Plant Nitrogen

✍ Scribed by Bruno Touraine, Françoise Daniel-Vedele, Brian G. Forde (auth.), Professor Dr. Peter J. Lea, Jean-François Morot-Gaudry (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 409
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book covers all aspects of the transfer of nitrogen from the soil and air to a final resting place in the seed protein of a crop plant. It describes the physiological and molecular mechanisms of ammonium and nitrate transport and assimilation, including symbiotic nitrogen fixation by the Rhizobiacea. Amino acid metabolism and nitrogen traffic during plant growth and development and details of protein biosynthesis in the seeds are also extensively covered. Finally, the effects of the application of nitrogen fertilisers on plant growth, crop yield and the environment are discussed.
Written by international experts in their field, PlantNitrogen is essential reading for all plant biochemists, biotechnologists, molecular biologists and physiologists as well as plant breeders, agricultural engineers, agronomists and phytochemists.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Nitrate Uptake and Its Regulation....Pages 1-36
Nitrate Reduction and signalling....Pages 37-59
Mechanisms and Regulation of Ammonium Uptake in Higher Plants....Pages 61-77
Ammonia Assimilation....Pages 79-99
Nodule Formation and Function....Pages 101-146
Nitrogen Acquisition and Assimilation in Mycorrhizal Symbioses....Pages 147-166
Amino Acid Metabolism....Pages 167-211
Amino Acid Transport....Pages 213-235
Interactions Between Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism....Pages 237-254
Nitrogen Traffic During Plant Growth and Development....Pages 255-273
Protein Hydrolysis and Nitrogen Remobilisation in Plant Life and Senescence....Pages 275-293
The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Seed Storage Proteins....Pages 295-341
Nitrogen, Plant Growth and Crop Yield....Pages 343-367
Natural Genetic Variability in Nitrogen Metabolism....Pages 369-378
Nitrogen in the Environment....Pages 379-397
Back Matter....Pages 399-407

✦ Subjects

Plant Sciences; Agriculture; Forestry; Biochemistry, general; Ecology