0 Leaf Development --; Terms and Photosynthetie Aspects --; 0.1 Phases of Leaf Development and Insertion Profile --; 0.2 Common Imperfections of Leaf Ontogenetic Studies --; 0.3 Specialized Monographs and the Scope of this Book --; 1 Ontogeny of Leaf Morphology and Anatomy --; 1.1 Leaf as a Photosynthetie Structure --; 1.2 Leaf Growth, Leaf Area and Size, Leaf Thickness --; 1.3 Leaf Epidermis --; 1.4 Leaf Mesophyll --; 1.5 Zalenski? Law --; 1.6 Conclusions --; 2 Chloroplast Development --; 2.1 Chloroplast Structure --; 2.2 Ontogeny of Chloroplast Structure --; 2.3 Conclusions --; 3 Chlorophylls and Carotenoids during Leaf Ontogeny --; 3.1 The Importance of Chlorophyll and Carotenoids --; 3.2 Biosynthetic Processes --; 3.3 Pigment Contents during Leaf Ontogeny --; 3.5 Pigment Distribution in Leaf Blade --; 3.6 State of Pigments in Vivo --; 3.7 Leaf Age Effects Observed in Detached Leaves --; 3.8 Conclusion --; 4 Leaf Optical Properties --; 4.1 Introduction --; 4.2 Photoreceptors and Mechanisms --; 4.2 Leaf as an Optical System --; 4.3 Variability in Leaf Optical Properties --; 4.4 Conclusions --; 5 Changes in Electron Transport Chain Composition, and Activities of Photosystems and Photophosphorylation during Leaf Ontogeny --; 5.1 Principles of Photosynthetie Electron Transport Chain and Photophosphorylation --; 5.2 Composition of Thylakoids: Components of Electron Transport Chain --; 5.3 Activities of Photosystems --; 5.4 Photophosphorylation --; 5.5 General Course of Photochemical Activities --; 6 Carbon Fixation Pathways, their Enzymes and Products during Leaf Ontogeny --; 6.1 Carbon Fixation Pathways --; 6.2 Enzyme Activities during Leaf Ontogeny --; 6.3 Changes in Carbon Fixation Pathways and Primary Photosynthates --; 6.4 Secondary Photosynthates --; 6.5 Conclusion --; 7 Gas Exchange and Dry Matter Accumulation during Leaf Development --; 7.1 Photosynthetie Gas Exchange --; 7.2 Net Photosynthetie Rate --; 4.1 Respiration Rate --; 4.2 Dry Matter Accumulation --; 4.3 Conclusions --; 8 Conductances for Carbon Dioxide Transfer in the Leaf --; 8.1 Carbon Dioxide Transfer in the Gaseous Phase --; 8.2 Carbon Dioxide Transfer in the Liquid Phase --; 9 Photorespiration during Leaf Ontogeny --; 9.1 Photorespiration and Photosynthesis --; 9.2 Measures of Photorespiration Rate --; 9.3 Ontogenetic Changes in Photorespiration Rate in C3 Plants --; 9.4 Ontogenetic Changes in Light Respiration in C4 Species --; 9.5 Conclusions --; 10 Integration of Photosynthetie Characteristics during Leaf Development --; 10.1 General Considerations --; 10.2 Leaf Structure and Photosynthesis --; 10.3 Chloroplast Formation and Degeneration --; 10.4 Chlorophyll and Photosynthetie Activities --; 10.5 Activities of Photochemical Reactions and the Photosynthetie Rate --; 10.6 Activities of Photosynthetie Enzymes and Photosynthetie Rate --; 10.7 Photosynthesis and Conductances for Carbon Dioxide Transfer --; 10.8 Photosynthesis and Respiration --; 10.9 Photosynthesis and Dry Matter Accumulation. The Carbon Balance of the Leaf --; 10.10 The Ratio between Photosynthetie and Transpiration Rates --; 10.11 Conclusions --; 11 References --; Author's Index --; Plant Index.