Arabidopsis thaliana, 172, 184, 191, 192, 194,
195, 346, 350, 424, 507, 803, 874
Arabisspecies, 67
Arachis pintoi, 598, 600, 601
Arctotis stoechadifolia, 68
Arenaria montana, 69
Arginine, 456
Armeria maritima, 757
Arsenicals, organic, translocated in phloem, 457
Artemisia tridentata, 7
Arthrocnemum indicum, 570
Arthrocnemumspecies, 131
Artichoke, 472
Aruncus dioicus, 69
Asclepias tuberosa, 69
Ascophyllum nodsum, 754
Asexual life cycle, volvox, 804–806
Ash, 518
Asimina triloba, 93
Asparagine, 456
Asparagus, 14, 374
Aspartate, 456
Aspergillus, 246, 247, 253
Aspergillus nidulans, 350
Assimilate transport, partitioning, 421–448
assimilate partitioning, 422–428
carbohydrate metabolism, 424
developmental considerations, 422
floral evocation, 424–425
general consideration, 422
harvest index, 423
source-sink ratios, 423
specific crops, 425–428
extraterrestrial agriculture, 441
inorganics, 431–433
long-distance transport, mechanism of, 433–434
phloem loading, 434–438
apoplastic pathway, 435–436
symplastic pathway, 436–438
phloem unloading, 438–439
productivity, crop, 422–429
source/sink manipulation, metabolic
consequences of, 428
environmental control, 428–429
plant diseases, partitioning, 429
sugars, sugar alcohols, 430
xenobiotic transport, 440–441
Aster tripolium, 574
Asteraceae, 882
Astrantia major, 69
Atomic weight, sodium, 364
ATPase, 190, 345, 347, 349, 351, 354, 371, 435,
438, 566, 628, 669, 670, 701, 709, 713,
740, 753, 765, 783, 795, 860
ATP synthase, chloroplast, 291–292
Atriplex amnicola, 133
Atriplex canescens, 569
Atriplex halimus, 619
Atriplex nummularia, 348, 619
Atriplex prostrata, 569
Atriplex semibaccata, 893
Atriplexspecies, 129, 130, 618, 641
naphthalene acetic acid, 132–134
Atriplex spongiosa, 37
Atylosia albicans, 874
Aurinia saxitilis, 69
Australasia, rivers of, sodium, 364
Auxin, 502–508, 699
abscisic acid, 505
apical dominance, 507
bioassay, 506
biological activity, 505–508
change in calcium level from, 699
chemical nature, 503–504
dormancy and, 175
gravitropism, 507
metabolism, 504
phototropism, 506
root formation, 507–508
transport, 504–505
triiodobenzoic acid, 505
tropisms, 506–507
Avena sativa, 501, 646
Avicennia, 882
Avicennia marina, 685
Avicenniaceae, 882
Avocado, 520
Azorhizobium caulinodans, 251
Azospirillum brasilense, 883BADH.SeeBetaine aldehyde dehydrogenase
Bahiagrass, 624
Banana, structure, handling damage, 149
Baptisia australis, 69
Barley, 321, 374, 507, 639, 640, 683, 883
Basin, 148
Batis maritima, 619
Bean, 15, 25, 39, 506, 517, 587–597, 638
adaptation to abiotic stress, 593
drought, breeding for, 591–592
low phosphorus supply, 594–595
phosphorus supply, physiological responses to,
592–594
photoperiod, adaptation, 589–590
temperature, adaptation, 589–590
water deficits, physiological response to, 590–591
Beechdrops, 794
Beet, 373, 927
Begonia evansiana, 166
Begonia semperflorens, 70INDEX 945