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This book provides a comprehensive review on the status of iron nutrition in plants. It contains updated reviews of most relevant issues involving Fe in plants and combines research on molecular biology with physiological studies of plant-iron nutrition. It also covers molecular aspects of iron uptake and storage in Arabidopsis and transmembrane movement and translocation of iron in plants. This book should serve to stimulate continued exploration in the field.
List of contents
Dedication; Contributing Authors; Preface
Status and Future Developments Involving Plant Iron in Animal and Human Nutrition ; Marta Vasconcelos and Michael A. Grusak
Iron Nutrition in Field Crops; Neil C. Hansen, Bryan G. Hopkins, Jason W. Ellsworth and Von D. Jolley
Iron Nutrition of Fruit Tree Crops; Adamo D. Rombolà and Massimo Tagliavini
Iron Deficiency, Fruit Yield and Fruit Quality; Ana Álvarez-Fernández, Javier Abadía and Anunciación Abadía
Synthetic Iron Chelates to Correct Iron Deficiency in Plants; Juan J. Lucena
Heavy Metals Competing with Iron under Conditions Involving Phytoremediation; Ferenc Fodor
Plant-Soil Relationship: Role of Humic Substances in Iron Nutrition; Zeno Varanini and Roberto Pinton
Microbial Siderophores Siderophores in the Plant Rhizosphere; David E. Crowley
The Metabolism of Iron by Nitrogen-Fixing Rhizospheric Bacteria; Larry L. Barton, Gordon V. Johnson and Yvonne M. Bishop
Genetic Regulation of Iron in Erwinia chrysanthemi as Pertains to Bacterial Virulence; Dominique Expert
Iron Stress Responses in Roots of Strategy I Plants; Wolfgang Schmidt
Plant Hormones Influencing Iron Uptake in Plants; Francisco J. Romera, Carlos Lucena and Esteban Alcántara
Translocation of Iron in Plant Tissues; Petra Bauer and Rüdiger Hell
Iron Stress Response and Composition of Xylem Sap of Strategy II Plants; Shigenao Kawai and Shah Alam
The Role of ZIP Family Members in Iron Transport; Brenda Parson Hall and Mary Lou Guerinot
Role of FRD3 in Iron Translocation and Homeostasis; Elizabeth E. Rogers
Ferritins and Iron Accumulation in Plant Tissues; Jean-François Briat, Françoise Cellier and Frederic Gaymard
Metabolic Changes in Iron-Stressed Dicotyledonous Plants; Graziano Zocchi
Proteomic Studies under Iron Stress: Iron Deficiency-Induced Regulation of Protein Synthesis in the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii ; Immo Reinhardt, Sophie Haebel, Alexandra Herbik and Thomas J. Buckhout
Molecular Analysis of Iron-Deficient Graminaceous Plants; Takanori Kobayashi, Naoko K. Nishizawa and Satoshi Mori
Application of Stable Isotopes in Plant Iron Research; Ana Álvarez-Fernández
Genomic Resources of Agronomic Crops; Silvia R. Cianzio, Randy C. Shoemaker and Dirk V. Charlson
Index
Summary
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.
