Plant Nutrition

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XXXVIII

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2. Plenary papers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Plant nutrition: Its role in sustainability of simple and complex agro-ecosystems

      • M. van Noordwijk

      Pages 2-3

   3. Plant nutrition research: Priorities to meet human needs for food in sustainable ways

      • I. Cakmak

      Pages 4-7

3. Genetics and molecular biology of plant nutrition

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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   2. Molecular mechanisms of potassium and sodium transport in plants

      • J. Schroeder, P. Buschmann, B. Eckelman, E. Kim, M. Sussman, N. Uozumi et al.

      Pages 10-11

   3. Molecular biology of inducible high-affinity nitrate transport in higher plants

      • G. Leggewie, B. G. Forde, K. Piepenburg, M. Udvardi

      Pages 12-13

   4. Genetic engineering of transgenic rice with barley strategy-II genes

      • S. Mori, H. Nakanishi, M. Takahashi, K. Higuchi, N.-K. Nishizawa

      Pages 14-15

   5. Isolation and characterisation of Arabidopsis mutants related to boron nutrition

      • T. Fujiwara, J. Takano, M. Yasumori, M. Kobayashi, Z. Gajdos, K. Noguchi et al.

      Pages 16-17

   6. Phosphorus transport mechanisms in vascular plants: Supply meets complementarity

      • C. Rausch, P. Daram, S. Brunner, N. Amrhein, M. Bucher

      Pages 18-19

   7. Molecular characterization of the effects of phosphorus on the development of root hairs in Arabidopsis

      • L. Herrera-Estrella, J. Lopez-Bucio, C. Grierson

      Pages 20-21

   8. Confirmation and characterization of a major QTL for P uptake in rice

      • M Wissuwa, N Ae

      Pages 22-23

   9. Regulatory levels of ammonium transport in response to varied N nutrition in tomato

      • S. Wilken, P. Walch-Liu, W. Jost, Borel I., W. B. Frommer, N. von Wirén

      Pages 24-25

   10. Identification of members of the MIP family as urea transporters in Arabidopsis thaliana

       • L. H. Liu, N. von Wirén

       Pages 26-27

   11. N use efficieny and amino acid transport in rape (Brassica napus L.)

       • J. Tilsner, G. Lohaus

       Pages 28-29

   12. Overexpression of an endogenous citrate synthase gene in tobacco

       • F. U. Hoeren, A. E. Richardson, P. Hocking, E. Delhaize

       Pages 30-31

   13. Isolation and characterization of white lupin proteoid root expressed sequence tags (ESTs) associated with plant hormones

       • C. Uhde-Stone, A. Li, M. J. H. Daemen, D. L Allan, C. P. Vance

       Pages 32-33

   14. Cloning and characterization of two secreted acid phosphatases from rice calli

       • T. Fukuda, M. Osaki, T. Shinano, J. Wasaki

       Pages 34-35

   15. Characterization of secretory acid phosphatase gene of lupin roots and the transformation of the gene into tobacco plants

       • J. Wasaki, H. Dateki, T. Shinano, M. Osaki, T. Tadano

       Pages 36-37

   16. Function of the sulfate transporter Sultr2;1 in seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana

       • M. Awazuhara, H. Takahashi, A. Watanabe-Takahashi, H. Hayashi, T. Fujiwara, K. Saito

       Pages 38-39

The world’s population is expected to reach 8 billion by 2025 and most of this growth in population will occur in developing countries. To feed the world with such a marked increase in population, a great improvement in food production must be achieved particularly in these countries. To meet this challenge, present agricultural productivity must be increased on the cultivated land. However, in many developing countries, particularly in Africa, reduced soil fertility caused by continuous cropping with low nutrient input and the resultant nutrient mining of soils is a major threat both to food production and to ecosystem viability. As a result of declining soil fertility, together with increasing population pressure, expansion of crop production to marginal lands and forested areas contribute to the destruction of natural ecosystems. Food production is not only a quantitative challenge. Improving the nutrient status of plants provides a further valuable means of enhancing food quality and is of extreme benefit to the health of both plants and humans. There are several excellent examples showing that plants with optimum nutrient status are better adapted to biotic and abiotic stress factors. Because of population pressures, many global food systems are not currently providing enough micronutrients to ensure adequate micronutrient intakes in the human diet. This has resulted in an increasing prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies that now afflicts over three billion people worldwide.

• Plant nutrition
• ecosystem
• ecosystems
• environment
• genetics
• nutrient uptake
• quality
• soil
• sustainability
• toxicity

`In summary, the book is a valuable reference book on the present state-of-the-art in plant nutrition research and related fields. It is of interest to scientists working in the fields of plant nutrition, soil science and agricultural productivity.'
Journal of Plant Physiology, 159 (2002)

• University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

  W. J. Horst, M. K. Schenk

• University of Kassel, Witzenhausen, Germany

  A. Bürkert

• University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

  N. Claassen, H. Flessa

• University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

  W. B. Frommer, N. Wirén

• University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

  H. Goldbach

• Hydro Agri, Pflanzenernährung und Umweltforschung, Dülmen, Germany

  H. -W. Olfs

• University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany

  V. Römheld

• University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

  B. Sattelmacher

• TU München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany

  U. Schmidhalter

• University of Gießen, Gießen, Germany

  S. Schubert

• University of Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

  L. Wittenmayer

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