Sulfur Assimilation and Abiotic Stress in Plants

ISBN-13: 9783540763253 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 372 str.

Nafees A. Khan

Opis

The assimilation of sulfur in higher plants and its reduction in metabolically important sulfur compounds are crucial factors determining plant growth and vigor and resistance to stresses. The present book discusses the aspects of sustainable crop production with sulfur, the importance of sulfur metabolites and sulfur metabolizing enzymes in abiotic stress management in plants. The book provides the most up-to-date reference on sulfur assimilation in plants.

Spis treści

Responses to Sulfur Limitation in Maize.- Feasibility of Elemental S Fertilizers for Optimum Seed Yield and Quality of Canola in the Parkland Region of the Canadian Great Plains.- Impact of Sulfur on N2 Fixation of Legumes.- Sulfur Nutrition and Assimilation in Crop Plants.- Regulatory Protein-Protein Interactions in Primary Metabolism: The Case of the Cysteine Synthase Complex.- Glutathione Reductase: A Putative Redox Regulatory System in Plant Cells.- Sulfotransferases and Their Role in Glucosinolate Biosynthesis.- Response of Photosynthetic Organelles to Abiotic Stress: Modulation by Sulfur Metabolism.- Modified Levels of Cysteine Affect Glutathione Metabolism in Plant Cells.- Role of Glutathione in Abiotic Stress Tolerance.- Recent Advances in Understanding of Plant Responses to Excess Metals: Exposure, Accumulation, and Tolerance.- Role of Sulfate and S-Rich Compounds in Heavy Metal Tolerance and Accumulation.- Sulfur Assimilation and Cadmium Tolerance in Plants.- Glutathione Metabolism in Bryophytes under Abiotic Stress.- Allocation of Sulfur to Sulfonium Compounds in Microalgae.- Accumulation and Transformation of Sulfonated Aromatic Compounds by Higher Plants –Toward the Phytotreatment of Wastewater from Dye and Textile Industries.- Effects of Fertilization with Sulfur on Quality of Winter Wheat: A Case Study of Nitrogen Deprivation.

Blurb

Sulfur is one of the four major essential elements necessary for the plant life cycle. Its assimilation in higher plants and its reduction in metabolically important sulfur compounds are crucial factors determining plant growth and vigor and resistance to stresses. The range of biological compounds that contain sulfur is wide. The information on sulfur assimilation can be exploited in tailoring for efficient sulfur utilization, and in the applied approaches for the sustenance of agricultural productivity through nutritional improvement and increased stress tolerance.

The present book discusses the aspects of sustainable crop production with sulfur, the importance of sulfur metabolites and sulfur metabolizing enzymes in abiotic stress management in plants.