Air Pollution and Plant Biotechnology

I. Plant Responses and Phytomonitoring.- 1. Responses of Whole Plants to Air Pollutants.- 2. Plants as Bioindicators of Air Pollutants.- 3. Phytomonitoring for Urban Environmental Management.- 4. Effects of Air Pollutants on Lipid Metabolism in Plants.- 5. Effects of Ethylene on Plant Responses to Air Pollutants.- 6. Effects of Air Pollutants on Gene Expression in Plants.- 7. Biotechnology for Phytomonitoring.- II. Resistant Plants and Phytoremediation.- 8. Absorption of Organic and Inorganic Air Pollutants by Plants.- 9. Uptake, Metabolism, and Detoxification of Sulfur Dioxide.- 10. Elevated Levels of Hydrogen Sulfide in the Plant Environment: Nutrient or Toxin.- 11. Metabolism and Detoxification of Nitrogen Dioxide and Ammonia in Plants.- 12. Plant Resistance to Ozone: the Role of Ascorbate.- 13. Detoxification of Active Oxygen Species and Tolerance in Plants Exposed to Air Pollutants and CO2.- 14. Countermeasures with Fertilization to Reduce Oxidant-Induced Injury to Plants.- III. Image Diagnosis of Plant Response and Gas Exchange.- 15. Image Instrumentation of Chlorophyll a Fluorescence for Diagnosing Photosynthetic Injury.- 16. Field-Portable Imaging System for Measurement of Chlorophyll Fluorescence Quenching.- 17. Assessment of Environmental Plant Stresses Using Multispectral Steady-State Fluorescence Imagery.- 18. Diagnosis of Stomatal Response and Gas Exchange of Trees by Thermal Remote Sensing.- IV. Generation of Transgenic Plants.- 19. Manipulation of Genes Involved in Sulfur and Glutathione Metabolism.- 20. Manipulation of Genes for Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants.- 21. Manipulation of Genes for Antioxidative Enzymes.- 22. Application of Genetic Engineering for Forest Tree Species.- 23. Environmental Risk Assessment of Transgenic Plants: A Case Study of Cucumber Mosaic Virus-Resistant Melon in Japan.