Plant Hormones and Their Role in Plant Growth and Development

A. Introduction.- 1 The plant hormones: Their nature, occurrence, and functions.- 2 The plant hormone concept: Transport, concentration, and sensitivity.- B. Hormone Synthesis and Metabolism.- 1 Auxin biosynthesis and metabolism.- 2 Gibberellin biosynthesis and metabolism.- 3 Cytokinin biosynthesis and metabolism.- 4 Biosynthesis and metabolism of ethylene.- 5 Abscisic acid biosynthesis and metabolism.- C. How Hormones Work.- 1 Auxin and cell elongation.- 2 The control of gene expression by auxin.- 3 Gibberellin and abscisic acid in germinating cereals.- 4 Hormone binding and its role in hormone action.- D. Hormone Analysis.- 1 Instrumental methods of plant hormone analysis.- 2 Immunoassay methods of plant hormone analysis.- E. The Functioning of Hormones in Plant Growth and Development.- 1 Ethylene in plant growth, development, and senescence.- 2 Polyamines as endogenous growth regulators.- 3 Gibberellins and plant cell elongation.- 4 The genetic control of growth via hormones.- 5 Auxin transport.- 6 The induction of vascular tissues by auxin.- 7 Hormones and the orientation of growth.- 8 Hormonal regulation of apical dominance.- 9 Hormones as regulators of water balance.- 10 Hormones and reproductive development.- 11 Hormones and heterosis in plants.- 12 The role of hormones in photosynthate partitioning and seed filling.- 13 The role of hormones during seed development.- 14 The role of hormones in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) tuberization.- 15 The hormonal control of bud and seed dormancy in woody plants.- 16 Hormones in plant senescence.- 17 Postharvest hormone changes in vegetables and fruit.- 18 Hormones in tissue culture and micropropagation.- 19 Natural and synthetic growth regulators and their use in horticultural and agronomic crops.- 20 Genes specifying auxin and cytokinin biosynthesis in prokaryotes.