Photomorphogenesis in Plants and Bacteria. Function and Signal Transduction Mechanisms. Third edition. 2006. XLVIII, 662 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

This unique resource reviews progress made by scientists researchinginto how ambient changes in the wavelength, intensity, direction and duration of light environment affect plant growth and development,explaining how combinations of new research with classical photobiology and physiology made feasible to interpret intriguing lightdependent phenomena such as phototropism, determination of floweringtime, shade avoidance etc. at molecular level. Written by over 20 leading experts in the field, this book covers major breakthroughs achieved in the last decade including identification of novelphotoreceptors and a variety of molecular mechanisms that mediate photoreceptors controlled signaling induced by the absorption of lightphotons.