Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Photobiology, Photosynthesis and Photomorphogenesis.- 2. The Photosynthetic Process.- 3. Basic Principles of Photophysics and Photochemistry.- 4. Models of the Light Reaction of Photosynthesis.- 5. Structure and Function of Phycobilisomes.- 6. Architecture of the Thylakoid Membrane.- 7. Biology of Photosystem I: Structural aspects.- 8. Function and Molecular Genetics of Photosystem I.- 9. Polypeptides of Photosystem II: Structure and function.- 10. Mechanism of Photosynthetic Water Cleavage.- 11. Synthetic Catalyst for Non-biological Water Oxidation: Comparison to the photosynthetic water oxidation complex.- 12. The Electrochemical Properties of the Thylakoid Membrane.- 13. Photophosphorylation.- 14. Carbon Dioxide Metabolism in Photosynthesis.- 15. Acclimation of Photosynthesis to the Environment.- 16. How Higher Plants Respond to Excess Light: Energy dissipation in photosystem II.- 17. Photoregulation and Photoprotection of the Photosystem II Reaction Centre Heterodimer.- 18. Molecular Adaptation to Irradiance: The dual functionality of photosystem II.- 19. UV-effects on Plants.- 20. Elevated Temperature Stress Effects on Photosystems: Characterization and evaluation of the nature of heat induced impairments.- 21. Salt Tolerance Engineering—Which are the essential mechanisms.- 22. Oxidative Stress in Photodynamic Herbicidal Action of 5-aminolevulinic Acid.- 23. Molecular Biology of Chloroplast Genome.- 24. Regulation of Plastid Gene Expression.- 25. Phytochromes: Molecular structure, photoreceptor process and physiological function.- 26. Blue Light Perception and Signal Transduction in Higher Plants.- 27. UV-B Effects in Plants: receptors and targets.- 28. Photomorphogenesis in Lower Plants.- 29. The Photoperiodic Control of Plant Reproduction.-30. Light Signal Transduction and Nuclear Gene Expression.- 31. Use of Mutants and Transgenics in Understanding Photomorphogenesis.

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`The book is primarily aimed at graduate and post-graduate students to be used as textbook in biophysics, biochemistry and molecular biology. It is also meant for all those who want to enter the field of plant photobiology or update their knowledge in photosynthesis and photomorphogenesis, and for such a purpose it can really be recommended.' Journal of Plant Physiology, 157 (2000)