Foreword.- Preface.-\n1. Brassinosteroids-occurrence and chemical structures in plants, Andrzej Bajguz\n2. Regulatory mechanism of brassinosteroid signaling in plants; M.-C. Codreanu and E. Russinova\n3. Regulation of brassinosteroid metabolism; L. Hategan, B. Godza and M. Szekeres\n4. Brassinosteroid signaling in rice; H. Nakagawa, A. Tanaka and M. Mori\n5. Brassinosteroids and light - regulatory factors of growth and development of plants; I. F. Golovatskaya\n6. Brassinosteroids and photosynthesis; D. Holá\n7. Physiological effects related to brassinosteroid application in plants; M.M.A. Gomes\n8. Genomic and non-genomic events involved in the brassinosteroid promoted plant cell growth; A.B.Pereira-Netto\n9. Role of brassinosteroids on horticultural crops; Y.Y.Kang and S.R.Guo\n10. Brassinosteroid action and its relation with heat stress mechanisms in plants; L.M.Mazorra\n11. Potective effects of brassinosteroids against herbicides; R. Piñol, E. Simón\n12. Brassinosteroids: under biotic stress; Shamsul Hayat, Mohammad Irfan, Aqil Ahmad\n13. The significance of ethanol as a hormone solvent in experiments on the physiological activity of Brassinosteroids; Anna Janeczko\n14. Immunoassays of brassinosteroids; V.A. Khripach, V.N.Zhabinskii, R.P. Litvinovskaya\n15. Transcriptomics and proteomics study in regulation of brassinosteroids; H. F. Juan\n16. Brassinosteroids for phytoremediation application; M. Barbafieri, E. Tassi\n17. Prospects of brassinosteroids in medicinal applications; R. Bhardwaj, N. Arora, P. Uppal, I. Sharma, M.K. Kanwar\nIndex