Book ID: 91907
Goyal, Sham S., Rudolf Tischner and Amarjit S. Basra (eds.)
Enhancing the Efficiency of Nitrogen Utilization in Plants. 2007. illustr. XVI, 498 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.
Examines: plant responses to changes in the supply of the twoinorganic nitrogen sources of nitrate and ammonium/ root system controlmechanisms of nitrogen uptake/ nitrate uptake and reduction in higherand lower plants/ how nitrogen affects biomass production in a canopy/nitrogens effects on radiation interception and radiation useefficiency/ senescence and photosynthesis/ the regulation of nitrogen and carbon metabolisms by sugars and nitrogen metabolites/ integratednitrogen fertilization/ the use of legumes for soil improvement/ rootsystem control mechanisms/ etc.