Sharma C.P. Plant Micronutrients

Science Publishers, 2006. — 265 p.
ISBN 1-57808-416-4.The author's resolve to add a resource on the biochemical and physiological roles of micronutrients in plants and the diverse ways in which they react to limitations in micronutrient supply, contributing to global constraints in crop production, came from his long stint as a teacher of plant nutrition at the Lucknow University. This need was augmented by spectacular developments in molecular biology. Immunocytochemical localization of specific proteins, functional analyses of phenotypic mutants, cloning and sequence analysis of genes and their expression in transgenics have provided new insight into the functional sites of micronutrients, their roles in macromolecular biosynthesis, and developmental processes and adaptive response to biotic and abiotic stresses.Contents:
Part I. Roles and deficiency responses.
General.
Micronutrients as essential plant nutrients.
Micronutrients and the periodic table.
General functions of micronutrients.
Iron.
General.
Uptake, transport, distribution.
Role in plants.
Deficiency responses.
Manganese.
General.
Uptake and transport.
Role in plants.
Deficiency responses.
Copper.
General.
Uptake, transport, distribution.
Role in plants.
Deficiency responses.
Zinc.
General.
Uptake, transport, distribution.
Role in plants.
Deficiency responses.
Molybdenum.
General.
Uptake, transport.
Role in plants.
Deficiency responses.
Boron.
General.
Uptake, transport, distribution.
Role in plants.
Deficiency responses.
Chlorine.
General.
Uptake, transport, translocation.
Role and deficiency responses.Part II. Occurrence, evaluation and amelioration of deficiencies.
Causes and spread of deficiencies.
General.
Iron deficiency.
Manganese deficiency.
Copper deficiency.
Zinc deficiency.
Molybdenum deficiency.
Boron deficiency.
Chlorine deficiency.
Evaluation of deficiencies.
General.
Foliar symptoms.
Plant analysis.
Soil tests.
Biochemical and other tests.
Crop response.
Amelioration of deficiencies.
General.
Micronutrient amendments.
Use of micronutrient efficient genotypes.