Plant Nutrition: Food security and sustainability of agro-ecosystems through basic and applied research (Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences, 92)

Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Plant nutrition: Its role in sustainability of simple and complex agro-ecosystems....Pages 2-3 Plant nutrition research: Priorities to meet human needs for food in sustainable ways....Pages 4-7 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Molecular mechanisms of potassium and sodium transport in plants....Pages 10-11 Molecular biology of inducible high-affinity nitrate transport in higher plants....Pages 12-13 Genetic engineering of transgenic rice with barley strategy-II genes....Pages 14-15 Isolation and characterisation of Arabidopsis mutants related to boron nutrition....Pages 16-17 Phosphorus transport mechanisms in vascular plants: Supply meets complementarity....Pages 18-19 Molecular characterization of the effects of phosphorus on the development of root hairs in Arabidopsis....Pages 20-21 Confirmation and characterization of a major QTL for P uptake in rice....Pages 22-23 Regulatory levels of ammonium transport in response to varied N nutrition in tomato....Pages 24-25 Identification of members of the MIP family as urea transporters in Arabidopsis thaliana ....Pages 26-27 N use efficieny and amino acid transport in rape ( Brassica napus L.)....Pages 28-29 Overexpression of an endogenous citrate synthase gene in tobacco....Pages 30-31 Isolation and characterization of white lupin proteoid root expressed sequence tags (ESTs) associated with plant hormones....Pages 32-33 Cloning and characterization of two secreted acid phosphatases from rice calli....Pages 34-35 Characterization of secretory acid phosphatase gene of lupin roots and the transformation of the gene into tobacco plants....Pages 36-37 Function of the sulfate transporter Sultr2;1 in seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana ....Pages 38-39 Using macroarrays containing sugarcane ESTs to identify aluminium-induced genes in maize....Pages 40-41 Physiological characterisation of genes contributing to enhanced aluminium resistance in yeast....Pages 42-43 Effect of citrate overproduction on iron nutrition in plants....Pages 44-45 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Production of citrate-overproducing transgenic maize....Pages 46-47 Isolation and characterization of Arabidopsis thaliana mutants sensitive to boron deficiency....Pages 48-49 Molecular analysis of nicotianamine synthesis in Strategy I and II plants....Pages 50-51 Fe sensing in Arabidopsis thaliana ....Pages 52-53 Increased iron efficiency in transgenic plants due to ectopic expression of nicotianamine synthase....Pages 54-55 Heavy-metal tolerant transgenic plants — Expression of the yeast metallothionein gene CUP1 in plants and evaluation of heavy-metal tolerance in transgenic plants at the stage of callus....Pages 56-57 Molecular insights into maize Na + /H + antiport....Pages 58-59 Nitrogen efficiency of contrasting rape ideotypes....Pages 60-61 Effect of drought stress and drought tolerance heredity on nitrogen efficiency of winter wheat....Pages 62-63 Genotypic variation in morphological traits of barley as affected by nitrogen supply....Pages 64-65 Sorghum nitrogen use efficiency in Colombia....Pages 66-67 Nitrogen uptake and remobilization in maize hybrids differing in leaf senescence....Pages 68-69 Phosphorus (P) uptake efficiency of doubled haploid lines of spring wheat derived from parents with different P uptake efficiency....Pages 70-71 Genetic variability in sorghum for P efficiency and responsiveness....Pages 72-73 Variability in soybean germ plasm for phosphorus uptake and use efficiency for dry matter yield....Pages 74-75 Identification and interaction analysis of QTL for phosphorus use efficiency in wheat seedlings....Pages 76-77 Inheritance of sulfur status in grain of maize ( Zea mays L. ) genotypes....Pages 78-79 Analysis of accumulation of mRNAs in response to S or Si nutrition using microarray....Pages 80-81 Overcoming wheat sterility problem with boron efficiency....Pages 82-83 Mapping of chromosome regions associated with increased vegetative zinc accumulation using a barley doubled haploid population....Pages 84-85 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 Characterisation of maize cultivars in their adaptation to acid soils on the single plant level....Pages 86-87 Differential response and genetic analysis of acidic stress tolerance, with particular reference to aluminium stress tolerance in triticale....Pages 88-89 Influences of genotype and soil properties on corn potassium and magnesium status....Pages 90-91 Genetic variability in mineral accumulation of apple fruit....Pages 92-93 Genetic variation in rubber tree progenies: Macronutrients contents....Pages 94-95 Genetic differences for nutrients utilization efficiencies in winter triticale and spring wheat....Pages 96-97 Front Matter....Pages 99-99 Possible functions of copper ions in cell wall loosening....Pages 100-101 Inhibitor-dependent stimulation of photosynthetic electron transport by far-red light in NO 3 − -and NH 4 + -grown plants of Phaseolus vulgaris L.....Pages 102-103 A role for stomatal conductance in nitrogen-limited growth?....Pages 104-105 Importance of Fe III reduction in the apoplast for meristematic growth and chlorosis....Pages 106-107 Recent advances on boron in wheat reproduction — A mini-review....Pages 108-109 How to include mineral nutrition in crop growth models? The example of phosphorus on maize....Pages 110-111 Influence of Mo on the metabolism of nitrogen in winter wheat cultivars with different Mo efficiency....Pages 112-113 Regulation of growth by phosphorus supply in whole tomato plants....Pages 114-115 The effect of sulphur deficiency on ion accumulation with special reference to 15 N and 35 S transport in chickpea....Pages 116-117 Determination of Mn and Cu efficiency of crop plants in pot experiments....Pages 118-119 Cytosolic glutamine synthetase (GS 1 ): posttranslational regulation and role in nitrogen remobilization from leaves of non-transgenic and GS1 -over-expressing oilseed rape plants....Pages 120-121 Effect of nitrogen supply on individual kernel weight and 14 C partitioning in kernels of maize during lag phase and grain filling....Pages 122-123 Dynamic of root uptake of ammonium and nitrate by pear ( Pyrus communis L.) trees after growth resumption in spring....Pages 124-125 Nitrogen nutrition of bromeliads....Pages 126-127 Front Matter....Pages 99-99 Cytokinin, nitrate reductase, and nitric oxide (NO): New insights into regulatory processes in nitrogen metabolism....Pages 128-129 Induction and growth of potato tubers as affected by nitrate....Pages 130-131 Regulation of the accumulation of β-Subunit of β-Conglycinin in nitrogen starved soybean (Glycine max L.) seed by amino acids and organic acids....Pages 132-133 Effects of long-term and short-term supply of NO 3 − or NH 4 + on Cytokinin levels and leaf expansion rate in tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum L. cv. Moneymaker)....Pages 134-135 Nitrate availability influence on the growth components of young peach trees....Pages 136-137 Induction of protein markers in tomato by calcium deficiency....Pages 138-139 Effects of temperature, relative humidity and light on the absorption and translocation of 45 Ca in the grafted tomato seedlings....Pages 140-141 Calcium localization in root cells, phosphorylation and water transport of root system influenced by low root temperature....Pages 142-143 A simple method for studying the early effects of nutrient deficiencies on root metabolism in small-seeded plants....Pages 144-145 Influence of phosphate fertilisation on the mineral nutrition and yield of barley on a soil with low plant-available phosphorus....Pages 146-147 Phosphate deficiency induced oxidative stress in bean ( Phaseolus vulgaris L.)....Pages 148-149 Chlorosis induced by iron deficiency is more severe in gibberellin-deficient dwarf plants....Pages 150-151 Inhibited leaf growth of plants grown in alkaline solution and on calcareous soils is a more sensitive Fe-deficiency symptom than leaf chlorosis....Pages 152-153 The influence of IAA and TIBA on iron concentration of maize seedlings....Pages 154-155 Assimilation and translocation of Mn applied to the leaf surface of barley grown at different Mn-deficiency levels....Pages 156-157 Rapid responses of cytoskeleton to short-term boron deprivation in maize and zucchini root apices....Pages 158-159 Short-term boron deprivation induces increased levels of cytoskeletal proteins in Arabidopsis roots....Pages 160-161 Characteristics of boron uptake in roots of sunflower by a putative boron transporter....Pages 162-163 Characterization of the boron compartmentation in roots of sunflower using two independent approaches....Pages 164-165 Effect of boron deficiency on the growth and carbohydrate metabolism of cotton....Pages 166-167 Front Matter....Pages 99-99 The role of boron in below-ground and above-ground growth of Norway spruce ( Picea abies ) trees and seedlings....Pages 168-169 Adaptive strategy of plants for survival under N, P, K limitation....Pages 170-171 Characterization of Brassica napus L. lines showing differences in total sulfur contents and cysteine desulfhydrase activities on the molecular level....Pages 172-173 Effects of silicon nutrition on metabolism and translocation of nutrients in rice plants....Pages 174-175 Influence of zeastimulin and laser irradiation on the contents of mineral elements in Zea mays L. seedlings....Pages 176-177 Influence of aluminium from AlCl 3 on differentiation and growth of Dendrobium kingianum Bidwill in in vitro conditions....Pages 178-179 Front Matter....Pages 181-181 Roles of pumps, carriers and channels in plant cation nutrition....Pages 182-183 Involvement of plasma membrane H + -ATPase in nitrate uptake by maize genotypes....Pages 184-185 Adaptation of plasma membrane H + -ATPase of proteoid roots of white lupin ( Lupinus albus L.) to phosphorus deficiency....Pages 186-187 The sulphate transporter gene family....Pages 188-189 Permeability and channel-mediated transport of boric acid across plant membranes. An explanation for differential B uptake in plants....Pages 190-191 Two pieces of the zinc efficiency puzzle: Root-Zn influx and Zn compartmentation in the shoot....Pages 192-193 A metal-binding LEA protein trafficks micronutrients in the phloem of Ricinus communis L.....Pages 194-195 VIC channels: Their contribution to mineral element uptake and toxicity....Pages 196-197 Influence of membrane surface charge on nutrient uptake by plants....Pages 198-199 Interaction of ion-transport mechanisms at the plasmalemma of plant cells....Pages 200-201 Adaptive mechanisms in response to external sulfate deprivation before onset of intracellular sulfur starvation....Pages 202-203 Effect of calcium channel blocker on the growth dynamics of plants studied by laser interference auxanometry....Pages 204-205 Mechanism of nitrogen release from roots of intact wheat plants ( Triticum aestivum L.)....Pages 206-207 Identification of organic forms of nitrogen in soils and possible direct uptake by plants....Pages 208-209 Front Matter....Pages 181-181 Effects of N deprivation and nitrate pulses on NRT1 and NRT2 transcript levels and nitrate influx rate in Brassica napus L.....Pages 210-211 Evidence for direct organic nitrogen uptake by plants using specific tracer proteins....Pages 212-213 Assimilation and remobilization of 15 N by Pisum sativum ....Pages 214-215 Allocation of 11 C-labelld photosynthates in wheat plants....Pages 216-217 Distribution of micronutrients in maize grain and their mobilisation during germination....Pages 218-219 Effect of nitrogen form on water, N, and K uptake of Phaseolus vulgaris L. grown in a split-root system....Pages 220-221 Bottle-necks for nutrient acquisition of maize at low root temperatures....Pages 222-223 Retranslocation of zinc from older leaves to younger leaves and roots in wheat cultivars differing in zinc efficiency....Pages 224-225 Retranslocation of Zn from leaves as important factor for zinc efficiency of rice genotypes....Pages 226-227 Release of water-dissolved nitrous oxide by plants: Does the transpiration water flow contribute to the emission of dissolved N 2 O by sunflower?....Pages 228-229 Sugar palm, a novel model plant for phloem sap analysis....Pages 230-231 Nutrient concentrations of phloem sap of aromatic coconut grown under various nutrient conditions....Pages 232-233 Detection of antioxidant enzyme activities in the phloem sap of sugar palm....Pages 234-235 Chemical movements in the above-ground part of Japanese morning-glory (Ipomoea nil) during flowering....Pages 236-237 Front Matter....Pages 239-239 What mutations and alterations in pectins might tell us about architecture and function in plant cell walls....Pages 240-241 Apoplastic pH in roots of Lupinus angustifolius L. in response to pH > 6....Pages 242-243 The leaf apoplast: a central compartment in plant nitrogen utilisation....Pages 244-245 Can leaf apoplastic manganese and silicon concentrations explain Si-enhanced manganese tolerance of Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.?....Pages 246-247 Apoplastic factors regulate the AKT2/3-type potassium channels....Pages 248-249 Changes in the xylem sap composition and variations in the nutrient translocation rate of poplar dependent on the nutrient supply and the time of the day....Pages 250-251 Front Matter....Pages 239-239 Engineering plants expressing calcium and pH indicators in the cytoplasm and the apoplast....Pages 252-253 The significance of the apoplast for the nutrient acquisition of ectomycorrhizal root systems....Pages 254-255 Uptake of mineral cations into Bactris gasipaes roots and structure of the rhizodermis....Pages 256-257 Mechanism of silicon-mediated manganese tolerance of Cucumis sativus L.: Effect of silicon nutrition on manganese concentration in the intercellular washing fluid....Pages 258-259 Aluminium inhibits the apoplastic solute by-pass-flow in Zea mays L.....Pages 260-261 Cell-wall composition modulates aluminium toxicity....Pages 262-263 Peroxidase activity in the leaf apoplast is a sensitive marker for Mn toxicity and Mn tolerance in Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp....Pages 264-265 Cation-specific exchange capacity of cell wall material isolated from roots of plant species differing in Al resistance....Pages 266-267 Axial and lateral transport of calcium, magnesium and potassium in. Ricinus communis ....Pages 268-269 Nutrient transport in the xylem of intact plants — dirunal variation and response to nutrient availability....Pages 270-271 Nitrogenous compounds in the xylem sap affected by grapevine rootstocks....Pages 272-273 The role of the leaf apoplast in iron nutrition of plants....Pages 274-275 Potassium transport in bundle sheath cells of maize and its role for plant nutrition....Pages 276-277 Sugar metabolism in expanding husk leaf of flint corn ( Zea mays L.) genotypes differing in husk leaf size....Pages 278-279 Distribution of ions within leaves after application to the leaf blade....Pages 280-281 Front Matter....Pages 283-283 Impact of mineral nutrients in plants on human nutrition on a worldwide scale....Pages 284-285 Micronutrient interactions in humans: Setting goals for plant breeders and agronomists....Pages 286-287 Rice plant nutritional and human nutritional characteristics role in human Cd toxicity....Pages 288-289 Influence of the field water management on accumulation of arsenic and cadmium in paddy rice....Pages 290-291 Screening of genotypes with low cadmium content in soybean seed and rice grains....Pages 292-293 Front Matter....Pages 283-283 Influence of sulphur and nitrogen supply on flavour and health-affecting compounds in Brassicaceae ....Pages 294-295 Mother plant nutrition and growing conditions affect assimilates and emergence quality of hybrid sweet pepper seeds....Pages 296-297 Effect of nitrogen supply on yield and quality of broccoli....Pages 298-299 Yield and quality of greenhouse lettuce as affected by form of N fertiliser and light supply....Pages 300-301 Relationship between oxalate synthesis and nitrate reduction in spinach ( Spinacia oleracea L.) plants tracing by 13 C and 15 N....Pages 302-303 Influence of N form (NO 3 − vs. NH 4 + ) and salinity on tomato yield and fruit composition....Pages 304-305 Influence of N form on growth and water status of tomato plants....Pages 306-307 Different water supply influences growth and fruit quality in tomato. ( Lycopersicon esculentum L.)....Pages 308-309 Fruit growth and Ca and K accumulation in the fruits of tomato grown under a spectral filter....Pages 310-311 Reduced N and K application increases the uptake of Ca and improves the quality of Poinsettia ( Euphorbia pulcherrima Willd. Ex Klotzsch)....Pages 312-313 Reduced phosphorus availability as a method to reduce chemical growth regulation and to improve plant quality....Pages 314-315 Mineral nutrition in tissue culture: Influence on propagation and quality of the plantlets....Pages 316-317 Effect of fertilisation schedules on sugar storage in roots of an ornamental shrub ( Ligustrum ovalifolium )....Pages 318-319 Absorption, storage and mobilisation of nitrogen and phosphorus in an ornamental shrub ( Ligustrum ovalifolium ) during a two year fertilisation experiment....Pages 320-321 Nutritional aspects of high quality production of Arabica coffee....Pages 322-323 Productivity and quality response of tea to balanced nutrient management — Examples from China tea gardens....Pages 324-325 Response of mulberry to nitrogen and sulphate of potash on yield and quality of leaf, in relation to sustainable cocoon production and grainage parameters....Pages 326-327 A preliminary nutritional explanation for variations in resin quality from wild frankincense ( Boswellia sacra ) trees in the Dhofar region of the Sultanate of Oman....Pages 328-329 Influence of rootstock on malate and tartrate accumulation during grape ( Vitis vinifera L. CVS. cot and negrette) berry development....Pages 330-331 Effect of different fertilisation management on photosynthesis, yield and fruit quality of peach....Pages 332-333 Front Matter....Pages 283-283 Lipid biosynthesis in rapeseed as influenced by sulphur nutrition....Pages 334-335 Nitrogen fertilisation of transgenic winter oilseed rape....Pages 336-337 Remote sensing — a tool for site-specific N management in sugar beet production without impacts on technical beet quality?....Pages 338-339 The effect of split nitrogen application on grain protein concentration of wheat....Pages 340-341 Grain yield and quality of winter wheat varieties as affected by different nutrient supply....Pages 342-343 Physiological aspects of wheat genotypes differing in protein content....Pages 344-345 Effect of location and variety on the content of minerals in German and Polish potato cultivars....Pages 346-347 The effect of different environmental conditions on the starch quality of Polish and German potato cultivars....Pages 348-349 Grain iron concentration in Thai rice germplasm....Pages 350-351 Short term transport of iron and copper to various parts of wheat grains....Pages 352-353 Influence of micronutrients on growth and yield of banana ( Musa sp.) cv. Robusta (AAA)....Pages 354-355 Effects of zinc and boron fertilisation on improving fruit yields in papaya ( Carica papaya L.) cv. Co5....Pages 356-357 Yield and nutritional qualities of two tomato ( Lycopersicon lycopersicum Karst) varieties as influenced by boron fertilisation in a tropical environment....Pages 358-359 Translocation of heavy metals in soil-plant system....Pages 360-361 Effect of the application of spent flue gas desulfurization absorbent residue on the development of potato gangrene....Pages 362-363 Seasonal nutrient variation in the phloem tissue of chestnut and its susceptibility to blight....Pages 364-365 Possible factors involved in the establishment of chemically induced systemic acquired resistance in barley....Pages 366-367 Front Matter....Pages 369-369 Avenues for increasing salt tolerance of crops....Pages 370-371 Increasing the drought tolerance in tropical maize — from research on plant-water relations to impacts in farmers’ fields....Pages 372-373 Osmotic adjustment in different leaf structures of semileafless pea ( Pisum sativum L.) subjected to water stress....Pages 374-375 Front Matter....Pages 369-369 Quantification of root water extraction under salinity and drought....Pages 376-377 Physiological traits of sodium toxicity and salt tolerance....Pages 378-379 Response of leaf elongation and nutrient status in growing leaves of wheat to salintiy....Pages 380-381 Vegetative approach to manage poor water quality in central California....Pages 382-383 Photosynthetic activity and the change of sugar content in stressed rye and triticale genotypes....Pages 384-385 Comparison of two methods for the determination of plant-induced gradients in soil osmotic potential — TDR-technique versus micro suction cups....Pages 386-387 Variability of soil water and nitrogen as causes of yield variability in heterogeneous fields....Pages 388-389 Characterizing site specific differences in water availability....Pages 390-391 Development of a non-contacting method for the determination of the plant water status....Pages 392-393 Effect of fertiliser application on the growth and water use efficiency of wheat in semi-arid area in North China Plain....Pages 394-395 Effects of water quality and nitrogen on yield, yield components and water use efficiency of barley....Pages 396-397 Interaction of N supply and water relations in Eucalyptus globulus Labill....Pages 398-399 Why is physiological water-use efficiency lower under low nitrogen supply?....Pages 400-401 The effect of low nitrogen supply on yield and water-use efficiency of sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas L.)....Pages 402-403 Salt resistance of maize: Recent developments....Pages 404-405 Salt tolerance in Sesuvium portulacastrum ....Pages 406-407 Physiological behaviour of two chickpea Tunisian varieties irrigated with saline nutrient solution....Pages 408-409 The effects of salinity on five banana genotypes ( Musa spp)....Pages 410-411 Salt sensitivity of the common bean Phaseolus vulgaris x Rhizobium symbiosis in relation to the ionic status of nodules....Pages 412-413 Comparison of strategies of halophytes from different plant families to avoid salt injury....Pages 414-415 Front Matter....Pages 369-369 Large accumulation of sodium in leaves may be compatible with normal growth....Pages 416-417 Salt sensitivity and K/Na selectivity in Setaria verticillata ....Pages 418-419 K/Na selectivity for secretion into the xylem in triticale (X- Triticosecale Wittmack)....Pages 420-421 Micronutrient sprays as a tool to increase tolerance of faba bean and wheat plants to salinity....Pages 422-423 Wheat seedlings response to interactive effects of Cu and salinity....Pages 424-425 Interaction of salinity and boron toxicity in wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.)....Pages 426-427 Root cultures for elucidating tomato root reactions to NaCl stress....Pages 428-429 Stomatal regulation in long-term salt-treated Medicago arborea and Medicago citrina ....Pages 430-431 Nutrient solution concentration effects on growth and photosynthesis of tomato grown hydroponically....Pages 432-433 Investigation of sulfolipid contents and their rate of biosynthesis in halophytes treated with different salt concentrations....Pages 434-435 Interactive effects of plant hormones (GA3 or ABA) and salinity on growth and some metabolites of wheat seedlings....Pages 436-437 Nutrition of vigna plants on a gypsum amended saline-sodic soil....Pages 438-439 Front Matter....Pages 441-441 Aluminium and heavy metal toxicity and resistance — Lessons to be learnt from similarities and differences....Pages 442-443 Some mechanisms of zinc and cadmium detoxification in a zinc and cadmium hyper-accumulating plant species ( Thlaspi )....Pages 444-445 Mechanisms of heavy metal resistance in Silene vulgaris ....Pages 446-447 Physiological characterisation of root cell Cd 2+ absorption and translocation to shoots in Brassica ....Pages 448-449 Aluminium resistance of Norway spruce: Root exudation versus immobilisation in roots....Pages 450-451 Avoidance of aluminium toxicity: Role of root border cells....Pages 452-453 Mechanisms of higher tolerance of Al stress in phosphorus deficient maize seedlings: The significance of phenolics in Al resistance....Pages 454-455 Copper resistance in Silene armeria ecotypes: Does co-tolerance play a role?....Pages 456-457 Front Matter....Pages 441-441 Copper uptake and transport patterns in pseudometallophytes from soils with a large range of Cu concentrations....Pages 458-459 Metal accumulation by different plant species grown in contaminated media....Pages 460-461 Growth, cadmium, and zinc contents of wheat grown on various soils enriched with cadmium and zinc....Pages 462-463 Comparison of nickel toxicity and resistance strategies of cabbage plants grown in soil with addition of inorganic and organic Ni (II) complexes....Pages 464-465 The responses of Eucalyptus camaldulensis to elevated concentrations of Mn....Pages 466-467 Effect of citrate on the uptake of copper and cadmium by Lupinus albus, Lupinus luteus and Lupinus angustifolius ....Pages 468-469 Effect of different cultivation techniques on thallium uptake of the Tl hyperaccumulator candytuft ( Iberis intermedia ) and Tl binding forms in the soil....Pages 470-471 Plant growth and cadmium distribution in plants of Brazilian tobacco cultivars as affected by cadmium in nutrient solution....Pages 472-473 Accumulation of selenium and chromium in seeds of haricot bean....Pages 474-475 Physiological and biochemical traits of rice ( Oryza sativa L.) genotypes associated with tolerance of iron toxicity....Pages 476-477 The effect of different stains of AMF on growth and heavy metal uptake of cucumber ( Cucumis sativus )....Pages 478-479 Arbuscular mycorrhizal effect on heavy metal uptake of ryegrass ( Lolium p erenne L.) in pot culture with polluted soils....Pages 480-481 Effect of farmyard manure on relative sorption of copper, zinc, cobalt, and cadmium in soils from semi-arid and humid regions of India....Pages 482-483 Humic soil reclamators as depressors of heavy metal (radionuclide) accumulation by plants....Pages 484-485 Regulatory mechanisms of Al-induced secretion of organic acids anions — Involvement of ABA in the Al-induced secretion of oxalate in buckwheat....Pages 486-487 Differential regulation of Al-induced release of malate and K + in the root apex of wheat....Pages 488-489 Exudation of organic acid anions by different maize cultivars as affected by phosphorus deficiency and aluminium toxicity....Pages 490-491 Aluminium-induced exudation of citrate from the root tip of Zea mays (L.): Are differential impacts of Al on citrate metabolism involved in genotypical differences?....Pages 492-493 Exudation of organic acid anions from root apices as an aluminium resistance mechanism in maize....Pages 494-495 The use of nutrient-film technique for monitoring Al (Al citrate) effects on root development and nutrient uptake in roots of Triticum aestivum L.....Pages 496-497 Front Matter....Pages 441-441 Organic acid-anion exudation and aluminium: The role of plant species, pH, biodegradation and time....Pages 498-499 Characteristics of citrate secretion under aluminium stress in soybean ( Glycine max L.)....Pages 500-501 Erbium-activated malate efflux supports the “malate hypothesis” of differential aluminium resistance in wheat....Pages 502-503 Does root exudation of phenolics play a role in aluminium resistance in maize ( Zea mays L.)?....Pages 504-505 Organic acid root-tip tissue-concentration in Brachiaria decumbens and Brachiaria ruziziensis ....Pages 506-507 Effect of aluminium on exudation of organic acid anions in tea plants....Pages 508-509 Effects of temporary contact with Al ions on the plasma-membrane permeability of root-tip cells in seven plant species....Pages 510-511 The significance of phenolic compounds in roots of different age on Al resistance of some common woody plants....Pages 512-513 Study on aluminium resistance in relation to organic-acid anion exudation from roots of PEPC transgenic rice plants....Pages 514-515 Effect of aluminium on root morphology of Hydrangea macrophylla ....Pages 516-517 Changes in protein content and protease activity in roots of Zea mays (L.) in response to short-term aluminium treatment....Pages 518-519 Effects of heterogeneous Al and supply on root growth and screening of maize cultivars differing in Al resistance....Pages 520-521 The influence of aluminium and manganese toxicity in the soil on the bioaccumulation of Al and Mn in two cultivars of wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.)....Pages 522-523 Effect of lanthanum on growth and composition of mineral nutrients of Phaseolus vulgaris L var. nanus and Zea mays L. conv. saccharata ....Pages 524-525 Front Matter....Pages 527-527 Use of modelling to understand plant nutrient acquisition....Pages 528-529 Phosphorus Efficiency of Wheat, Maize and Groundnut Grown in Low Phosphorus-Supplying Soil....Pages 530-531 Identification of phosphorus solubilizing active components (PSAC) from root cell wall of groundnut having better growth on an infertile soil among several legume crops....Pages 532-533 Measuring and modelling phosphorus uptake by root hairs....Pages 534-535 Experimental approaches for studying rhizosphere chemistry and nutrient uptake of tree roots by in-situ methods....Pages 536-537 Control of root epidermal patterning: Effects of Fe- and P-deficiency....Pages 538-539 Front Matter....Pages 527-527 Use of influx kinetic equations of nitrate transport systems and field experiment data for modelling N uptake in winter oilseed rape ( Brassica napus L.)....Pages 540-541 Phosphorus efficiency of cabbage varieties....Pages 542-543 Root exudation of organic anions by cabbage, carrot and potato plants as affected by P supply....Pages 544-545 Use of plasma membrane vesicles for examination of phosphorus deficiency-induced root