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Nutrient Use Efficiency in Plants

Concepts and Approaches

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Editors:
  1. Malcolm J. Hawkesford

    1. Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom

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  2. Stanislav Kopriva

    1. Botanical Institute, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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  3. Luit J. De Kok

    1. Laboratory of Plant Physiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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  • Multi-disciplinary
  • Focus on critical issue of nutrient use efficiency
  • Written by students for students
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Plant Ecophysiology (KLEC, volume 10)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Physiological Basis of Plant Nutrient Use Efficiency – Concepts, Opportunities and Challenges for Its Improvement

    • Martin Reich, Tahereh Aghajanzadeh, Luit J. De Kok
    Pages 1-27

  3. Natural Variation as a Tool to Investigate Nutrient Use Efficiency in Plants

    • Giorgiana Chietera, Fabien Chardon
    Pages 29-50

  4. Macronutrient Use Efficiency – Sulfur in Arabidopsis thaliana

    • Patrycja Baraniecka, Stanislav Kopriva
    Pages 51-91

  5. Efficient Mineral Nutrition: Genetic Improvement of Phosphate Uptake and Use Efficiency in Crops

    • Astrid Gruen, Martin R. Broadley, Peter Buchner, Malcolm J. Hawkesford
    Pages 93-132

  6. Micronutrient Use Efficiency – Cell Biology of Iron and Its Metabolic Interactions in Plants

    • Ilaria Forieri, Ruediger Hell
    Pages 133-152

  7. Boron: A Promising Nutrient for Increasing Growth and Yield of Plants

    • Himanshu Bariya, Snehal Bagtharia, Ashish Patel
    Pages 153-170

  8. Role of Autophagy in Plant Nutrient Deficiency

    • Milagros Collados Rodríguez, Katarzyna Zientara-Rytter, Agnieszka Sirko
    Pages 171-203

  9. Mineral Nutrient Depletion Affects Plant Development and Crop Yield

    • Sarah J. Whitcomb, Elmien Heyneke, Fayezeh Aarabi, Mutsumi Watanabe, Rainer Hoefgen
    Pages 205-228

  10. Nutrient Use and Nutrient Use Efficiency of Crops in a High CO2 Atmosphere

    • Sabine Tausz-Posch, Roger Armstrong, Michael Tausz
    Pages 229-252

  11. Monitoring Plant Nutritional Status

    • Moez Maghrebi, Fabio Francesco Nocito, Gian Attilio Sacchi
    Pages 253-272

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 273-279
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About this book

Nutrient Use Efficiency in Plants: Concepts and Approaches is the ninth volume in the Plant Ecophysiology series. It presents a broad overview of topics related to improvement of nutrient use efficiency of crops. Nutrient use efficiency (NUE) is a measure of how well plants use the available mineral nutrients. It can be defined as yield (biomass) per unit input (fertilizer, nutrient content). NUE is a complex trait: it depends on the ability to take up the nutrients from the soil, but also on transport, storage, mobilization, usage within the plant, and even on the environment. NUE is of particular interest as a major target for crop improvement. Improvement of NUE is an essential pre-requisite for expansion of crop production into marginal lands with low nutrient availability but also a way to reduce use of inorganic fertilizer.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom

    Malcolm J. Hawkesford

  • Botanical Institute, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Stanislav Kopriva

  • Laboratory of Plant Physiology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Luit J. De Kok

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Nutrient Use Efficiency in Plants

  • Book Subtitle: Concepts and Approaches

  • Editors: Malcolm J. Hawkesford, Stanislav Kopriva, Luit J. De Kok

  • Series Title: Plant Ecophysiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10635-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-10634-2Published: 04 December 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38217-3Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-10635-9Published: 14 November 2014

  • Series ISSN: 1572-5561

  • Series E-ISSN: 2405-4321

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 279

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plant Ecology, Plant Physiology, Soil Science & Conservation

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