Plant Nutrition for Sustainable Food Production and Environment Proc
In the history of the International Plant Nutrition Colloquium from its first meeting in 1954, this meeting, the 13th Colloquium, is the first to be held in Asia and will be the last in the 20th century. The 20th century has seen huge changes in the numbe
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Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences VOLUME 78
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Plant Nutrition for Sustainable Food Production and Environment Proceedings of the XIII International Plant Nutrition Colloquium, 13-19 September 1997, Tokyo, Japan Edited by
TADAOANDO Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima, Japan
KOUNOSUKE FUJITA Hiroshima University, Higashi Hiroshima, Japan
TADAHIKO MAE Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
HIDEAKI MATSUMOTO Okayama University, Kurashiki, Japan
SATOSHI MORI University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
and
JIROSEKIYA Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Reprinted partly from Plant and Soil
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v Contents
Thirteenth International Plant Nutrition Colloquium
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International Council on Plant Nutrition
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Preface
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Memorial messages to the late Professor Dr. Horst Marschner
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Plenary papers Plant nutrition in the 20th and perspectives for the 21st century Jack F. Loneragan
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Facing the challenge of food scarcity: Can we raise grain yields fast enough? Lester R. Brown
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Application of microinjection techniques to plant nutrition William J. Lucas
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Regulation of mineral nitrogen uptake in plants Nicolaus von Wiren, Sonia Gazzarrini and WolfB. Frommer
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Physiological nitrogen efficiency in rice: Nitrogen utilization, photosynthesis, and yield potential Tadahiko Mae
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1. Functions of macro and micro elements
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Does boron play only a structural role in the growing tissues of higher plants? Patrick H. Brown and Hening Hu
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Boron requirement for reproductive development in wheat B. Rerkasem, S. Lordkaew and B. Dell
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Significance of N source (urea vs. NH4 NO) and Ni supply for growth, urease activity and nitrogen metabolism of zucchini (Cucurbita pepo convar. giromontiina) 1. Gerendas and B. Sattelmacher
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HPLCIICP-MS study of metals bound to borate-rhamnogalacturonan-n from plant cell walls Toshiro Matsunaga, Tadashi Ishii and Hisao Watanabe-Oda
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Ameliorative effects of phosphate and silicate on aluminum toxicity in barley and rice plants Tetsuo Hara, Masataka Nakashima, Yas
