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Marschner's mineral nutrition of plants /

An understanding of the mineral nutrition of plants is of fundamental importance in both basic and applied plant sciences. The fourth edition of this book retains the aim of the first in presenting the principles of mineral nutrition in the light of current advances. Marschner's Mineral Nutriti...

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Uniform Title:Marschner's mineral nutrition of higher plants
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Rengel, Zdenko, Cakmak, Ismail, White, Philip J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA, United States Academic Press, [2023]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Plants > Nutrition.
Plants > Effect of minerals on.
Plant-soil relationships.
Crops > Nutrition.
Crops and soils.
Soil mineralogy.
Plantes > Nutrition.
Plantes > Effets des minéraux sur.
Relations plante-sol.
Cultures > Nutrition.
Cultures et sols.
Sols > Minéralogie.
Crops and soils
Crops > Nutrition
Plant-soil relationships
Plants > Effect of minerals on
Plants > Nutrition
Soil mineralogy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • Marschner's Mineral Nutrition of Plants
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of contributors
  • About the editors
  • Foreword
  • I. Nutritional physiology
  • 1 Introduction, definition, and classification of nutrients
  • Summary
  • 1.1 General
  • 1.2 Essential elements for plant growth
  • 1.3 Beneficial elements for plant growth
  • 1.4 A new definition of a mineral plant nutrient
  • 1.5 Biochemical properties and physiological functions of nutrient elements in plants
  • 1.6 Variation in the angiosperm ionome
  • References
  • Further reading
  • 2 Ion-uptake mechanisms of individual cells and roots: short-distance transport
  • Summary
  • 2.1 General
  • 2.2 Pathway of solutes from the external solution into root cells
  • 2.2.1 Influx to the apoplasm
  • 2.2.2 Passage into the cytoplasm
  • 2.3 Composition of biological membranes
  • 2.4 Solute transport across membranes
  • 2.4.1 Thermodynamics of solute transport
  • 2.4.2 Energy demand for solute transport
  • 2.4.3 The kinetics of solute transport in plant roots
  • 2.5 Factors influencing ion uptake by roots
  • 2.5.1 Influx to the apoplasm
  • 2.5.2 Effects of pH
  • 2.5.3 Metabolic activity
  • 2.5.3.1 Oxygen
  • 2.5.3.2 Carbohydrates
  • 2.5.3.3 Temperature
  • 2.5.4 Interactions among ions in the rhizosphere
  • 2.5.4.1 Competition
  • 2.5.4.2 Effects of extracellular calcium
  • 2.5.4.3 Cation-anion relationships
  • 2.5.5 External concentration
  • 2.5.6 Plant nutritional status
  • 2.5.7 Studying nutrition at constant tissue concentration
  • 2.6 Uptake of ions and water along the root axis
  • 2.7 Radial transport of ions and water across the root
  • 2.8 Release of ions into the xylem
  • 2.9 Factors governing ion release into the xylem and exudation rate
  • References
  • 3 Long-distance transport in the xylem and phloem*
  • Summary
  • 3.1 General
  • 3.2 Xylem transport.
  • 3.2.1 Composition of the xylem sap
  • 3.2.2 Xylem loading
  • 3.2.2.1 Exchange adsorption in xylem vessels
  • 3.2.2.2 Retrieval and release of nutrients by living cells
  • 3.2.2.3 Xylem unloading in leaves
  • 3.2.3 Effect of transpiration rate on solute transport in the xylem
  • 3.2.3.1 Plant age
  • 3.2.3.2 Time of day
  • 3.2.3.3 External concentration
  • 3.2.3.4 Type of element
  • 3.2.4 Effect of transpiration rate on distribution of elements within the shoot
  • 3.3 Phloem transport
  • 3.3.1 Principles of phloem transport and phloem anatomy
  • 3.3.2 Phloem loading and the composition of phloem sap
  • 3.3.3 Mobility in the phloem
  • 3.3.4 Transfer between the xylem and phloem
  • 3.3.5 Phloem unloading
  • 3.4 Relative importance of phloem and xylem for long-distance transport of nutrients
  • 3.4.1 General
  • 3.4.2 Nutrients with high phloem mobility
  • 3.4.3 Nutrients with low phloem mobility
  • 3.4.4 Re-translocation and cycling of nutrients
  • 3.5 Remobilization of nutrients
  • 3.5.1 General
  • 3.5.2 Seed germination
  • 3.5.3 Vegetative stage
  • 3.5.4 Reproductive stage
  • 3.5.5 Perennials
  • References
  • 4 Uptake and release of elements by leaves and other aerial plant parts*
  • Summary
  • 4.1 General
  • 4.2 Uptake and release of gases and other volatile compounds through stomata
  • 4.2.1 Volatile nitrogen compounds
  • 4.2.2 Volatile sulfur compounds
  • 4.3 Uptake of solutes
  • 4.3.1 General
  • 4.3.2 Structure of the cuticle
  • 4.3.3 Nutrient uptake through the cuticle
  • 4.3.4 Uptake through stomata
  • 4.3.5 Role of external factors
  • 4.3.5.1 Environmental effects on the barrier properties during ontogenesis
  • 4.3.5.2 Humidity effects on solute concentration and leaf permeability
  • 4.3.5.3 Active ingredients and adjuvants
  • 4.4 Foliar application of nutrients
  • 4.4.1 General
  • 4.4.2 Practical importance of foliar application of nutrients.
  • 4.4.2.1 Low nutrient availability in soils
  • 4.4.2.2 Dry topsoil
  • 4.4.2.3 Decrease in root activity during the reproductive stage
  • 4.4.2.4 Avoiding the occurrence of physiological disorders and improving quality of horticultural crops
  • 4.4.2.5 Biofortification
  • 4.4.3 Foliar fertilizers for pest and disease control
  • 4.4.4 Foliar uptake and irrigation methods
  • 4.5 Leaching of elements from leaves
  • 4.6 Ecological importance of foliar uptake and leaching
  • 4.6.1 Foliar leaching
  • 4.6.2 Foliar water absorption
  • References
  • 5 Mineral nutrition, yield, and source-sink relationships*
  • Summary
  • 5.1 General
  • 5.2 Relationships between nutrient supply and yield
  • 5.3 Photosynthetic activity and related processes
  • 5.3.1 Photosynthetic energy flow and photophosphorylation
  • 5.3.2 Photoinhibition and photooxidation
  • 5.3.3 Carbon dioxide assimilation and photorespiration
  • 5.3.4 C4 pathway of photosynthesis and Crassulacean acid metabolism
  • 5.3.5 Effect of leaf maturation on its sink-source transition
  • 5.3.6 Leaf senescence
  • 5.3.7 Feedback regulation of photosynthesis by sink demand for carbohydrates
  • 5.3.8 Nutrition and photosynthesis
  • 5.4 Photosynthetic area
  • 5.4.1 Individual leaf area
  • 5.4.2 Leaf area per plant
  • 5.4.3 Canopy leaf area (leaf area index and leaf area duration)
  • 5.5 Respiration and oxidative phosphorylation
  • 5.6 Transport of assimilates in phloem and its regulation
  • 5.6.1 Phloem loading of assimilates
  • 5.6.2 Mechanism of phloem transport of assimilates
  • 5.6.3 Phloem unloading
  • 5.7 Sink formation
  • 5.7.1 Shoot architecture for grain/seed yield formation
  • 5.7.2 Flower initiation and development
  • 5.7.3 Pollination and seed development
  • 5.7.4 Formation of vegetative sink organs
  • 5.8 Sink activity
  • 5.9 Role of phytohormones in the regulation of the sink-source relationships.
  • 5.9.1 Structure, sites of biosynthesis, and main effects of phytohormones
  • 5.9.2 Phytohormones, signal perception, and signal transduction
  • 5.9.3 Effects of nutrition on the endogenous concentrations of phytohormones
  • 5.9.4 Phytohormones and sink action
  • 5.10 Source and sink limitations on yield
  • References
  • 6 Functions of macronutrients*
  • Summary
  • 6.1 Nitrogen
  • 6.1.1 Nitrate transport in plants
  • 6.1.1.1 Nitrate uptake by roots
  • 6.1.1.2 Nitrate efflux from roots
  • 6.1.1.3 Radial transport of nitrate across the root and loading into xylem
  • 6.1.1.4 Nitrate transport within the cell
  • 6.1.1.5 Nitrate transport within the shoot
  • 6.1.2 Ammonium transport into and within plants
  • 6.1.2.1 Ammonium uptake by roots
  • 6.1.2.2 Ammonium in the shoot
  • 6.1.3 Organic N uptake
  • 6.1.3.1 Amino acid uptake
  • 6.1.3.2 Urea uptake and metabolism
  • 6.1.4 Nitrogen assimilation
  • 6.1.4.1 Nitrate reduction
  • 6.1.4.2 Ammonium assimilation
  • 6.1.4.3 Low-molecular-weight organic N compounds
  • 6.1.5 Nitrogen supply, plant growth, and composition
  • 6.1.5.1 Synergy between ammonium and nitrate nutrition
  • 6.1.5.2 Ammonium toxicity
  • 6.1.5.3 Nitrogen deficiency
  • 6.1.5.4 Changes in root system architecture in response to N supply
  • 6.1.5.5 Storage proteins
  • 6.1.6 Nitrogen-use efficiency
  • 6.2 Sulfur
  • 6.2.1 General
  • 6.2.2 Sulfate uptake, reduction, and assimilation
  • 6.2.3 Metabolic functions of S
  • 6.2.4 Sulfur supply, plant growth, and plant composition
  • 6.3 Phosphorus
  • 6.3.1 General
  • 6.3.2 Phosphorus as a structural element
  • 6.3.3 Role in energy transfer
  • 6.3.4 Compartmentation and regulatory role of inorganic phosphate
  • 6.3.5 Phosphorus fractions and the role of phytate
  • 6.3.6 Phosphorus supply, plant growth, and plant composition
  • 6.4 Magnesium
  • 6.4.1 General.
  • 6.4.2 Binding form, compartmentation, and homeostasis
  • 6.4.3 Chlorophyll and protein synthesis
  • 6.4.4 Enzyme activation, phosphorylation, and photosynthesis
  • 6.4.5 Carbohydrate partitioning
  • 6.4.6 Magnesium supply, plant growth, and composition
  • 6.5 Calcium
  • 6.5.1 General
  • 6.5.2 Binding form and compartmentation
  • 6.5.3 Cell wall stabilization
  • 6.5.4 Cell extension and secretory processes
  • 6.5.5 Membrane stabilization
  • 6.5.6 Cation-anion balance and osmoregulation
  • 6.5.7 Calcium as an intracellular second messenger
  • 6.5.8 Calcium as a systemic signal
  • 6.5.9 Calcium supply, plant growth, and plant composition
  • 6.6 Potassium
  • 6.6.1 General
  • 6.6.2 Compartmentation and cellular concentrations
  • 6.6.3 Enzyme activation
  • 6.6.4 Protein synthesis
  • 6.6.5 Photosynthesis
  • 6.6.6 Osmoregulation
  • 6.6.6.1 Cell extension
  • 6.6.6.2 Stomatal movement
  • 6.6.6.3 Photonastic and seismonastic movements
  • 6.6.7 Phloem transport
  • 6.6.8 Energy transfer
  • 6.6.9 Cation-anion balance
  • 6.6.10 Stress resistance
  • 6.6.11 Potassium supply, plant growth, and plant composition
  • References
  • 7 Micronutrients
  • Summary
  • 7.1 Iron
  • 7.1.1 General
  • 7.1.2 Iron-containing constituents of redox systems
  • 7.1.2.1 Heme proteins
  • 7.1.2.2 Fe-S proteins
  • 7.1.3 Other Fe-requiring enzymes
  • 7.1.4 Chloroplast development and photosynthesis
  • 7.1.5 Localization and binding state of Fe
  • 7.1.6 Root responses to Fe deficiency
  • 7.1.7 Iron deficiency and toxicity
  • 7.2 Manganese
  • 7.2.1 General
  • 7.2.2 Mn-containing enzymes
  • 7.2.3 The functional role of Mn in photosynthesis
  • 7.2.3.1 Manganese at the active site of water oxidation in photosystem II
  • 7.2.4 Manganese in superoxide dismutase
  • 7.2.5 Manganese in oxalate oxidase
  • 7.2.6 Other Mn-dependent enzymes
  • 7.2.7 Proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids.