Table of Contents

OVERVIEW OF PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS.- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.- PHYSIOLOGICAL BASIS OF PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS.- HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS IN PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS.- GENETIC BASIS AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION FOR PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS.- THE PHYTOCHROME.- THE PHYTOCHROME CHROMOPHORE.- STRUCTURE, FUNCTION, AND EVOLUTION OF MICROBIAL PHYTOCHROMES.- PHYTOCHROME GENES IN HIGHER PLANTS: STRUCTURE,EXPRESSION, AND EVOLUTION.- PHYTOCHROME DEGRADATION AND DARK REVERSION.- INTRACELLULAR LOCALIZATION OF PHYTOCHROMES.- BLUE-LIGHT AND UV-RECEPTORS.- BLUE/UV-A RECEPTORS: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW.- CRYPTOCHROMES.- PHOTOTROPINS.- BLUE LIGHT PHOTORECEPTORS -BEYOND PHOTOTROPINS AND CRYPTOCHROMES.- UV-B PERCEPTION AND SIGNALLING IN HIGHER PLANTS.- SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN BLUE LIGHT-MEDIATED RESPONSES.- SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION IN PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS.- GENERAL INTRODUCTION.- PHYTOCHROME SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION NETWORK.- THE FUNCTION OF THE COP/DET/FUS PROTEINS IN CONTROLLING PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS: A ROLE FOR REGULATED PROTEOLYSIS.- BIOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF SIGNALLING COMPONENTS.- THE PHOTORECEPTOR INTERACTION NETWORK.- INTERACTION OF LIGHT AND HORMONE SIGNALLING TO MEDIATE PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS.- SELECTED TOPICS.- THE ROLES OF PHYTOCHROMES IN ADULT PLANTS.- A ROLE FOR CHLOROPHYLL PRECURSORS IN PLASTID-TO-NUCLEUS SIGNALING.- PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS OF FERNS.- PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS OF MOSSES.- CIRCADIAN REGULATION OF PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS.- THE MOLECULAR GENETICS OF PHOTO PERIODIC RESPONSES:COMPARISONS BETWEEN LONG-DAY AND SHORT-DAY SPECIES.- COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS OF PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS RESEARCH.- PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS – WHERE NOW?.

Reviews

From the reviews:
"The book is of the highest scientific standard and can be recommended to all researchers in plant photobiology as well as to graduate and postgraduate students."
(Biologia Plantarum 36:4, 1994) "The editors present a book that has long been awaited. … This book on ‘Photomorphogenesis in Plants and Bacteria’ is highly recommended … . It collects contribution from outstanding scientists in this research field. … The overall presentation of the book is acceptable and most of the figures are reproduced with sufficient quality." (Wolfgang Gärtner, Journal of Plant Physiology, Vol. 165 (3), 2008)