Jointly published with INRA Paris.This book covers all aspects of the transferof nitrogen from the soil and air to a final resting place in the seed proteinof a... » 

Jointly published with INRA Paris.This book covers all aspects of the transferof nitrogen from the soil and air to a final resting place in the seed proteinof a crop plant. It describes the physiological and molecular mechanisms ofammonium and nitrate transport and assimilation including symbiotic nitrogenfixation by the Rhizobiacea. Amino acid metabolism and nitrogen traffic duringplant growth and development and details of protein biosynthesis in the seedsare also extensively covered. Finally the effects of the application ofnitrogen fertilisers on plant growth crop yield and the environment arediscussed.Written by international experts in their field Plant Nitrogen isessential reading for all plant biochemists biotechnologists molecularbiologists and physiologists as well as plant breeders agricultural engineersagronomists and phytochemists. «