Nitrogen Acquisition and Assimilation in Higher Plants
Nitrogen is an essential element for plant growth. During the green revolution nitrogenfertilisation was responsible for spectacular yield increases. At present yield is balanced with commitments towards the environment and sustainable agriculture. For ag
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Nitrogen Acquisition and
Nitrogen Acquisition and Assimilation in Higher Plants Edited by
Sara Amâncio and Ineke Stulen
Sara Amâncio and
Kluwer Academic Publishers
NITROGEN ACQUISITION AND ASSIMILATION IN HIGHER PLANTS
Plant Ecophysiology Volume 3
Series Editors:
Luit J. De Kok and Ineke Stulen University of Groningen The Netherlands
Aims & Scope: The Kluwer Handbook Series of Plant Ecophysiology comprises a series of books that deals with the impact of biotic and abiotic factors on plant functioning and physiological adaptation to the environment. The aim of the Plant Ecophysiology series is to review and integrate the present knowledge on the impact of the environment on plant functioning and adaptation at various levels of integration: from the molecular, biochemical, physiological to a whole plant level. This Handbook series is of interest to scientists who like to be informed of new developments and insights in plant ecophysiology, and can be used as advanced textbooks for biology students.
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
Nitrogen Acquisition and Assimilation in Higher Plants Edited by
Sara Amâncio Technical University of Lisbon Portugal
and
Ineke Stulen University of Groningen The Netherlands
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS DORDRECHT/BOSTON/LONDON
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ISBN 1-4020-2727-3 (HB) ISBN 1-4020-2728-1 (e-book)
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Cover illustrations: Lower left corner: Part of a model on the localisation and regulation of the processes of uptake of nitrate in the root plasmalemma. A, amino acids; E, nitrate efflux; I, nitrate influx (Margreet ter Steege, University of Groningen, The Netherlands). Middle: An agro-ecosystem near Groningen, The Netherlands (Ineke Stulen). Upper right corner: Part of in vivo 15 N-NMR spectra of root apices perfused with 15 NH4 NO 3. GLN, glutamine; ALA, alanine; GLU, glutamate (Sara Amâncio, Technical University of Lisbon; Helena Santos, ITQB, Oeiras, Portugal; figure by Belmiro J. Vilela, Lisbon). Indexing: Daniël J.A. De Kok (Groningen) Technical editing of the figures: Dick Visser (Groningen)
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