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molecular and physiological basis of nutrient use efficiency in crops
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Efforts to increase efficient nutrient use by crops are of growing importance as the global demand for food, fibre and fuel increases and competition for resources intensifies. The Molecular and Physiological Basis of Nutrient Use Efficiency in Crops provides both a timely summary of the latest advances in the field as well as anticipating directions for future research. The Molecular and Physiological Basis of Nutrient Use Efficiency in Crops bridges the gap between agronomic practice and molecular biology by linking underpinning molecular mechanisms to the physiological and agronomic aspects of crop yield. These chapters provide an understanding of molecular and physiological mechanisms that will allow researchers to continue to target and improve complex traits for crop improvement.
Front Matter -- Generic Aspects of Crop Nutrition. An Overview of Nutrient Use Efficiency and Strategies for Crop Improvement / Malcolm J Hawkesford -- Crop Root Systems and Nutrient Uptake from Soils / Peter J Gregory -- The Role of the Rhizosphere in Nutrient Use Efficiency in Crops / Petra Marschner -- Optimizing Canopy Physiology Traits to Improve the Nutrient Utilization Efficiency of Crops / M John Foulkes, Erik H Murchie -- Senescence and Nutrient Remobilization in Crop Plants / Per L Gregersen -- Effects of Nitrogen and Sulfur Nutrition on Grain Composition and Properties of Wheat and Related Cereals / Peter R Shewry -- Nitrogen as a Key Driver of Production. Genetic Improvement of Nutrient Use Efficiency in Wheat / Jacques Le Gouis -- The Molecular Genetics of Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Crops / Bertrand Hirel, Peter J Lea -- Biotechnological Approaches to Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Plants: Alanine Aminotransferase as a Case Study / Allen G Good, Perrin H Beatty -- Transporters Involved in Nitrogen Uptake and Movement / Anthony J Miller, Nick Chapman -- Crop Improvement for Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Irrigated Lowland Rice / Shaobing Peng -- Other Critical Macro- and Micronutrients. Phosphorus as a Critical Macronutrient / Carroll P Vance -- Uptake, Distribution, and Physiological Functions of Potassium, Calcium, and Magnesium / Frans J M Maathuis, Dorina Podar -- Sulfur Nutrition in Crop Plants / Luit J De Kok, Ineke Stulen, Malcolm J Hawkesford -- Iron Nutrition and Implications for Biomass Production and the Nutritional Quality of Plant Products / Jean-Fraṅois Briat -- Zinc in Soils and Crop Nutrition / Behzad Sadeghzadeh, Zed Rengel -- Overview of the Acquisition and Utilization of Boron, Chlorine, Copper, Manganese, Molybdenum, and Nickel by Plants and Prospects for Improvement of Micronutrient Use Efficiency / Patrick H Brown, Elias Bassil -- Specialized Case Studies. Drought and Implications for Nutrition / Eric Ober, Martin A J Parry -- Salt Resistance of Crop Plants: Physiological Characterization of a Multigenic Trait / Sven Schubert -- Legumes and Nitrogen Fixation: Physiological, Molecular, Evolutionary Perspectives, and Applications / Muthusubramanian Venkateshwaran, Jean-Michel Aň -- Index.
pt. 1. Generic aspects of crop nutrition -- Strategies for improving crop nutrient use efficiency / Malcolm J. Hawkesford -- Crop root systems and nutrient uptake from soils / Peter Gregory -- The role of the rhizosphere in nutrient use efficiency in crops / Petra Marschner -- Optimising canopy physiology traits to improve the nutrient-utilization efficiency of crops / John Foulkes and Erik H. Murchie -- Senescence and nutrient remobilization in crop plants / Per Gregersen -- Effects of nitrogen and sulphur nutrition on grain composition and properties of wheat and related cereals / Peter R. Shewry -- pt. 2. Nitrogen as a key driver of production -- Overview of genetic improvement in wheat / Jacques Le Gouis -- The molecular genetics of nitrogen use efficiency in crops / Bertrand Hirel and Peter J. Lea -- Biotechnological approaches to improving NUE in plants : alanine aminotransferase as a case study / Allen G. Good and Perrin H. Beatty -- Transporters involved in nitrogen uptake and movement / Anthony Miller and Nick Chapman -- Crop improvement for nitrogen use efficiency in irrigated lowland rice / Shaobing Peng -- pt. 3. Other critical macro- and micro-nutrients -- Phosphorus as a critical macronutrient / Carroll Vance -- Uptake, distribution and physiological functions of potassium, calcium and magnesium / Frans Maathuis and Dorina Podar -- Sulfur nutrition in crops / Luit De Kok, Ineke Stulen and Malcolm J. Hawkesford -- Iron nutrition and implications for biomass production and the nutritional quality of plant products / Jean-François Briat -- Zinc in soils and crop nutrition / Behzad Sadeghzadeh and Zdenko Rengel -- Overview of the acquisition and utilization of boron, chlorine, copper, manganese, molybdenum, and nickel by plants and prospects for improvement of micronutrient use efficiency / Patrick Brown and Elias Bassil -- pt. 4. Specialised case studies -- Drought and implications for nutrition / Eric Ober and Martin A.J. Parry -- Salt resistance of crop plants : physiological characterization of a multigenic character / Sven Schubert -- Legumes and nitrogen fixation : physiological, molecular, evolutionary perspectives and applications / Muthusubramanian Venkateshwaran and Jean-Michel Ané.
edited by Malcolm J. Hawkesford, Peter Barraclough.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011