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The molecular and physiological basis of nutrient use efficiency in crops
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The molecular and physiological basis of nutrient use efficiency in crops

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Pt. 1. Generic aspects of crop nutrition
Strategies for improving crop nutrient use efficiency / Malcolm J. Hawkesford
Crop root systems and nutrient uptake from soils / Peter Gregory
The role of the rhizosphere in nutrient use efficiency in crops / Petra Marschner
Optimising canopy physiology traits to improve the nutrient-utilization efficiency of crops / John Foulkes and Erik H. Murchie
Senescence and nutrient remobilization in crop plants / Per Gregersen
Effects of nitrogen and sulphur nutrition on grain composition and properties of wheat and related cereals / Peter R. Shewry
pt. 2. Nitrogen as a key driver of production
Overview of genetic improvement in wheat / Jacques Le Gouis
The molecular genetics of nitrogen use efficiency in crops / Bertrand Hirel and Peter J. Lea
Biotechnological approaches to improving NUE in plants : alanine aminotransferase as a case study / Allen G. Good and Perrin H. Beatty
Transporters involved in nitrogen uptake and movement / Anthony Miller and Nick Chapman
Crop improvement for nitrogen use efficiency in irrigated lowland rice / Shaobing Peng
pt. 3. Other critical macro- and micro-nutrients
Phosphorus as a critical macronutrient / Carroll Vance
Uptake, distribution and physiological functions of potassium, calcium and magnesium / Frans Maathuis and Dorina Podar
Sulfur nutrition in crops / Luit De Kok, Ineke Stulen and Malcolm J. Hawkesford
Iron nutrition and implications for biomass production and the nutritional quality of plant products / Jean-François Briat
Zinc in soils and crop nutrition / Behzad Sadeghzadeh and Zdenko Rengel
Overview of the acquisition and utilization of boron, chlorine, copper, manganese, molybdenum, and nickel by plants and prospects for improvement of micronutrient use efficiency / Patrick Brown and Elias Bassil
pt. 4. Specialised case studies
Drought and implications for nutrition / Eric Ober and Martin A.J. Parry
Salt resistance of crop plants : physiological characterization of a multigenic character / Sven Schubert
Legumes and nitrogen fixation : physiological, molecular, evolutionary perspectives and applications / Muthusubramanian Venkateshwaran and Jean-Michel Ané.

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The molecular and physiological basis of nutrient use efficiency in crops. ISBN 9780813819921. Published by Wiley-Blackwell in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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