they inhibit the activity of practically all known phytohormones at both the 

 functional and the biosynthetic level. Their work was published almost en- 

 tirely in Russian, and this book for the first time places it in the overall 

 perspective of plant growth in a form that is accessible to all workers out- 

 side Russia. 



The table of contents above speaks for itself. The bibliography contains 

 some 800 titles, of which more than 160 are in Russian and other Eastern- 

 European languages. The book is well produced and illustrated with diagrams 

 and good photographs. 



16. 



H.SHIBAOKA, M.FURUYA, M.KATSUMI and A.TAKIMOTO, eds. 1978. CONTROLLING 



FACTORS IN PLANT DEVELOPMENT 



Botanical Soc. of Japan, Tokyo. Botanical Magazine, Special Issue No.l. 



X,277 pp., 120 figs., 50 tabs. 4100 yen, $ 44.00 (paper) 



Contributors: Cleland, Furuya, Galston, Jones, Katsumi, Masuda, Miginiac, 

 Mohr, Oota, Takeuchi , Thimann, Wareing, Wilkins, Yanagishima 



This special issue contains 14 well-organised, authoritative, medium-length 

 reviews, six by Japanese authors and eight by authors from various other 

 countries. Except for the two introductory ones, on determination and senes- 

 cence, respectively, all reviews are centered around recent work done in the 

 authors' own laboratories. Several contain work not published at the time of 

 writing. 



There are three papers dealing with metabolic control (one on slime mould 

 cell differentiation, one on sexual cell agglutination in yeast, and one on 

 aleurone response to GA) . Four papers deal with hormonal control (three with 

 cell elongation, one with flowering). The last five papers are on environ- 

 mental control (three on various aspects of photomorphogenesis , one on leaf 

 movements, and one on geotropism) . 



The volume is well printed and illustrated. 



17. 



J.E.SMITH and D.R. BERRY, eds. 1978. THE FILAMENTOUS FUNGI, vol.3 Develop- 

 mental mycology 



Arnold, London. XVI, 464 pp., 107 figs., 31 tabs., taxonomic and subject in- 

 dexes. £ 24.50 



Contributors: Anderson, Brambl, Casselton, Clutterbuck, Demain, Dunkle, 

 Dutta, Fencl, Gooday, Grove, Gull, Lysek, Martin, Ojha, Peberdy, Rogers, 

 Smith, Stewart, Sundberg, Tan, Trinci, Turian, Van Den Ende, Van Etten, 

 Willetts, Wright 



This book by an international band of authors is a collection of competent 

 reviews on almost every conceivable aspect of the developmental biology of 

 filamentous fungi. They are up to date until the end of 1976 and encompass 

 the disciplines of cytology, biochemistry, physiology and genetics. Several 

 chapters are more than simply reviews in that they provide broader perspec- 

 tive. 



About one third of the book deals with the growth of hyphae and related 

 subjects such as septation, spore germination, protoplasts, and the cell 

 cycle (or more properly "duplication" cycle) . Some subjects from the remain- 

 der of the book are fungal dimorphism, asexual sporulation, dikaryon forma- 

 tion, sexual morphogenesis, light and temperature as developmental factors, 

 and circadian rhythms. 



The book is well produced and contains a multitude of good line drawings 

 and photographic illustrations. 



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