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Nearly all the chemical elements that make up living things are mineral elements, the ultimate source of which is rock weathered into soil. In the thoroughly revised Second Edition of Mineral Nutrition of Plants: Principles and Perspectives Epstein and Bloom explain that plant roots 'mine' these nutrient elements from their inorganic substrate and introduce them into the realm of living things. The authors trace the subsequent movement of these nutrients into other plant organs, tissues, cells, and organelles, their biochemical assimilation, and their functions in plant physiology and metabolism. Treatment of these processes extends from molecular biology through global biogeochemistry.
The text, illustrated in full colour, is accessible both to undergraduate students in plant physiology, agronomy, horticulture, and environmental studies and to researchers in these and other plant biological fields.
PART I. ELEMENTS Introduction and History The Scope of Mineral Plant Nutrition The History of Plant Nutrition Research References The Media of Plant Nutrition The Variety of Nutrient Media Soil Roots in Soil Artificial Media Nutrient Solutions Culture Solutions Compared with Soil Solutions References Inorganic Components of Plants Water Dry Matter Mineral Composition Essential and Other Mineral Elements Macronutrient Elements Micronutrient Elements Comparative Elemental Requirements of Higher Plants Quantitative Considerations Deficiencies and Tissue Analyses Deficiency Symptoms: General Discussion Deficiency Symptoms: Individual Elements References
PART II. TRANSPORT Nutrient Absorption by Plants The Need for a Membrane Membrane Structure Apoplast and Cell Walls The Structure of Plant Cells Passive versus Active Transport of Solutes Active Solute Transport into Cells and Tissue Algae as Model Systems Root Solute Transport Energy Coupling Solute Transporters References Upward Movement of Water and Nutrients Cellular versus Long-Distance Transport Pores, Pipes, and Pathways Tissues and Organs Movement of Water through the Plant Upward Movement of Ions Beyond the Leaf References Downward Movement of Food and Nutrients Basic Dilemma Again: Pores, Pipes, and Pathways Speed of Phloem Transport Direction of Phloem Transport Pressure Flow Hypothesis Phloem Transport of Inorganic Solutes References
PART III. METABOLISM AND GROWTH Nitrogen and Sulfur: A Tale of Two Nutrients Nitrogen in the Environment Little Shop of Horrors Biological Nitrogen Fixation Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation Courtship between Legumes and Rhizobia Mycorrhizal Associations Ammonium and Nitrate Nitrogen Assimilation Nitrate Assimilation Ammonium Assimilation Sulfur in the Environment Sulfate Assimilation Nitrogen and Sulfur Regulation References Mineral Metabolism Cell Components Elements Boron Calcium Chlorine Copper Iron Magnesium Manganese Molybdenum Nickel Nitrogen Phosphorus Potassium Silicon Sodium Sulfur Zinc References Nutrition and Growth Nutrition of Seeds Developmental Stages and Root Growth Root Hairs and Lateral Roots Plant Regulation of Nutrients Seasonal Dynamics Photosynthesis, Primary Productivity, and Nutrients Crop Yields and Nutrient Efficiency Testing for Nutrients References
PART IV. HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENT Physiological Genetics and Molecular Biology For the Common Good Wild versus Domesticated Species Molecular Biology of Plant-Nutrient Relations References Ecology and Environmental Stress Plant Physiological Ecology Population Biology Communities Environmental Stress Temperature Stress Water Stress Nutrient Stress References Big Picture: Past, Present, Future A Brief History of the World Global Climate Change Nutrient Cycling Predictions References.
EMANUEL EPSTEIN is Research Professor in the Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources - Soils and Biogeochemistry at the University of California at Davis, USA. ARNOLD J. BLOOM is Professor in the Department of Vegetable Crops at the University of California at Davis, USA.
