who entries.