Molecular and Physiological Basis of Nutrient Use Efficiency in Crops

Malcolm J. Hawkesford is Deputy Head of the Plant Sciences Department and Project Leader of the Nutrition Group at Rothamsted Research, UK. Peter Barraclough formerly a Group Leader in Crop Nutrition at Rothamsted Research, UK, now retired.

“There are then a series of excellent  individual chapters on phosphorus, the cationic macronutrients potassium, calcium and magnesium, sulphur, iron, zinc and the micronutrients boron, chlorine, copper, manganese, molybdenum and nickel.”  (Experimental Agriculture, 2012)

• Preface viiContributors ixPart I: Generic Aspects of Crop Nutrition 3Chapter 1 An Overview of Nutrient Use Efficiency and Strategies for Crop Improvement 5Malcolm J. HawkesfordChapter 2 Crop Root Systems and Nutrient Uptake from Soils 21Peter J. GregoryChapter 3 The Role of the Rhizosphere in Nutrient Use Efficiency in Crops 47Petra MarschnerChapter 4 Optimizing Canopy Physiology Traits to Improve the Nutrient Utilization Efficiency of Crops 65M. John Foulkes and Erik H. MurchieChapter 5 Senescence and Nutrient Remobilization in Crop Plants 83Per L. GregersenChapter 6 Effects of Nitrogen and Sulfur Nutrition on Grain Composition and Properties of Wheat and Related Cereals 103Peter R. ShewryPart II: Nitrogen as a Key Driver of Production 121Chapter 7 Genetic Improvement of Nutrient Use Efficiency in Wheat 123Jacques Le GouisChapter 8 The Molecular Genetics of Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Crops 139Bertrand Hirel and Peter J. LeaChapter 9 Biotechnological Approaches to Improving Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Plants: Alanine Aminotransferase as a Case Study 165Allen G. Good and Perrin H. BeattyChapter 10 Transporters Involved in Nitrogen Uptake and Movement 193Anthony J. Miller and Nick ChapmanChapter 11 Crop Improvement for Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Irrigated Lowland Rice 211Shaobing PengPart III: Other Critical Macro- and Micronutrients 227Chapter 12 Phosphorus as a Critical Macronutrient 229Carroll P. VanceChapter 13 Uptake, Distribution, and Physiological Functions of Potassium, Calcium, and Magnesium 265Frans J.M. Maathuis and Dorina PodarChapter 14 Sulfur Nutrition in Crop Plants 295Luit J. De Kok, Ineke Stulen, and Malcolm J. HawkesfordChapter 15 Iron Nutrition and Implications for Biomass Production and the Nutritional Quality of Plant Products 311Jean-François BriatChapter 16 Zinc in Soils and Crop Nutrition 335Behzad Sadeghzadeh and Zed RengelChapter 17 Overview of the Acquisition and Utilization of Boron, Chlorine, Copper, Manganese, Molybdenum, and Nickel by Plants and Prospects for Improvement of Micronutrient Use Efficiency 377Patrick H. Brown and Elias BassilPart IV: Specialized Case Studies 429Chapter 18 Drought and Implications for Nutrition 431Eric Ober and Martin A.J. ParryChapter 19 Salt Resistance of Crop Plants: Physiological Characterization of a Multigenic Trait 443Sven SchubertChapter 20 Legumes and Nitrogen Fixation: Physiological, Molecular, Evolutionary Perspectives, and Applications 457Muthusubramanian Venkateshwaran and Jean-Michel AnéIndex 491