Plant cell death processes / edited by Larry D. Nooden. -- Elsevier, 2004

Contents

1. Introduction   1 2. Plant Cell Death and Cell differentiation  19 3.Cell Death in Plant Disease: mechanisms and Molecular Markers  37 4. Changes in Gene Expression during Senescence  51 5. Genes that alter Senescence  73 6.Senescence and Genetic Engineering  91 7. Proteolysis  107 8. Ethylene Signaling in Plant Death  125 9. Jasmonates - biosynthesis and role in stress Responses and developmental Processes  143 10. Leaf Senescence and Nitrogen Metabolism  157 11. Photosynthesis and Chloroplast Breakdown  169 12. How Leaves Turn Yellow: Catabolism of chlorophyll  189 13. Free Radicals and Oxidative Stress  203 14. Nutrient Resorption  215 15. Whole Plant Senescence  227 16. Autumn coloration, Carbon acquisition and Leaf Senescence  245 17. Annual shoot Senescence in Perennials  259 18. Phototoxicity  271 19. Ultraviolet Effects  285 20. Effects of Airborne Pollutants  295 21. Physiology of Flower Senecence  307 22. Postharvest Senescence of Vegetables and its Regulation  319 23. Evolutionary and Demographic approaches to the Study of Whole Plant Senescence  331 24. Flower Longevity  349 25. Ecology of Leaf Senescence  363 26. Lighe Control of Senescence  375