Chapter 1 A Half-Century Adventure in the Dynamics of Living Systems

Chapter 2 To Divide and to Rule; Regulating Cell Division in Roots During Post-embryonic Growth

Chapter 3 Metabolic Engineering of Cyanobacteria for Direct Conversion of CO 2 to Hydrocarbon Biofuels

Chapter 4 Interaction Between Salinity and Elevated CO 2 : A Physiological Approach

Chapter 5 Mechanisms of Cd Hyperaccumulation and Detoxification in Heavy Metal Hyperaccumulators: How Plants Cope with Cd

Chapter 6 Long-Distance Transport and Plant Internal Cycling of N- and S-Compounds

Chapter 8 Role of Chloroplast Thylakoid Lumen in Photosynthetic Regulation and Plant Cell Signaling

Chapter 9 Connecting Environmental Stimuli and Crassulacean Acid Metabolism Expression: Phytohormones and Other Signaling Molecules

Chapter 10 Systematics of the Green Algae: A Brief Introduction to the Current Status

Chapter 11 Secondary Lichen Compounds as Protection Against Excess Solar Radiation and Herbivores