Micronutrient Movement and Signalling in Plants from a Biofortification Perspective
Micronutrients are crucial for plant development and play a significant role in balanced crop nutrition. The micronutrients, viz. zinc (Zn), iron (Fe), copper (Cu) and manganese (Mn), are essential for plants and humans that are directly or indirectly dep
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ant Micronutrients Deficiency and Toxicity Management
Plant Micronutrients
Tariq Aftab • Khalid Rehman Hakeem Editors
Plant Micronutrients Deficiency and Toxicity Management
Editors Tariq Aftab Department of Botany Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh, India
Khalid Rehman Hakeem Department of Biological Sciences Faculty of Science King Abdulaziz University Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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This book is dedicated to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan (October 17, 1817–March 27, 1898) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, one of the architects of modern India, was born on October 17, 1817, in Delhi and started his career as a civil servant. The 1857 revolt was one of the turning points in Syed Ahmed’s life. He clearly foresaw the imperative need for the Muslims to acquire proficiency in English language and modern sciences, if the community were to maintain its social and political clout, particularly in Northern India.
He was one of those early pioneers who recognized the critical role of education in the empowerment of the poor and backward Muslim community. In more than one way, Sir Syed was one of the greatest social reformers and a great national builder of modern India. He began to prepare the road map for the formation of a Muslim university by starting various schools. He instituted Scientific Society in 1863 to instill a scientific temperament into Muslims and to make the Western knowledge available to Indians in their own language. The Aligarh Institute Gazette, an organ of the Scientific Society, was launched in March 1866 a
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