{"product_id":"ecological-aspects-of-nitrogen-metabolism-in-plants-isbn-9780813816494","title":"Ecological Aspects of Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants","description":"\u003ci\u003eEcological Aspects of Nitrogen Acquisition\u003c\/i\u003e covers how plants compete for nitrogen in complex ecological communities and the associations plants recruit with other organisms, ranging from soil microbes to arthropods. The book is divided into four sections, each addressing an important set of relationships of plants with the environment and how this impacts the plant’s ability to compete successfully for nitrogen, often the most growth-limiting nutrient. \u003ci\u003eEcological Aspects of Nitrogen Acquisition\u003c\/i\u003e provides thorough coverage of this important topic, and is a vitally important resource for plant scientists, agronomists, and ecologists. \u003ci\u003eContributors.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 1 The Nitrogen Cycle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The New Global Nitrogen Cycle (\u003ci\u003eJan Willem Erisman).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 2 Plant-Soil Microbe Interactions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Plant Associations with Mycorrhizae and \u003ci\u003eRhizobium\u003c\/i\u003e—Evolutionary Origins and Divergence of Strategies in Recruiting Soil Microbes (\u003ci\u003eGerben Bijl, Stéphane De Mita, and René Geurts).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Arbuscular Mycorrhizas and N Acquisition by Plants (\u003ci\u003eLuisa Lanfranco, Mike Guether, and Paola Bonfante).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Ectomycorrhiza and Nitrogen Provision to the Host Tree (\u003ci\u003eMichel Chalot and Claude Plassard).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Proteins in the Rhizosphere: Another Example of Plant-Microbe Exchange (\u003ci\u003eClelia De-la-Peña and Jorge M. Vivanco).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Actinorhizal Symbioses (\u003ci\u003eKatharina Pawlowski).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Two in the Far North: The Alder-\u003ci\u003eFrankia\u003c\/i\u003e Symbiosis, with an Alaskan Case Study (\u003ci\u003eMike Anderson).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Path of Rhizobia: From a Free-Living Soil Bacterium to Root Nodulation (\u003ci\u003ePedro F. Mateos, Raúl Rivas, Marta Robledo, Encarna Velázquez, Eustoquio Martínez-Molina, and David W. Emerich).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Exploiting Mycorrhizae and Rhizobium Symbioses to Recover Seriously Degraded Soils (\u003ci\u003eSérgio Miana de Faria, Alexander S. Resende, Orivaldo J. Saggin Júnior, and Robert M. Boddey).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 3 Epi- and Endo-Phytic Microbes.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Nitrogen: Give and Take from Phylloplane Microbes (\u003ci\u003eMark A. Holland).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 N2-Fixing Endophytes of Grasses and Cereals (\u003ci\u003eVeronica Massena Reis, Jos Vanderleyden, and Stijn Spaepen).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 4 Arthropods.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Effects of Insect Herbivores on the Nitrogen Economy of Plants (\u003ci\u003eLeiling Tao and Mark D. Hunter).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Plant Defense Proteins That Inhibit Insect Peptidases (\u003ci\u003eCarlos Peres Silva and Richard Ian Samuels).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Nutrient Acquisition and Concentration by Ant Symbionts: The Incidence and Importance of Biological Interactions to Plant Nutrition (\u003ci\u003eCynthia L. Sagers).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection 5 Environmental Signalling in N Acquisition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Functions of Flavonoids in Legume-Rhizobia Interactions (\u003ci\u003eOliver Yu and Yechun Wang).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Plant Hormones and Initiation of Legume Nodulation and Arbuscular Mycorrhization (\u003ci\u003eArijit Mukherjee and Jean-Michel Ané).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Nitric Oxide as a Signal Molecule in Intracellular and Extracellular Bacteria-plant Interactions (\u003ci\u003eAndrés Arruebarrena Di Palma, Lorenzo Lamattina, and Cecilia M. Creus).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndex.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"This interesting volume has 17 chapters, each written by one or more acknowledged experts in their field, grouped into five sections.\" (Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 2012)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJoe C. Polacco\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Biochemistry in the Department of Biophysics and Center of Biotechnology at the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher D. Todd\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Saskatchewan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eEcological Aspects of Nitrogen Acquisition\u003c\/i\u003e explores not only how plants compete for nitrogen in complex ecological communities The book also looks in greater detail at the associations plants recruit with other organisms, ranging from soil microbes to arthropods, as nitrogen acquisition strategies, and how these contribute to individual and evolutionary fitness. The book is divided into four sections, each addressing an important set of relationships of plants with the environment and how this impacts the plant’s ability to compete successfully for nitrogen, often the most growth-limiting nutrient. \u003ci\u003eEcological Aspects of Nitrogen Acquisition \u003c\/i\u003eprovides thorough coverage of this important topic, and will be a vitally important resource for plant scientists, agronomists, and ecologists.","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989098971365,"sku":"NP9780813816494","price":268.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780813816494.jpg?v=1761782790","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/ecological-aspects-of-nitrogen-metabolism-in-plants-isbn-9780813816494","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}