PLANT PHYSIOLOGY: GROWTH ANALYSIS AND PLANT ORGAN BEHAVIOR

By DONALD ANDERSON

CONTENTS HIGHER PLANT MITOCHONDRIA AS A SOURCE FOR NO NITRIC OXIDE – A PRODUCT OF PLANT NITROGEN ASSIMILATION NO-BASED SIGNALING IN PLANTS S-NITROSYLATION IN PLANTS – SPECTRUM AND SELECTIVITY ENZYMATIC SOURCES OF NITRIC OXIDE DURING SEED GERMINATION SEEKING THE ROLE OF NO IN BREAKING SEED DORMANCY NITRIC OXIDE FUNCTIONS AS INTERMEDIATE IN AUXIN, ABSCISIC ACID, AND LIPID SIGNALING PATHWAYS NITRIC OXIDE IN CYTOKININ AND POLYAMINE SIGNALING: SIMILARITIES AND POTENTIAL CROSSTALK NITRIC OXIDE AND PLANT ION CHANNEL CONTROL NITRIC OXIDE IN NITROGEN-FIXING SYMBIOSIS NITROSATIVE STRESS IN PLANTS: A NEW APPROACH TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF NO IN ABIOTIC STRESS NITRIC OXIDE-MEDIATED SIGNALING FUNCTIONS DURING THE PLANT HYPERSENSITIVE RESPONSE NITRIC OXIDE IN CELL-TO-CELL COMMUNICATION COORDINATING THE PLANT HYPERSENSITIVE RESPONSE MITOCHONDRIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHESIS DURING PLANT–PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS: ROLE OF NITRATE REDUCTASE IN PROVIDING SUBSTRATES NITRIC OXIDE AS AN ALTERNATIVE ELECTRON CARRIER DURING OXYGEN DEPRIVATION FLUOROMETRIC DETECTION OF NITRIC OXIDE WITH DIAMINO?UORESCEINS (DAFS): APPLICATIONS AND LIMITATIONS FOR PLANT NO RESEARCH