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The International Plant Nutrition Colloquium in Hannover was the 14th in a series that started in 1954. This volume is a compilation of the plenary lectures presented at this Colloquium. These papers include two lectures which address the role of plant nutrition in the sustainability of agro-ecosystems and the production of enough high quality food to feed the growing world population. Advances in plant nutrition are reviewed in the 11 papers presented in each of the symposia including: genetics and molecular biology of plant nutrition; nutrient functions; the role of the apoplast in mineral nutrition; plant quality and plant health; salinity and plant-soil-water relations; mineral element toxicity and resistance nutrient acquisition; soil organisms/plant interactions; fertiliser use in relation to optimum yield and environment, nutrient dynamics in natural and agro-ecosystems, and plant nutrition and sustainable development.

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Author:   Walter Horst ,  A. Bürkert ,  N. Claassen ,  H. Flessa
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Reprinted from PLANT AND SOIL, 247:1, 2003
Volume:   98
Dimensions:   Width: 19.30cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 26.00cm
Weight:   0.646kg
ISBN:  

9781402010569

ISBN 10:   1402010567
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   31 December 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Plant nutrition research: Priorities to meet human needs for food in sustainable ways.- 2. Access and excess problems in plant nutrition.- 3. Molecular mechanisms of potassium and sodium uptake in plants.- 4. A proposed role for copper ions in cell wall loosening.- 5. The functions of cell wall polysaccharides in composition and architecture revealed through mutations.- 6. The impact of mineral nutrients in food crops on global human health.- 7. Avenues for increasing salt tolerance of crops, and the role of physiologically based selection traits.- 8. Mechanisms of metal resistance in plants: aluminum and heavy metals.- 9. Use of modelling to understand nutrient acquisition by plants.- 10. Malate plays a central role in plant nutrition.- 11. Precision agriculture: a challenge for crop nutrition management.- 12. Plant nutrient management for enhanced productivity in intensive grain production systems of the United States and Asia.- 13. Nitrogen saturation in temperate forest ecosystems: current theory, remaining questions and recent advances.

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