1;Preface;5 2;Contents;6 3;List of Contributors;17 4;PART I METHODS OF PLANT ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;20 4.1;1 Historical Introduction to Plant Electrophysiology;21 4.2;2 Electrochemical Methods and Measuring Transmembrane Ion Gradients;33 4.3;3 Non-Invasive Microelectrode Ion Flux Measurements In Plant Stress Physiology;53 4.4;4 Electrochemical Sensor Applications to the Study of Molecular Physiology and Analyte Flux in Plants;90 4.5;5 Use of Non-Invasive Ion-Selective Microelectrode Techniques for the Study of Plant Development;125 4.6;6 Use of Double Barrel Micropipettes to Voltage- Clamp Plant and Fungal Cells;154 4.7;7 New Solid State Microsensors in Plant Physiology;170 4.8;8 Electrophysiological Characterization of Plant Cation Channels;187 4.9;9 Magnetic Measurements in Plant Electrophysiology;200 5;PART II PLANT ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;232 5.1;10 Electrogenic Pumps;233 5.2;11 Effects of Electrical and Electromagnetic Fields on Plants and Related Topics;259 5.3;12 Long-Distance Electrical Signaling and Physiological Functions in Higher Plants;280 5.4;13 Potassium Homeostasis in Salinized Plant Tissues;297 5.5;14 Electrophysiology in Mechanosensing and Wounding Response;328 5.6;15 Electrochemical Potential around the Plant Root in Relation to Metabolism and Growth Acceleration;349 5.7;16 Electrophysiology of Turgor Regulation in Charophyte Cells;383 5.8;17 Electrical Signals in Plants: Facts and Hypotheses;415 5.9;18 Electrophysiology of Plant Gravitropism;431 5.10;19 Electrochemistry of Plant Life;445 5.11;20 Electrophysiology and Plant Responses to Biotic Stress;468 5.12;21 Control of Plant Development by Hydro- Electrochemical Signal Transduction: a Means for Understanding Photoperiodic Flower Induction;489 6;Index;508