Brassinosteroids: A Class of Plant Hormone

Foreword.- Preface.- 1. Brassinosteroids-occurrence and chemical structures in plants, Andrzej Bajguz.- 2. Regulatory mechanism of brassinosteroid signaling in plants, M.-C. Codreanu and E. Russinova.- 3. Regulation of brassinosteroid metabolism, L. Hategan, B. Godza and M. Szekeres.- 4. Brassinosteroid signaling in rice, H. Nakagawa, A. Tanaka and M. Mori.- 5. Brassinosteroids and light - regulatory factors of growth and development of plants, I. F. Golovatskaya.- 6. Brassinosteroids and photosynthesis.- D. Holá.- 7. Physiological effects related to brassinosteroid application in plants, M.M.A. Gomes.- 8. Genomic and non-genomic events involved in the brassinosteroid promoted plant cell growth, A.B.Pereira-Netto.- 9. Role of brassinosteroids on horticultural crops, Y.Y.Kang and S.R.Guo.- 10. Brassinosteroid action and its relation with heat stress mechanisms in plants, L.M.Mazorra.- 11. Potective effects of brassinosteroids against herbicides, R. Piñol, E. Simón.- 12. Brassinosteroids: under biotic stress, Shamsul Hayat, Mohammad Irfan, Aqil Ahmad.- 13. The significance of ethanol as a hormone solvent in experiments on the physiological activity of brassinosteroids, Anna Janeczko.- 14. Immunoassays of brassinosteroids, V.A. Khripach, V.N.Zhabinskii, R.P. Litvinovskaya.- 15. Transcriptomics and proteomics study in regulation of brassinosteroids, H. F. Juan.- 16. Brassinosteroids for phytoremediation application, M. Barbafieri, E. Tassi.- 17. Prospects of brassinosteroids in medicinal applications, R. Bhardwaj, N. Arora, P. Uppal, I. Sharma, M.K. Kanwar.- Index.