Plastid Development in Leaves during Growth and Senescence

Part I. General Aspects of Chloroplast Development

1. The Dynamic Role of Chloroplasts in Integrating Plant Growth and Development
Karin Krupinska, Udaya C. Biswal, Basanti Biswal

2. Chloroplast Development: Time, Dissipative Structures and Fluctuations
Mukesh K. Raval, Bijaya K. Mishra, Basanti Biswal, Udaya C. Biswal

Part II. Chloroplast Biogenesis During Leaf Development

3. Etioplasts and Their Significance in Chloroplast Biogenesis
Katalin Solymosi, Henrik Aronsson

4. The Biogenesis of the Thylakoid Membrane: Photosystem II, a Case Study
Karin Meierhoff, Peter Westhoff

5. Organization and Assembly of Photosystem I
Yukako Hihara, Kintake Sonoike

6. Rubisco Assembly: A Research Memoir
Harry Roy

7. Glycerolipid Biosynthesis and Chloroplast Biogenesis
Maryse A. Block, Emmanuelle Dubots, Eric Maréchal

8. Chloroplast Contact to the Endoplasmic Reticulum and Lipid Trafficking
Mats X. Andersson

9. Stromule Formation
John C. Gray

Part III. The Plastid Genome and Its Expression During Chloroplast Development

10. Dynamic Features of Plastid Genome and Its Transcriptional Control in Plastid Development
Kengo Kanamaru, Mamoru Sugita

11. Development-Dependent Changes in the Amount and Structural Organization of Plastid DNA
Karsten Liere, Thomas Börner

12. The Ins and Outs of Chloroplast Protein Transport
Qihua Ling, Raphael Trösch, Paul Jarvis

Part IV. Leaf Senescence and Chloroplast Dismantling

13. Defining Senescence and Death in Photosynthetic Tissues
Larry D. Noodén

14. Ultrastructural Analyses of Senescence Associated Dismantling of Chloroplasts Revisited
Maria Mulisch, Karin Krupinska

15. Plastoglobuli, Thylakoids, Chloroplast Structure and Development of Plastids
Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler

16. The Pathway of Chlorophyll Degradation: Catabolites, Enzymes and Pathway Regulation
Stefan Hörtensteiner

17. Regulation of Leaf Senescence: Role of Reactive Oxygen Species
Renu Khanna-Chopra, Kamlesh Kant Nutan, Ashwani Pareek

18. Chloroplast Protein Degradation: Involvement of Senescence-Associated Vacuoles
Maria L. Costa, Dana E. Martínez, Facundo M. Gomez, Cristian A. Carrión, Juan J. Guiamet

19. Autophagy of Chloroplasts During Leaf Senescence
Shinya Wada, Hiroyuki Ishida

20. Plastid Protein Degradation During Leaf Development and Senescence: Role of Proteases and Chaperones
Yusuke Kato, Wataru Sakamoto

Part V. Organellar Control of Development

21. Cross-Talk of Mitochondria and Chloroplasts
Michela Zottini

22. Plastid Signaling During the Plant Life Cycle
Thomas Pfannschmidt, Sergi Munné-Bosch

23. Chloroplast Control of Leaf Senescence
Bartolomé Sabater, Mercedes Martín

24. The Role of Trehalose Metabolism in Chloroplast Development and Leaf Senescence
Astrid Wingler, Matthew Paul

Part VI. Environmental Signals and Chloroplast Development

25. Photoregulation of Chloroplast Development: Retrograde Signaling
Naini Burman, Jitendra P. Khurana

26. Regreening of Yellow Leaves
Hrvoje Fulgosi, Nikola Ljubešić, Mercedes Wrischer

27. Modulation of Chlorophyll Biosynthesis by Environmental Cues
Baishnab C. Tripathy, Vijay Dalal

28. Response of Mature, Developing and Senescing Chloroplasts to Environmental Stress
Padmanava Joshi, Lalitendu Nayak, Amarendra N. Misra, Basanti Biswal

Avainsanat: Life Sciences, Plant Sciences, Plant Physiology, Plant Biochemistry