response to environmental stress, 544–546
S-transferases, protein induction, 662–663
substrate availability, 543
temporal, spatial regulation, 543–544
transcription regulation, 540–541
translational control, 541–542
transport, turnover, 544
Glycine, 456, 865, 887–897
betaine, 865
biosynthetic pathway in higher plants,
887–890
drought, adaptation to, 896
genetics, 897
physiological significance, 890–896
salinity, adaptation to, 896
Glycine max, 6, 504, 861
Glycine-rich proteins, 738
Glycinebetaine, sap, 630
Glycophytes, 364
Glyphosate, 457
translocated in phloem, 457
Gnaphalium, 882
Godetia, 78
Goldenseal, 487, 493–494
Gomphrena globosa, 78
Gonium, 804
Gossypium hirsutum, 640, 681–696
dry-matter production, 684–685
nitrogen absorption, 685–688
nitrogen metabolism, assimilation, 688–691
ammonium plus amide-N content, 690
free amino-N content, 690–691
protein-N content, 688–689
total soluble-N content, 690
water uptake, 691
Gradients, proton, 339
Grama grasses, 624
Gramineae, 882
Grape, 146
Grapefruit, 21, 27
Grasses, 598, 601, 624–631. See also under
specific type
glandular ion excretion, 627–630
growth response, 624–625
ion compartmentation, 630–631
ion exclusion, 625–626
osmotic adjustment, ion regulation, 626–627
physiological adaptations, 623
root growth responses, 625
salinity, 625–631
physiological adaptations to, 625–631
stress, glandular ion excretion, 627–630
salt gland, leaf, 630
sap glycinebetaine, 630
shoot growth responses, 624–625
Gravitropism, 507
Gravity responses, volvox, 812–814
Green algae, 315
Green revolution, 827–830
first, 827–828
second, 828–830
Greenhouse, 22, 920
controlled-environment plant factories, 920
Greening, chlorophyll biosynthesis during,
265–280
Growth, 2, 111, 457, 782–783
Growth chamber, controlled-environment plant
factories, 920–921
Growth hormones, 501–526
abscisic acid, 518–521
bioassay, 520
biological activity, 520
chemical nature, 519
metabolism, 519
transport, 519
auxins, 502–508
abscisic acid, 505
apical dominance, 507
bioassay, 506
biological activity, 505–508
chemical nature, 503–504
gravitropism, 507
metabolism, 504
phototropism, 506
root formation, 507–508
transport, 504–505
triiodobenzoic acid, 505
tropisms, 506–507
cytokinins, 511–515
bioassay, 513
biological response, 513–515
chemical nature, 511–512
delayed senescence, 514–515
germination, 513
metabolism, 512–513
organ development, 514
transport, 513
ethylene, 515–518
biological response, 516–518
chemical nature, 515
emergence, seedling growth, 517
metabolism, 515–516
senescence, 518
stress ethylene, 517–518
gibberellins, 501, 508–511
bioassay, 509–510
biological activity, 509–511
chemical nature, 508
dormancy, buds, seeds, 510
growth promotion, 510
metabolism, 508–509954 INDEX
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