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Senescence Processes in Plants
Edited by Susheng Gan
Blackwell
April 2007
Hardback 352 pp ISBN 9781405139847
£99.00
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The scientific and economic significance of plant senescence means that much effort has been
made to understand the processes involved and to devise means of manipulating them agriculturally.
During the past few years there has been considerable progress in this regard, especially in the molecular,
genetic and genomic aspects. Senescence has a tremendous impact on agriculture. For example,
leaf senescence limits crop yield and biomass production, and contributes substantially to postharvest loss
in vegetable and ornamental crops during transportation, storage and on shelves. In addition, proteins,
antioxidants and other nutritional compounds are degraded during senescence. Senescing tissues also
become more susceptible to pathogen infection, and some of the pathogens may produce toxins, rendering
food unsafe. Mitotic senescence may also determine sizes of leaves, fruits and whole plants.
This volume summarizes recent progresses in the physiology, biochemistry, cell biology, molecular
biology, genomics, proteomics, and biotechnology of plant senescence. Beginning with a chapter
on senescence-related terminology and our current knowledge of mitotic senescence in plants
(a less well-studied area), the book focuses on post-mitotic senescence, and includes chapters
addressing the senescence of leaves, flowers and fruits. Later chapters examine the development
of various new biotechnologies for manipulating the senescence processes of fruit and leaves,
some of which are approaching commercialization. The book is directed at researchers and professionals
in plant molecular genetics, physiology and biochemistry.
Contents
1. Mitotic senescence in plants
Dr Susheng Gan, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
2. Chlorophyll catabolism and leaf coloration
Dr Stefan Hörtensteiner, Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, CH-3013 Bern,
Switzerland; and
Dr David W. Lee, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami FL 33199, USA
3. Membrane dynamics and regulation of subcellular changes during senescence
Marianne Hopkins, Linda McNamara, Catherine Taylor, Tzann-Wei Wang and Dr John Thompson,
Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
4. Oxidative stress and leaf senescence
Dr Ulrike Zentgraf, ZMBP, General Genetics, University of Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076
Tuebingen, Germany
5. Nutrient remobilization during leaf senescence
Dr Andreas M. Fischer, Department of Plant Sciences, 210 AgBioScience Facility, Montana State
University, Bozeman, MT 59717, USA
6. Environmental regulation of leaf senescence
Dr Amnon Lers, Department of Postharvest Science of Fresh Produce, Agricultural Research Organization,
The Volcani Center, P.O.Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel
7. Developmental and hormonal control of leaf senescence
Jos H. M. Schippers, Molecular Biology of Plants, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and
Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9751 NN, Haren, The Netherlands;
Hai-Chun Jing, Wheat Pathogenesis Programme, Plant-Pathogen Interactions Division,
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden AL5 2JQ, UK; and
Jacques Hille and Dr Paul Dijkwel, Molecular Biology of Plants, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences
and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Kerklaan 30, 9751 NN, Haren, The Netherlands
8. The genetic control of senescence revealed by mapping quantitative trait loci
Dr Helen J. Ougham, Dr Ian Armstead and Dr Catherine Howarth, Plant Genetics & Breeding Department,
Institute of Grassland & Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3EB, Wales, UK;
Dr Isaac Galyuon, Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, School of Biological Sciences,
University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana; and
Dr Iain Donnison and Professor Howard Thomas, Plant Genetics & Breeding Department, Institute of
Grassland & Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3EB, Wales, UK
9. Genomics and proteomics of leaf senescence
Dr Marie-Jeanne Carp and Dr Shimon Gepstein, Department of Biology, Technion - Israel Institute of
Technology, Haifa, 32000, Israel
10. Molecular regulation of leaf senescence
Dr Hyo Jung Kim, Division of Molecular Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang,
Kyungbuk, 790-784, South Korea;
Dr Pyung Ok Lim, Department of Science Education, Cheju National University, Cheju, 690-756, South
Korea; and
Dr Hong-Gil Nam, Division of Molecular Life Sciences, Pohang University of Science and Technology,
Pohang, Kyungbuk, 790-784, South Korea
11. Flower senescence
Professor Michael S. Reid and Dr Jen-Chih Chen, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California,
One Shields Drive, Davis, CA 95616, USA
12. Fruit ripening and its manipulation
Dr James Giovannoni, USDA-ARS Plant, Soil and Nutrition Lab and Boyce Thompson Institute for
Plant Research, Cornell University Campus, Tower Road., Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
13. Genetic manipulation of leaf senescence
Dr Yongfeng Guo and Dr Susheng Gan, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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