1st Edition

Nitrogen Assimilation by Plants Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Aspects

By J F Morot-Gaudry Copyright 2001

    This publication contains the most important information acquired over the last twenty years in the area of nitrogen metabolism and envisages new strategies to improve plant species of agronomic value by devising new techniques for growing them.

    Nitrate Assimilation: Historical Resume
    ASSIMILATION OF NITRATE AND AMMONIUM
    Sources of Nitrogen
    Nitrogen Cycle
    Root Structure, and Nitrogen Assimilation
    Transport of Nitrate by Roots
    Nitrate Assimilation
    Nitrate and Nitrite Reductases
    Ammoniacal Nutrition of Plants
    Ammonium Assimilation
    Integration of Nitrate Uptake in the Whole Plant
    SYMBIOTIC ASSIMILATION OF NITROGEN
    Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation
    Symbiotic Signals in Rhizobium
    Nitrogenase
    Biochemical, Molecular, and Genetic Aspects
    Nitrogen Assimilation by Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis
    Plant Growth Enhancement by Rhizobacteria
    Rice Field Cyanobacteria
    Ecology Contribution to Soil Fertility and Practical Utilization
    SYNTHESIS AND TRANSPORT OF AMINO ACIDS AND CARBON/NITROGEN RELATIONSHIPS
    Synthesis of Amino Acids
    Transport of Amino Acids in Plants
    Co-ordination between Nitrogen Photosynthetic and Respiratory Metabolism
    Nitrogen (NO3) Nutrition and Distribution of Carbon in the Plant
    DISTRIBUTION OF NITROGEN DURING PLANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
    15N Methodology
    Mobilization of Nitrogen Reserve in the Herbaceous Plants
    Management of Nitrogen in Ligneous Species
    Protein Synthesis in Grains and Seeds
    Proteolysis in Higher Plants
    Nature, Function, and Regulation
    NITROGEN:ECOPHYSIOLOGY AND AGRONOMY
    Nitrogen Nutrition and Growth of Cultivated Swards
    Nitrogen: Crops Production and Environment
    Nodular Diagnosis
    Agronomic Basis for an Integrated Improvement of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and the N2-dependent Yield of Grain-legumes
    Nitrogen and Pollution

    Biography

    J F Morot-Gaudry