Discoveries in Plant Biology

by Kung, Shain-Dow; Yang, Shang-Fa

• ISBN13: 9789810213138
• ISBN10: 9810213131
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-03-01
• Publisher: WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUB CO INC

Summary

"This excellent book should be present in all central libraries and in those of plant biology institutions. The book is recommended to advanced students and researchers".Journal of Plant Physiology, 1999

Table of Contents

Preface	v	(2)
Contributors	vii
1. The Discovery of Cytokinins	1	(16)
Chen, Chong-Maw
2. The Discovery of Gibberellin	17	(16)
Takahashi, Nobutaka
3. Abscisic Acid: Discoveries and Exploration of Properties	33	(14)
Addicott, Fredrick T.
4. History of the Discovery of Ethylene as a Plant Growth Substance	47	(24)
Saltveit, Mikal E.
Yang, Shang-Fa
Kim, Woo Teak
5. Discovering the Signaling Role of Jasmonic Acid in Plant Biology	71	(18)
Staswick, Paul
6. The Discovery of Transposable Elements	89	(16)
Fedoroff, Nina
7. The Discovery of the Causal Agent of the Tobacco Mosaic Disease	105	(6)
Zaitlin, Milton
8. Discovery of T-DNA Agrobacterium Tumefaciens	111	(4)
Gordon, Milton P.
9. The Discovery of Transgenic Plants	115	(16)
Wu, Ray
10. The Discovery of Genetic Tumors	131	(14)
Kung, Shain-Dow
11. The Discovery of Mendel's Laws	145	(18)
Liang, George H.
Skinner, D.Z.
Sun, Yi
Sorensen, E.L.
Guo, J.H.
12. The Discovery of Fraction 1 Protein (Rubisco)	163	(12)
Wildman, S.G.
13. C(4) Photosynthesis: Discovery, Resolution Recognition, and Significance	175	(22)
Hatch, M.D.
Slack, C.R.
14. The Path of Carbon in Photosynthesis: 1942-1955	197	(18)
Benson, Andrew A.
15. The Discovery of Amylase	215	(18)
Hong, Meng-Min
16. The Discovery of the Cyanide-Resistant Alternative Path: and its Aftermath	233	(24)
Laties, George G.
17. Discoveries in Biological Nitrogen Fixation	257	(22)
Burris, Robert H.
18. Vacuoles: Discovery of Lysosomal Origin	279	(8)
Matile, Philippe
19. The Discovery of Biological Clocks	287	(42)
Salisbury, Frank B.
20. The Discovery of Terpenes	329	(16)
Croteau, Rodney
21. Recent Discoveries about Phenolics	345	(18)
Stafford, Helen A.
Index	363