Nitrogen Assimilation
by Plants
Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Aspects
Jean-Francois Morot-Gaudry: INRA-Laboratoire de la Nutrition
azotee des Plantes, Versailles, France
ISBN 978-1-57808-139-4; 2001; 470 Pages; US $ 132.20
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While
nitrogenous fertilizers have helped significantly in increasing the yield of
farm produce in the last forty years, the non-assimilated nitrates which are
carried by drainage water from soils are responsible for polluting the
ground water. Moreover, nitrates that accumulate in harvestable vegetative
organs are considered to be sources of potential danger for human health. It
is, therefore, necessary to view sustained and enhanced agricultural yields
in relation to the quality of the environment by increasing the efficiency
of nitrogen assimilation by plants.
This publication contains the
most important information acquired over the last twenty years in the area
of nitrogen metabolism and envisages new strategies to improve plant species
of agronomic value by devising new techniques for growing them.
"...
This book deserves a place in university libraries where plant physiology
students can use it to supplement plant mineral nutrition information...."
- The Quarterly Review of Biology,
Vol. 77, No. 3, September 2002
Contents:.
Nitrate Assimilation: Historical Resume
ASSIMILATION OF NITRATE AND
AMMONIUM
. Sources of Nitrogen, Nitrogen Cycle, Root Structure,
and Nitrogen Assimilation
. Transport of Nitrate by Roots
.
Nitrate Assimilation: Nitrate and Nitrite Reductases
.
Ammoniacal Nutrition of Plants
. Ammonium Assimilation
.
Integration of Nitrate Uptake in the Whole Plant
SYMBIOTIC
ASSIMILATION OF NITROGEN
. Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation
.
Symbiotic Signals in
Rhizobium . Nitrogenase:
Biochemical, Molecular, and Genetic Aspects
. Nitrogen
Assimilation by Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis
. Plant Growth
Enhancement by Rhizobacteria
. Rice Field Cyanobacteria:
Ecology Contribution to Soil Fertility and Practical Utilization
SYNTHESIS
AND TRANSPORT OF AMINO ACIDS AND CARBON/NITROGEN RELATIONSHIPS
.
Synthesis of Amino Acids
. Transport of Amino Acids in Plants
. Co-ordination between Nitrogen Photosynthetic and Respiratory
Metabolism
. Nitrogen (NO3) Nutrition and Distribution of
Carbon in the Plant
DISTRIBUTION OF NITROGEN DURING PLANT GROWTH
AND DEVELOPMENT
. 15N Methodology
. Mobilization
of Nitrogen Reserve in the Herbaceous Plants
. Management of
Nitrogen in Ligneous Species
. Protein Synthesis in Grains and
Seeds
. Proteolysis in Higher Plants: Nature, Function, and
Regulation
NITROGEN:ECOPHYSIOLOGY AND AGRONOMY
.
Nitrogen Nutrition and Growth of Cultivated Swards
. Nitrogen:
Crops Production and Environment
. Nodular Diagnosis: Agronomic
Basis for an Integrated Improvement of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and the
N2-dependent Yield of Grain-legumes
. Nitrogen and Pollution
