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

The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.

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

KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS DORDRECHTI BOSTON I LONDON

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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

XXXII

Plenary papers Plant nutrition in the 20th and perspectives for the 21st century Jack F. Loneragan

3

Facing the challenge of food scarcity: Can we raise grain yields fast enough? Lester R. Brown

15

Application of microinjection techniques to plant nutrition William J. Lucas

25

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

51

1. Functions of macro and micro elements

61

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