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Sulfur Metabolism in Plants

Mechanisms and Applications to Food Security and Responses to Climate Change

  • Latest volume in a long and established series on sulfur metabolism in plants
  • A comprehensive compendium on the state of the art research in all aspects of plant sulfur metabolism
  • Setting the significance of sulfur as a plant nutrient in food security and responses to the environment
  • Critical reviews of some key areas of plant-nutrient interactions with the environment
  • Latest up to date, previously unpublished information on the significance of plant sulfur metabolism in food security and responses to climate change

Part of the book series: Proceedings of the International Plant Sulfur Workshop (PIPSW, volume 1)

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Table of contents (33 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Sulfur Metabolism – Mechanisms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
  3. Sulfur Metabolism - Mechanisms

    1. Manipulating the Sulfur Composition of Seeds

      • Linda Tabe, Carlos Popelka, Pasquale Chiaiese, T. J. V. Higgins
      Pages 35-45
    2. Regulation of Expression of Sulfate Transporters and APS Reductase in Leaf Tissue of Chinese Cabbage (Brassica pekinensis)

      • Luit J. De Kok, C. Elisabeth E. Stuiver, Muhammad Shahbaz, Aleksandra Koralewska
      Pages 47-52
    3. Response of Amino Acid Metabolism to Sulfur Starvation in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

      • Hiroshi Kiyota, Masahiko Ikeuchi, Masami Yokota Hirai
      Pages 53-59
    4. Regulation of the Uptake of Sulfate by Chinese Cabbage (Brassica pekinensis) at Various Sulfate Concentrations in the Root Environment

      • Aleksandra Koralewska, Freek S. Posthumus, C. Elisabeth E. Stuiver, Muhammad Shahbaz, Ineke Stulen, Luit J. De Kok
      Pages 61-65
    5. Characterization of Adenosine 5′-Phospho-Sulfate Kinase (APSK) Genes from Higher Plants

      • Susanna C. S. Leung, Diantha Smith, Ronan Chen, John A. McCallum, Marian McKenzie, Michael T. McManus
      Pages 67-70
    6. Subcellular Compartmentation of Cysteine Synthesis in Plants – One Step More

      • Malgorzata Lewandowska, Frantz Liszewska, Markus Wirtz, Rüdiger Hell
      Pages 71-75
    7. Preliminary Characteristics of a Tobacco Gene Down-Regulated by Sulfur Deprivation and Encoding a Cys-Rich Protein

      • MaÅ‚gorzata Lewandowska, Katarzyna Zientara-Rytter, Agnieszka Sirko
      Pages 77-83
    8. Partitioning of Sulfur Between Primary and Secondary Metabolism

      • Sarah G. Mugford, Colette Matthewman, Bok-Rye Lee, Ruslan Yatusevich, Naoko Yoshimoto, Markus Wirtz et al.
      Pages 91-96
    9. Interaction Between Atmospheric and Pedospheric Sulfur Nutrition in Eucalyptus camaldulensis

      • Freek S. Posthumus, C. Elisabeth E. Stuiver, Michael Tausz, Luit J. De Kok
      Pages 97-101
    10. Homomeric Interaction of the STAS Domain in Sultr1;2

      • Nakako Shibagaki, Arthur R. Grossman
      Pages 109-114
    11. Simultaneous Determination of Sulfur Metabolites in Plant Tissue by LC-ESI-MS/MS

      • Mei-Hwei Tseng, Luit J. De Kok, Yao-Moan Huang
      Pages 115-119
  4. Sulfur Metabolism – Mineral Interactions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
  5. Sulfur Metabolism - Mineral Interactions

    1. Plant Response to Mineral Ion Availability: Transcriptome Responses to Sulfate, Selenium and Iron

      • Mutsumi Watanabe, Hans-Michael Hubberten, Rainer Hoefgen
      Pages 123-134

About this book

This proceedings volume contains the invited and a selection of the contributed papers of the 8th International Workshop on Sulfur Metabolism in Higher Plants, which was held at Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne, Water Street, Creswick, Victoria 3363, Australia from November 22-27, 2010. Content of the volume shows that the understanding of sulfur metabolism in plants and the interaction of the environment are rapidly progressing.

This volume covers various aspects of the regulation of sulfate uptake and assimilation in plants, from a cellular to a whole plant level, and additionally emphasizes interactions with other minerals. Moreover the significance of sulfur metabolism in biotic and abiotic stress responses, in food security and quality, and in relation to interactions with global change factors is discussed in detail.

Editors and Affiliations

  • , Laboratory of Plant Physiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands

    Luit J. De Kok

  • CSIRO Plant Industry, Canberra, Australia

    Linda Tabe

  • , Dept. of Forest and Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne, Creswick, Australia

    Michael Tausz

  • , Plant Science Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom

    Malcolm J. Hawkesford

  • fuer Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie, Department of Molecular Physiology, Max-Planck-Institut, Golm, Germany

    Rainer Hoefgen

  • , Institute of Molecular BioSciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

    Michael T. McManus

  • , Australia and New Zealand, International Plant Nutrition Institute, Horsham, Australia

    Robert M. Norton

  • , Institut f. Forstbotanik Baumphysiologie, Universitaet Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Heinz Rennenberg

  • , Yokohama Research Promotion Division, RIKEN Yokohama Institute, Yokohama City, Japan

    Kazuki Saito

  • , Institute for Crop and Soil Science, Julius Kuehn-Institut (JKI), Braunschweig, Germany

    Ewald Schnug

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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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