Plant Nutritional Genomics. 2005. 344 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

Contents: Nitrogen/ Potassium/ Calcium/ Sulphur/ Phosphorus/ Sodium/Mapping links between the genome and ionome in plants/ Transcriptionalprofiling of membrane transporters/ Exploring natural genetic variationto improve plant nutrient content/ Mapping nutritional traits in cropplants/ Sustainable crop nutrition: constraints and opportunities/ Methods to improve the crop - delivery of minerals to humans and livestock/ Using mapping to manage sites contaminated with heavy metals/References/ Index.- This book provides an overview of how plant nutritional genomics, defined as the interaction between a plant's genome and its nutritional characteristcs, has developed in lieu oftechnological advances, and how this new knowledge might usefully beapplied.