Iron Nutrition in Plants and Rhizospheric Microorganisms

1. Front Matter

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2. Status and Future Developments Involving Plant Iron in Animal and Human Nutrition

   • Marta Vasconcelos, Michael A. Grusak

   Pages 1-22

3. Iron Nutrition in Field Crops

   • Neil C. Hansen, Bryan G. Hopkins, Jason W. Ellsworth, Von D. Jolley

   Pages 23-59

4. Iron Nutrition of Fruit Tree Crops

   • Adamo D. Rombolà, Massimo Tagliavini

   Pages 61-83

5. Iron Deficiency, Fruit Yield and Fruit Quality

   • Ana Àlvarez-Fernàndez, Javier Abadía, Anunciación Abadía

   Pages 85-101

6. Synthetic Iron Chelates to Correct Iron Deficiency in Plants

   • Juan J. Lucena

   Pages 103-128

7. Heavy Metals Competing with Iron under Conditions Involving Phytoremediation

   • Ferenc Fodor

   Pages 129-151

8. Plant-Soil Relationship: Role of Humic Substances in Iron Nutrition

   • Zeno Varanini, Roberto Pinton

   Pages 153-168

9. Microbial Siderophores in the Plant Rhizosphere

   • David E. Crowley

   Pages 169-198

10. The Metabolism of Iron by Nitrogen-Fixing Rhizospheric Bacteria

    • Larry L. Barton, Gordon V. Johnson, Yvonne M. Bishop

    Pages 199-214

11. Genetic Regulation of Iron in Erwinia chrysanthemi as Pertains to Bacterial Virulence

    • Dominique Expert

    Pages 215-227

12. Iron Stress Responses in Roots of Strategy I Plants

    • Wolfgang Schmidt

    Pages 229-250

13. Plant Hormones Influencing Iron Uptake in Plants

    • Francisco J. Romera, Carlos Lucena, Esteban Alcàntara

    Pages 251-278

14. Translocation of Iron in Plant Tissues

    • Petra Bauer, Rüdiger Hell

    Pages 279-288

15. Iron Stress Response and Composition of Xylem Sap of Strategy II Plants

    • Shigenao Kawai, Shah Alam

    Pages 289-309

16. The Role of ZIP Family Members in Iron Transport

    • Brenda Parson Hall, Mary Lou Guerinot

    Pages 311-326

17. Role of FRD3 in Iron Translocation and Homeostasis

    • ELizabeth E. Rogers

    Pages 327-339

18. Ferritins and Iron Accumulation in Plant Tissues

    • Jean-François Briat, Françoise Cellier, Frederic Gaymard

    Pages 341-357

19. Metabolic Changes in Iron-Stressed Dicotyledonous Plants

    • Graziano Zocchi

    Pages 359-370

20. Proteomic Studies under Iron Stress: Iron Deficiency-Induced Regulation of Protein Synthesis in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

    • Immo Reinhardt, Sophie Haebel, Alexandra Herbik, Thomas J. Buckhout

    Pages 371-393

Animals including humans are highly dependent on plants to provide many different nutrients including iron in a useable form. Additionally, plants are used to support the growth of animals and obtaining high crop yields via optimal plant growth is an economic necessity. Thus, it is crucial to understand the role of iron in plant nutrition. This book provides comprehensive reviews on topics of plant-iron nutrition that are being addressed by different laboratories around the world. As one can see, the area of plant-iron nutrition is highly interdisciplinary, involving scientists of various fields of knowledge. Plant biologists are needed to characterize iron translocation throughout the plant following root iron uptake and to examine the regulation of iron-stimulated activities that influence crop yield and quality. Plant geneticists are contributing to the area of plant-iron nutrition by developing model systems to aid our understanding of the complex activities of the individual plant. Soil chemists are examining the interactions between iron and various minerals and organic matter soil components in the root zone. Microbiologists are providing a crucial perspective on how the interactions between the plant and soil microorganisms are important in plant iron nutrition. Additionally, the cycling of iron in the terrestrial environment is being examined by ecologists and related scientists. While it may be ideal to systematically examine iron nutrition in a single plant species, research is influenced by local or regional requirements.

• Pathogen
• Protein
• Transport
• Xylem
• biology
• cyclin
• fruit
• metabolism
• microorganisms
• molecular aspects
• molecular biology
• nitrogen
• quality
• regulation
• roots
• Tree Biology

• Department of Biology, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA

  Larry L. Barton

• Departamento de Nutrición Vegetal, Estación Experimental de AulaDei, Spain

  Javier Abadia

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