Plant Physiology 5B

Contributors to Volume VB

Preface

The Plan of the Treatise

Note on the Use of Plant Names

Contents of Previous Volumes

Preamble to Chapter Six

Chapter Six Growth in Organized and Unorganized Systems

Knowledge Gained by Culture of Organs and Tissue Explants

I. Introduction

II. Organ Cultures

III. Tissues Cultures: The Growth of Tissue Explants

References

Preamble to Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven Biochemical Differentiation: The Biosynthetic Potentialities of Growing and Quiescent Tissue

I. Introduction

II. The Unique Composition of Cells, Tissues, and Organs

III. Cultured versus Quiescent Tissues: The Events of Growth Induction

IV. The Use of Tissue and Cell Cultures to Study Metabolism and to Produce Specific Compounds

V. Biochemical Relationships Between Unorganized and Organized Tissue Cultures

VI. Biochemical Integration in Organelles, Cells, Tissues, and Organs: Control Mechanisms

References

Preamble to Chapter Eight

Chapter Eight Growth and Morphogenesis in Tissue and Free Cell Cultures

I. Introduction: Concepts of Free Cells and Their Growth

II. The Biochemistry of Growth Induction

III. Free Cells of Angiosperms

References

Preamble to Chapter Nine

Chapter Nine Abnormal Growth in Plants

I. Harmonious Changes Involving Exaggerated Growth Responses

II. Amorphorous Changes in Growth Pattern

References

Author Index

Index to Plant Names

Subject Index