Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science (Print)

by Goodman; Robert M.

• ISBN13: 9780824709440
• ISBN10: 0824709446
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-27
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Scienceis the first-ever single-source reference work to inclusively cover classic and modern studies in plant biology in conjunction with research, applications, and innovations in crop science and agriculture. From the fundamentals of plant growth and reproduction to developments in agronomy and agricultural science, the encyclopedia's authoritative content nurtures communication between these academically distinct yet intrinsically related fields-offering a spread of clear, descriptive, and concise entries to optimally serve scientists, agriculturalists, policy makers, students, and the general public. ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE This Taylor & Francis encyclopedia is also available through online subscription, offering a variety of extra benefits for both researchers, students, and librarians, including: Citation tracking and alerts Active reference linking Saved searches and marked lists HTML and PDF format options For more information, visit Taylor and Francis Online or contact us to inquire about subscription options and print/online combination packages. US: (Tel) 1.888.318.2367 / (E-mail) [e-mail] International: (Tel) [phone] / (E-mail) [e-mail]

Table of Contents

Preface	xxix
Agriculture and Biodiversity	1	(4)
Deborah Stinner
Agriculture: Why and How Did It Begin?	5	(4)
David R. Harris
Air Pollutant Interactions with Pests and Pathogens	9	(4)
Andreas von Tiedemann
Air Pollutants: Effects of Ozone on Crop Yield and Quality	13	(4)
Hakan Pleijel
Air Pollutants: Interactions with Elevated Carbon Dioxide	17	(3)
Hans-Joachim Weigel
Air Pollutants: Responses of Plant Communities	20	(4)
Andreas Fangmeier
Alternative Feedstocks for Bioprocessing	24	(6)
Joseph J. Bozell
Amino Acid and Protein Metabolism	30	(3)
Estela M. Valle
Aneuploid Mapping in Diploids	33	(4)
P. K. Gupta
Aneuploid Mapping in Polyploids	37	(6)
David M. Stelly
Anther and Microspore Culture and Production of Haploid Plants	43	(4)
Liliya D. Serazetdinova
Horst Lorz
Arabidopsis thaliana: Characteristics and Annotation of a Model Genome	47	(4)
Tanya Z. Berardini
Seung Y. Rhee
Arabidopsis Transcription Factors: Genome-Wide Comparative Analysis Among Eukaryotes	51	(4)
Jose Luis Riechmann
Archaeobotanical Remains: New Dating Methods	55	(3)
Lawrence Kaplan
Aromatic Plants for the Flavor and Fragrance Industries	58	(7)
Brian M. Lawrence
Ascorbic Acid: An Essential Micronutrient Provided by Plants	65	(3)
Patricia L. Conklin
ATP and NADPH	68	(3)
Wayne Frasch
B Chromosomes	71	(4)
R. N. Jones
Bacterial Attachment to Leaves	75	(4)
Martin Romantschuk
Bacterial Blight of Rice	79	(5)
Bart Cottyn
Tom Mew
Bacterial Pathogens: Detection and Identification Methods	84	(5)
Jan M. van der Wolf
Cor D. Schoen
Bacterial Pathogens: Early Interactions with Host Plants	89	(3)
Gwyn A. Beattie
Bacterial Products Important for Plant Disease: Cell-Surface Components	92	(3)
P. K. Chakrabarty
A. Chatterjee
W. Gassmann
A. K. Chatterjee
Bacterial Products Important for Plant Disease: Diffusible Metabolites As Regulatory Signals	95	(3)
P. K. Chakrabarty
A. Chatterjee
W. Gassmann
A. K. Chatterjee
Bacterial Products Important for Plant Diseases: Extracellular Enzymes	98	(3)
P. K. Chakrabarty
A. Chatterjee
W. Gassmann
A. K. Chatterjee
Bacterial Products Important for Plant Disease: Toxins and Growth Factors	101	(4)
P. K. Chakrabarty
W. Gassmann
A. Chatterjee
A. K. Chatterjee
Bacterial Survival and Dissemination in Insects	105	(3)
Alexander H. Purcell
Bacterial Survival and Dissemination in Natural Environments	108	(3)
Steven Lindow
Bacterial Survival and Dissemination in Seeds and Planting Material	111	(4)
Diane A. Cuppels
Bacterial Survival Strategies	115	(4)
Cindy E. Morris
Christine M. H. Riffaud
Bacteria-Plant Host Specificity Determinants	119	(3)
Alan Vivian
Biennial Crops	122	(3)
I. L. Goldman
Bioinformatics	125	(5)
Michael T. Clegg
Peter L. Morrell
Biological Control in the Phyllosphere	130	(4)
John H. Andrews
Biological Control of Nematodes	134	(3)
Brian R. Kerry
Biological Control of Oomycetes and Fungal Pathogens	137	(4)
Eric B. Nelson
Biological Control of Weeds	141	(5)
Linda M. Wilson
Mark Schwarzlaender
Biosafety Applications in the Plant Sciences: Expanding Notions About	146	(4)
Emily E. Pullins
Biosafety Approaches to Transgenic Crop Plant Gene Flow	150	(3)
Terrie Klinger
Biosafety Considerations for Transgenic Insecticidal Plants: Non-Target Herbivores, Detritivores, and Pollinators	153	(3)
J. E. Losey
J. J. Obrycki
R. A. Hufbauer
Biosafety Considerations for Transgenic Insecticidal Plants: Non-Target Predators and Parasitoids	156	(4)
J. E. Losey
J. J. Obrycki
R. A. Hufbauer
Biosafety Programs for Genetically Engineered Plants: An Adaptive Approach	160	(4)
Anne R. Kapuscinski
Emily E. Pullins
Biosafety Science: Overview of Plant Risk Issues	164	(3)
L. L. Wolfenbarger
P. R. Phifer
Boron	167	(4)
Patrick H. Brown
Breeding Biennial Crops	171	(3)
I. L. Goldman
Breeding Clones	174	(5)
Rodomiro Ortiz
Breeding for Durable Resistance	179	(3)
Raoul A. Robinson
Breeding for Nutritional Quality	182	(4)
Brian J. Just
Philipp W. Simon
Breeding Hybrids	186	(3)
Arnel R. Hallauer
Breeding Plants and Heterosis	189	(4)
Kendall R. Lamkey
Jode W. Edwards
Breeding Plants with Transgenes	193	(3)
Duska Stojsin
Carl F. Behr
Breeding Pure Line Cultivars	196	(6)
P. Stephen Baenziger
Mustafa Erayman
Hikmet Budak
B. Todd Campbell
Breeding Self-Pollinated Crops Through Marker-Assisted Selection	202	(3)
Brian W. Diers
Breeding Synthetic Cultivars	205	(2)
Steven E. Smith
Breeding Using Doubled Haploids	207	(4)
Richard E. Veilleux
Breeding Widely Adapted Cultivars: Examples from Maize	211	(4)
A. Forrest Troyer
Breeding: Choice of Parents	215	(3)
John W. Dudley
Breeding: Genotype-by-Environment Interaction	218	(4)
Manjit S. Kang
Breeding: Incorporation of Exotic Germplasm	222	(3)
James B. Holland
Breeding: Mating Designs	225	(4)
Charles W. Stuber
Breeding: Participatory Approaches	229	(3)
J. R. Witcombe
Breeding: Recurrent Selection and Gain from Selection	232	(5)
James G. Coors
Breeding: The Backcross Method	237	(4)
William F. Tracy
C3 Photosynthesis to Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Shift in Mesembryanthenum crystallinum: A Stress Tolerance Mechanism	241	(4)
John C. Cushman
Carotenoids in Photosynthesis	245	(5)
Britta Forster
Barry J. Pogson
Cereal Sprouting	250	(5)
C. W. Wrigley
Chemical Weed Control	255	(3)
Don W. Morishita
Chlorophylls	258	(5)
Robert D. Willows
Chromosome Banding	263	(3)
Takashi R. Endo
Chromosome Manipulation and Crop Improvement	266	(4)
Adam J. Lukaszewski
Chromosome Rearrangements	270	(3)
Tomas Naranjo
Chromosome Structure and Evolution	273	(5)
Ingo Schubert
Andreas Houben
Circadian Clock in Plants	278	(5)
C. Robertson McClung
Classification and Identification of Nematodes	283	(3)
James G. Baldwin
Classification and Nomenclature of Plant Pathogenic Bacteria	286	(3)
John M. Young
Coevolution of Insects and Plants	289	(3)
M. Deane Bowers
Columbian Exchange: The Role of Analogue Crops in the Adoption and Dissemination of Exotic Cultigens	292	(5)
David E. Williams
Commercial Micropropagation	297	(3)
M. C. Gopinathan
Competition: Responses to Shade by Neighbors	300	(4)
Carlos L. Ballare
Crop Domestication in Africa	304	(3)
Remy S. Pasquet
Crop Domestication in China	307	(3)
Tracey L.-D. Lu
Crop Domestication in Mesoamerica	310	(4)
A. Delgado-Salinas
J. Caballero
A. Casas
Crop Domestication in Prehistoric Eastern North America	314	(6)
David L. Asch
John P. Hart
Crop Domestication in Southeast Asia	320	(3)
Victor Paz
Crop Domestication in Southwest Asia	323	(3)
Ofer Bar-Yosef
Crop Domestication in the American Tropics: Phytolith Analyses	326	(4)
Dolores R. Piperno
Crop Domestication in the American Tropics: Starch Grain Analyses	330	(3)
Dolores R. Piperno
Irene Holst
Crop Domestication: Fate of Genetic Diversity	333	(3)
Gideon Ladizinsky
Crop Domestication: Founder Crops	336	(4)
Daniel Zohary
Crop Domestication: Role of Unconscious Selection	340	(3)
Daniel Zohary
Crop Improvement: Broadening the Genetic Base for	343	(3)
Toby Hodgkin
Crop Responses to Elevated Carbon Dioxide	346	(3)
Leon Hartwell Allen, Jr.
P.V. Vara Prasad
Cropping Systems: Irrigated Continuous Rice Systems of Tropical and Subtropical Asia	349	(6)
Achim Dobermann
Kenneth G. Cassman
Cropping Systems: Irrigated Rice and Wheat of the Indo-gangetic Plains	355	(3)
David J. Connor
Cropping Systems: Rain-Fed Maize-Soybean Rotations of North America	358	(5)
Douglas L. Karlen
Cropping Systems: Slash-and-Burn Cropping Systems of the Tropics	363	(4)
Ken Giller
Cheryl Palm
Cropping Systems: Yield Improvement of Wheat in Temperate Northwestern Europe	367	(3)
Hubert J. Spiertz
Crops and Environmental Change	370	(4)
Jørgen E. Olesen
Cross-species and Cross-genera Comparisons in the Grasses	374	(5)
Ismail M. Dweikat
Crown Gall	379	(4)
Thomas J. Burr
Cytogenetics of Apomixis	383	(3)
Hans de Jong
Drought and Drought Resistance	386	(5)
Graeme C. Wright
Nageswararao C. Rachaputi
Drought Resistant Ideotypes: Future Technologies and Approaches for the Development of	391	(4)
Nageswararao C. Rachaputi
Graeme C. Wright
Echinacea: Uses As a Medicine	395	(6)
Mario R. Morales
Ecology and Agricultural Sciences	401	(3)
Jon K. Piper
Ecology: Functions, Patterns, and Evolution	404	(3)
Fernando Valladares
Economic Impact of Insects	407	(3)
David Pimentel
Ecophysiology	410	(4)
Luis Balaguer
Endosperm Development	414	(4)
Philip W. Becraft
Environmental Concerns and Agricultural Policy	418	(3)
Floor Brouwer
Evolution of Plant Genome Microstructure	421	(4)
Ian Bancroft
Exchange of Trace Gases Between Crops and the Atmosphere	425	(4)
Jurgen Kreuzwieser
Heinz Rennenberg
Exciton Theory	429	(4)
Su Lin
Farmer Selection and Conservation of Crop Varieties	433	(6)
Daniela Soleri
David A. Cleveland
Female Gametogenesis	439	(4)
Jagreet Kaur
Imran Siddiqi
Fire Blight	443	(5)
John L. Norelli
Fixed-Nitrogen Deficiency: Overcoming by Nodulation	448	(4)
Michelle R. Lum
Ann M. Hirsch
Floral Induction	452	(4)
Joseph Colasanti
Floral Scent	456	(4)
Natalia Dudareva
Flow Cytogenetics	460	(4)
Jaroslav Dolezel
Marie Kubalakova
Jan Vrana
Jan Bartos
Flower Development	464	(4)
Thomas Jack
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization	468	(4)
Yasuhiko Mukai
Fluorescence: A Probe of Photosynthetic Apparatus	472	(4)
J. Kenneth Hoober
Functional Genomics and Gene Action Knockouts	476	(4)
Jacqueline Heard
Fungal and Oomycete Plant Pathogens: Cell Biology	480	(4)
Adrienne R. Hardham
Gene Expression Modulation in Plants by Sugars in Response to Environmental Changes	484	(4)
Barry Wobbes
Sjef C. M. Smeekens
Gene Flow Between Crops and Their Wild Progenitors	488	(4)
Roberto Papa
Paul Gepts
Gene Silencing: A Defense Mechanism Against Alien Genetic Information	492	(4)
Peter de Haan
Genetic Diversity Among Weeds	496	(3)
Michael J. Christoffers
Genetic Resource Conservation of Seeds	499	(3)
Florent Engelmann
Genetic Resources of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants from Brazil	502	(4)
Roberto Fontes Vieira
Genetically Engineered Crops with Resistance Against Insects	506	(3)
Johnie N. Jenkins
Genetically Modified Oil Crops	509	(4)
Denis J. Murphy
Genome Rearrangements and Survival of Plant Populations to Changes in Environmental Conditions	513	(3)
Pier Giorgio Cionini
Genome Size	516	(4)
Michael D. Bennett
Genome Structure and Gene Content in Plant and Protist Mitochondrial DNAs	520	(4)
Michael W. Gray
Genomic Approaches to Understanding Plant Pathogenic Bacteria	524	(3)
Joao C. Setubal
Ana C. R. da Silva
Genomic Imprinting in Plants	527	(4)
Daphne Autran
Jean-Philippe Vielle-Calzada
Germplasm: International and National Centers	531	(6)
Jonathan Robinson
Murthi Anishetty
Germplasm Acquisition	537	(4)
David M. Spooner
Karen A. Williams
Germplasm Collections: Regeneration in Maintenance	541	(3)
Linda Pollak
Germplasm Maintenance	544	(3)
Henry L. Shands
Glycolysis	547	(4)
Florencio E. Podesta
Herbicide-Resistant Weeds	551	(3)
Carol Mallory-Smith
Herbicides in the Environment: Fate of	554	(5)
Kim A. Anderson
Jennifer L. Schaeffer
Herbs, Spices, and Condiments	559	(5)
Katerina P. Svoboda
Human Cholinesterases from Plants for Detoxification	564	(4)
Tsafrir S. Mor
Hermona Soreq
Interphase Nucleus, The	568	(4)
Paul Fransz
In Vitro Chromosome Doubling	572	(4)
V. Sarasan
A. V. Roberts
In Vitro Flowering	576	(3)
Prakash Lakshmanan
Acram M. Taji
In Vitro Morphogenesis in Plants---Recent Advances	579	(5)
Gregory C. Phillips
In Vitro Plant Regeneration by Organogenesis	584	(3)
Janet R. Gorst
In Vitro Pollination and Fertilization	587	(3)
Acram M. Taji
Jennifer S. Williams
In Vitro Production of Triploid Plants	590	(4)
Sant S. Bhojwani
In Vitro Tuberization	594	(4)
Yasunori Koda
Insect Life History Strategies: Development and Growth	598	(3)
Jeffrey C. Miller
Insect Life History Strategies: Reproduction and Survival	601	(4)
Jeffrey C. Miller
Insect/Host Plant Resistance in Crops	605	(4)
C. Michael Smith
Insect--Plant Interactions	609	(3)
Sujaya Rao
Integrated Pest Management	612	(4)
Marcos Kogan
Intellectual Property and Plant Science	616	(3)
Susanne Someralo
John Dodds
Interspecific Hybridization	619	(6)
D. S. Brar
Isoprenoid Metabolism	625	(4)
Russell K. Monson
Todd N. Rosenstiel
Larvicidal Proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis in Soil: Release, Persistence, and Effects	629	(6)
G. Stotzky
Leaf Cuticle	635	(3)
Gwyn A. Beattie
Leaf Structure	638	(4)
Vincent P. Gutschick
Lou Ellen Kay
Leaf Surface Sugars	642	(4)
Johan H. J. Leveau
Leaves and Canopies: Physical Environment	646	(2)
George W. Sundin
Cindy E. Morris
Leaves and the Effects of Elevated Carbon Dioxide Levels	648	(3)
Stephen A. Prior
Seth G. Pritchard
G. Brett Runion
Legumes: Nutraceutical and Pharmaceutical Uses	651	(5)
J. Bradley Morris
Lesquerella Potential for Commercialization	656	(3)
David A. Dierig
Michael A. Foster
Terry A. Isbell
Dennis T. Ray
Lipid Metabolism	659	(4)
Jean-Claude Kader
Male Gametogenesis	663	(6)
David Honys
David Twell
Management of Bacterial Diseases of Plants: Regulatory Aspects	669	(6)
Jaap D. Janse
Management of Diseases in Seed Crops	675	(3)
Lindsey J. du Toit
Management of Fungal and Oomycete Diseases: Fruit Crops	678	(3)
Patricia S. McManus
Management of Fungal and Oomycete Diseases: Vegetable Crops	681	(3)
Debra Ann Inglis
Management of Nematode Diseases: Options	684	(5)
Gregory L. Tylka
Marigold Flower: Industrial Applications of	689	(2)
James N. BeMiller
Mass Spectrometry for Identifying Proteins, Protein Modifications, and Protein Interactions in Plants	691	(3)
Michael Fromm
Mechanisms of Infection: Imperfect Fungi	694	(3)
Gyungsoon Park
Jin-Rong Xu
Mechanisms of Infection: Oomycetes	697	(4)
Paul R. J. Birch
David E. L. Cooke
Mechanisms of Infection: Rusts	701	(4)
Matthias Hahn
Medical Molecular Pharming: Therapeutic Recombinant Antibodies, Biopharmaceuticals and Edible Vaccines in Transgenic Plants Engineered via the Chloroplast Genome	705	(6)
Henry Daniell
Meiosis	711	(3)
Wojciech P. Pawlowski
Lisa C. Harper
W. Zacheus Cande
Metabolism, Primary: Engineering Pathways	714	(6)
Alberto A. Iglesias
Metabolism, Secondary: Engineering Pathways	720	(4)
David Rhodes
Gregory J. Peel
Natalia Dudareva
Milkweed: Commercial Applications	724	(2)
Herbert D. Knudsen
Minor Nutrients	726	(3)
Wolfgang Schmidt
Mitochondrial Respiration	729	(5)
Agepati S. Raghavendra
Mitosis	734	(6)
Denes Dudits
Attila Feher
Molecular Analysis of Chromosome Landmarks	740	(5)
James A. Birchler
Juan M. Vega
Akio Kato
Molecular Biology Applied to Weed Science	745	(3)
Patrick J. Tranel
Federico Trucco
Molecular Evolution	748	(5)
Michael T. Clegg
Molecular Farming in Plants: Technology Platforms	753	(4)
Rainer Fischer
Neil J. Emans
Richard M. Twyman
Stefan Schillberg
Molecular Technologies and Their Role in Maintaining and Utilizing Genetic Resources	757	(3)
Amanda J. Garris
Alexandra M. Casa
Stephen Kresovich
Mutational Processes	760	(3)
Michael T. Clegg
Peter L. Morrell
Mutualisms in Plant--Insect Interactions	763	(4)
W. P. Stephen
Mycorrhizal Evolution	767	(3)
David M. Wilkinson
Mycorrhizal Symbioses	770	(3)
Roger T. Koide
Mycotoxins Produced by Plant Pathogenic Fungi	773	(5)
K. Thirumala-Devi
Nancy Keller
Natural Rubber	778	(3)
Dennis T. Ray
Nematode Biology, Morphology, and Physiology	781	(3)
Stephen A. Lewis
David J. Chitwood
Edward C. McGawley
Nematode Feeding Strategies	784	(4)
Richard S. Hussey
Nematode Infestations: Assessment	788	(5)
K. R. Barker
K. Dong
Nematodes: Parasitism Genes	793	(4)
Eric L. Davis
Nematode Population Dynamics	797	(3)
Robert McSorley
Nematode Problems: Most Prevalent	800	(5)
Larry Duncan
Nematodes and Host Resistance	805	(4)
Philip A. Roberts
Nematodes: Ecology	809	(4)
Howard Ferris
New Industrial Crops in Europe	813	(5)
Jan E. G. van Dam
Wolter Elbersen
New Secondary Metabolites: Potential Evolution	818	(4)
David R. Gang
Nitrogen	822	(3)
Peter J. Lea
Non-Infectious Seed Disorders	825	(4)
H. K. Manandhar
S. B. Mathur
Non-Wood Plant Fibers: Applications in Pulp and Papermaking	829	(4)
Joseph E. Atchison
Nucleic Acid Metabolism	833	(6)
Hiroshi Ashihara
Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods: Market Innovation	839	(4)
Nicholas Kalaitzandonakes
James D. Kaufman
Lucy Zakharova
Oomycete-Plant Interactions: Current Issues in	843	(3)
Mark Gijzen
Organic Agriculture As a Form of Sustainable Agriculture	846	(4)
John P. Reganold
Osmotic Adjustment and Osmoregulation	850	(4)
Neil C. Turner
Oxidative Stress and DNA Modification in Plants	854	(3)
Alex Levine
Oxygen Production	857	(4)
Charles F. Yocum
Paper and Pulp: Agro-based Resources for	861	(3)
George A. White
Parasitic Weeds	864	(4)
James H. Westwood
Phenylpropanoids	868	(4)
Kevin M. Davies
Phosphorus	872	(5)
Carroll P. Vance
Photoperiodism and the Regulation of Flowering	877	(4)
Isabelle A. Carre
Photoreceptors and Associated Signaling I: Phytochromes	881	(4)
Karen J. Halliday
Photoreceptors and Associated Signaling II: Cryptochromes	885	(4)
Chentao Lin
Photoreceptors and Associated Signaling III: Phototropins	889	(4)
Bethany Stone
Emmanuel Liscum
Photoreceptors and Associated Signaling IV: UV Receptors	893	(4)
T. H. Attridge
N. M. Cooley
Photosynthate Partitioning and Transport	897	(4)
Maria Fabiana Drincovich
Photosynthesis and Stress	901	(5)
Barbara Demmig-Adams
Volker Ebbert
William W. Adams III
Photosystems: Electron Flow Through	906	(4)
Arlene Haffa
Physiology of Herbivorous Insects	910	(5)
Cedric Gillott
Phytochemical Diversity of Secondary Metabolites	915	(5)
Michael Wink
Phytochrome and Cryptochrome Functions in Crop Plants	920	(4)
Jim Weller
Phytoremediation: Advances Toward a New Cleanup Technology	924	(4)
Adel Zayed
Pierce's Disease and Others Caused by Xylella fastidiosa	928	(3)
John S. Hartung
Plant Cell Culture and Its Applications	931	(3)
James M. Lee
Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture: Concepts and Methodologies	934	(5)
Darren O. Sage
Ian J. Puddephat
Plant Defenses Against Insects: Constitutive and Induced Chemical Defenses	939	(5)
Linda L. Walling
Plant Defenses Against Insects: Physical Defenses	944	(3)
Sanford D. Eigenbrode
Plant Diseases Caused by Bacteria	947	(9)
Clarence I. Kado
Plant Diseases Caused by Subviral Agents	956	(4)
Peter Palukaitis
Plant DNA Virus Diseases	960	(5)
Robert L. Gilbertson
Maria R. Rojas
Plant--Pathogen Interactions: Evolution	965	(4)
Ian Crute
Plant-Produced Recombinant Therapeutics	969	(4)
Lokesh Joshi
Miti M. Shah
C. Robert Flynn
Alyssa Panitch
Plant Response to Stress: Abscisic Acid Fluxes	973	(3)
Wolfram Hartung
Plant Response to Stress: Biochemical Adaptations to Phosphate Deficiency	976	(5)
William C. Plaxton
Plant Response to Stress: Critical Periods in Plant Development	981	(3)
G. Nissim Amzallag
Plant Response to Stress: Genome Reorganization in Flax	984	(3)
Christopher A. Cullis
Plant Response to Stress: Mechanisms of Accommodation	987	(3)
H. R. Lerner
Plant Response to Stress: Modifications of the Photosynthetic Apparatus	990	(5)
Eevi Rintamaki
Plant Response to Stress: Phosphatidic Acid As a Second Messenger	995	(4)
Christa Testerink
Teun Munnik
Plant Response to Stress: Regulation of Plant Gene Expression to Drought	999	(3)
Kazuo Shinozaki
Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki
Plant Response to Stress: Role of Molecular Chaperones	1002	(4)
Barbara Despres
Pierre Goloubinoff
Plant Response to Stress: Role of the Jasmonate Signal Transduction Pathway	1006	(4)
Mirna Atallah
Johan Memelink
Plant Response to Stress: Source-Sink Regulation by Stress	1010	(4)
Thomas Roitsch
Plant Responses to Stress: Nematode Infection	1014	(5)
Godelieve Gheysen
Plant Responses to Stress: Ultraviolet-B Light	1019	(4)
Brian R. Jordan
Plant RNA Virus Diseases	1023	(3)
Bryce W. Falk
Roger Hull
Plant Viral Synergisms	1026	(3)
John L. Sherwood
Plant Virus: Structure and Assembly	1029	(3)
A. L. N. Rao
Plant Viruses: Initiation of Infection	1032	(3)
James N. Culver
Pollen-Stigma Interactions	1035	(3)
Simon J. Hiscock
Polyploidy	1038	(4)
Jan Dvorak
Population Genetics	1042	(4)
Michael T. Clegg
Population Genetics of Plant Pathogenic Fungi	1046	(3)
Bruce A. McDonald
Potassium and Other Macronutrients	1049	(6)
Patrick H. Brown
Pre-agricultural Plant Gathering and Management	1055	(6)
M. Kat Anderson
Protoplast Applications in Biotechnology	1061	(4)
M. R. Davey
P. Anthony
J. B. Power
K. C. Lowe
Protoplast Culture and Regeneration	1065	(4)
J. B. Power
M. R. Davey
P. Anthony
K. C. Lowe
Quantitative Trait Locus Analyses of the Domestication Syndrome and Domestication Process	1069	(5)
Valerie Poncet
Thierry Robert
Aboubakry Sarr
Paul Gepts
Radiation Hybrid Mapping	1074	(4)
Ron J. Okagaki
Ralf G. Kynast
Howard W. Rines
Ronald L. Phillips
Reconciling Agriculture with the Conservation of Tropical Forests	1078	(3)
Wil de Jong
Regeneration from Guard Cells of Crop and Other Plant Species	1081	(3)
Jim M. Dunwell
Rhizosphere: An Overview	1084	(3)
Roberto Pinton
Rhizosphere: Biochemical Reactions	1087	(3)
Paolo Nannipieri
Rhizosphere: Microbial Populations	1090	(4)
James M. Lynch
Rhizosphere: Nutrient Movement and Availability	1094	(4)
Philippe Hinsinger
Rhizosphere Management: Microbial Manipulation for Biocontrol	1098	(4)
Ben J. J. Lugtenberg
Faina D. Kamilova
Rice	1102	(4)
Takuji Sasaki
RNA-Mediated Silencing	1106	(4)
Karin van Dijk
Heriberto Cerutti
Root Membrane Activities Relevant to Plant-Soil Interactions	1110	(4)
Zeno Varanini
Root-Feeding Insects	1114	(3)
Eli Levine
Rubisco Activase	1117	(3)
Archie R. Portis
Secondary Metabolites As Phytomedicines	1120	(3)
Donald P. Briskin
Seed Banks and Seed Dormancy Among Weeds	1123	(3)
Lynn Fandrich
Seedborne Pathogens	1126	(4)
S. B. Mathur
H. K. Manandhar
Seed Dormancy	1130	(4)
Alistair J. Murdoch
Seed Production	1134	(5)
Murray J. Hill
Seed Vigor	1139	(3)
Alison A. Powell
Seeds: Pathogen Transmission Through	1142	(6)
Curgonio Cappelli
Sex Chromosomes in Plants	1148	(4)
M. Ruiz Rejon
Shade Avoidance Syndrome and Its Impact on Agriculture	1152	(3)
Garry C. Whitelam
Social Aspects of Sustainable Agriculture	1155	(3)
Frederick H. Buttel
Somaclonal Variation: Origins and Causes	1158	(4)
Philip Larkin
Somatic Cell Genetics of Banana	1162	(3)
D. K. Becker
M. K. Smith
Somatic Embryogenesis in Plants	1165	(4)
Ray J. Rose
Soy Wood Adhesives for Agro-Based Composites	1169	(3)
Monlin Kuo
Deland J. Myers, Sr.
Spatial Dimension, The: Geographic Information Systems and Geostatistics	1172	(3)
Francis J. Pierce
Oliver Schabenberger
Max Crandall
Starch	1175	(4)
Wolfgang Eisenreich
Alfons Gierl
Adelbert Bacher
Sucrose	1179	(4)
Ed Etxeberria
Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security	1183	(4)
Jules Pretty
Sustainable Agriculture: Definition and Goals	1187	(4)
Glen C. Rains
W. Joe Lewis
Dawn M. Olson
Sustainable Agriculture: Ecological Indicators	1191	(4)
Stephen S. Jones
Sustainable Agriculture: Economic Indicators	1195	(3)
David Pimentel
Sustainable Agriculture: Philosophical Framework	1198	(3)
Paul B. Thompson
Sweet Sorghum: Applications in Ethanol Production	1201	(3)
Glen C. Rains
John W. Worley
Sweetgrass and Its Use in African-American Folk Art	1204	(3)
Robert J. Dufault
Switchgrass As a Bioenergy Crop	1207	(6)
Samuel B. McLaughlin
Lynn A. Kszos
Symbioses with Rhizobia and Mycorrhizal Fungi: Microbe/Plant Interactions and Signal Exchange	1213	(5)
James E. Cooper
Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation	1218	(4)
Timothy R. McDermott
Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation: Plant Nutrition	1222	(4)
Timothy R. McDermott
Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation: Special Roles of Micronutrients	1226	(3)
David A. Dalton
Tobamoviral Vectors: Developing a Production System for Pharmaceuticals in Transfected Plants	1229	(4)
Jennifer Lee Busto
Monto H. Kumagai
Transformation Methods and Impact	1233	(5)
Karabi Datta
Swapan K. Datta
Transgenes (GM) Sampling and Detection Methods in Seeds	1238	(4)
Alessandro Pellegrineschi
Transgenes: Expression and Silencing of	1242	(3)
George C. Allen
Transgenetic Plants: Breeding Programs for Sustainable Insect Resistance	1245	(3)
Michael B. Cohen
Transgenic Crop Plants in the Environment	1248	(3)
R. James Cook
Transgenic Crops: Regulatory Standards and Procedures of Research and Commercialization	1251	(3)
Qifa Zhang
Trichomes	1254	(4)
Stephen O. Duke
UV Radiation Effects on Phyllosphere Microbes	1258	(3)
Thusitha S. Gunasekera
UV Radiation Penetration in Plant Canopies	1261	(4)
Richard H. Grant
Vaccines Produced in Transgenic Plants	1265	(4)
Hugh S. Mason
Viral Host Genomics	1269	(4)
Steven A. Whitham
Virus Assays: Detection and Diagnosis	1273	(3)
Clarissa J. Maroon-Lango
Virus-Induced Gene Silencing	1276	(4)
S. P. Dinesh-Kumar
Rajendra Marathe
Radhamani Anandalakshmi
Virus Movement in Plants	1280	(4)
Richard S. Nelson
Xin Shun Ding
Shelly A. Carter
Water Deficits: Development	1284	(4)
Kadambot H. M. Siddique
Water Use Efficiency Including Carbon Isotope Discrimination	1288	(4)
Anthony G. Condon
Wax Esters from Transgenic Plants	1292	(3)
Kathryn D. Lardizabal
Weed Management in Less Developed Countries	1295	(4)
Peter R. Hobbs
Robin R. Bellinder
Weeds in Turfgrass	1299	(3)
John C. Stier
Yeast Two-Hybrid Technology	1302	(3)
Lisa Nodzon
Wen-Yuan Song
Index	1305