Discoveries in plant biology. Volume III / editors, Shain-Dow Kung, Shan-Fa Yang.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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1. The discovery of the essential elements / Emanuel Epstein -- 2. The discovery of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid as the immediate precursor of ethylene / Douglas O. Adams -- 3. Discovery of auxin / Yoshio Masuda and Seiichiro Kamisaka -- 4. Non-reducing saccharides: floridosides and sucrose / Su Jong-Ching -- 5. Chlorophyll biosynthesis I: from analysis of mutants to genetic engineering of the pathway / Diter von Wettstein -- 6. Chlorophyll biosynthesis II: adventures with native and recombinant enzymes / Diter von Wettstein -- 7. Discovery of the two parallel pathways for isoprenoid biosynthesis in plants / Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler -- 8. Structure and biosynthesis of cellulose. Part I: structure / Alfred D. French -- 9. Structure and biosynthesis of cellulose. Part II: biosynthesis / Deborah P. Delmer -- 10. The discovery of starch biosynthesis / Jack Preiss and Mirta N. Sivak -- 11. Seed storage proteins from the 1700s to the present / Masahiro Ogawa and Thomas W. Okita -- 12. The discovery of 2S albumins as abundant storageproteins in seeds / Anthony H.C. Huang and Richard J. Youle -- 13. The discovery of maternal inheritance of large subunit of rubisco / Kung Shain-Dow -- 14. Chloroplast cytochromes: discovery and characterization / John C. Gray -- 15. Discovery of plasma membrane proton pumping ATPase: our point of view / Robert T. Leonard and Thomas K. Hodges -- 16. Plant ubiquitin / Richard D. Vierstra -- 17. Thirty years of fun with antenna pigment-proteins and photochemical reaction centers: a tribute to the people who have influenced my career / J. Philip Thornber -- 18. The discovery of the heat shock response in plants / Linda Chang Pi-Fang and Lin Chu-Yung -- 19. Discovery of photoregulated gene expression / John C. Watson -- 20. Organization and regulation of nitrogen fixation genes: 1974-1995 / Shen San Chiun -- 21. The Ti-plasmid and plant molecular biology / Jeff Schell and Csaba Koncz -- 22. Active ion transport in plants / Arnold J. Bloom and Alison R. Taylor -- 23. Discovery of chilling injury /Mikal E. Saltveit -- 24. In vitro induced haploids in plant genetics and breeding / Hu Han and Guo Xiangrong.

Scientific progress hinges on continual discovery and the extension of previous discoveries. The important series of volumes, Discoveries in Plant Biology, is specially compiled to provide a microcosmic atlas of the landmark discoveries that span the breadth of plant biology. Written by renowned plant biologists, the papers describe how classic discoveries were made and how they have served as the basis for subsequent breakthroughs. The 24 chapters in this third volume describe discoveries which contribute to the foundations of modern plant biology. The contributors, many of whom personally lit the way, bring readers back in time as if on a journey to retrace the paths and rethink the ideas they followed. These guided tours on how to decipher the natural laws will lead to an appreciation of the development of each field from simple concepts to an advanced multidisciplinary field of today. This volume will be of special interest to botanists, biochemists, plant physiologists and geneticists, and of general interest to those who are still fascinated by how discoveries are made.

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