
Plant Macronutrient Use Efficiency
Molecular and Genomic Perspectives in Crop Plants
Description
Key Features
- Provides details of molecular and genetic aspects of NUE in crop plants and model plant systems
- Presents information on major macronutrients, nutrient sensing and signaling, and the molecular and genomic issues associated with primary and secondary macronutrients
- Delivers information on how molecular genetic information associated with NUE can be used to develop plant breeding programs
- Includes contributions from world-leading plant nutrition research groups
Readership
Table of Contents
1. Molecular and Genetic Basis of Plant Macronutrient Use Efficiency: Concepts, Opportunities, and Challenges
2. Role of Nutrient-Efficient Plants for Improving Crop Yields: Bridging Plant Ecology, Physiology, and Molecular Biology
3. Macronutrient Sensing and Signaling in Plants
4. The Significance of Nutrient Interactions for Crop Yield and Nutrient Use Efficiency
5. The Contribution of Root Systems to Plant Nutrient Acquisition
6. Molecular Genetics to Discover and Improve Nitrogen Use Efficiency in Crop Plants
7. The Role of Root Morphology and Architecture in Phosphorus Acquisition: Physiological, Genetic, and Molecular Basis
8. Potassium Sensing, Signaling, and Transport: Toward Improved Potassium Use Efficiency in Plants
9. Understanding Calcium Transport and Signaling, and its use Efficiency in Vascular Plants
10. The Role of Calcium in Plant Signal Transduction Under Macronutrient Deficiency Stress
11. Magnesium Homeostasis Mechanisms and Magnesium use Efficiency in Plants
12. Advances in Understanding Sulfur Utilization Efficiency in Plants
13. Water Availability and Nitrogen use in Plants: Effects, Interaction, and Underlying Molecular Mechanisms
14. NPK Deficiency Modulates Oxidative Stress in Plants
15. Genetic Improvements of Traits for Enhancing NPK Acquisition and Utilization Efficiency in Plants
16. Endophytic Bacteria and Rare Earth Elements; Promising Candidates for Nutrient use Efficiency in Plants
17. Introduction to GWAS and MutMap for Identification of Genes/QTL using Next-Generation Sequencing
18. Transgenic Approaches for Improving Phosphorus use Efficiency in Plants
19. Transgenic Approaches for Improving Nitrogen and Potassium use Efficiency in Plants
20. Future Climate Change and Plant Macronutrient use Efficiency
Product details
- No. of pages: 418
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2017
- Published: July 27, 2017
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128113080
- eBook ISBN: 9780128112946
About the Editors
Mohammad Anwar Hossain
Affiliations and Expertise
Takehiro Kamiya
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David Burrit
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Lam-Son Phan Tran
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Toru Fujiwara
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Ratings and Reviews
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JosephCacka Mon Nov 04 2019
A great book to assist
A great book to assist in learning more details of the physiological functions of nutrients in plants.