The field of plant nitrogen metabolism continues to be a compelling
focus for basic research activities because there is a strong demand for
immediate solutions, particularly in key areas, such as improving plant
nitrogen use efficiency, which are crucial to future agricultural
sustainability and the future economic success of agriculture.
The 13 reviews which comprise this excellent and carefully edited new
volume bring together the expertise and enthusiasm of an international
team of leading researchers. Topics covered include nitrogen sensing and
signalling, uptake and membrane systems, nitric oxide, primary nitrogen
assimilation and C/N balance and interactions, and regulation of root
and plant architecture. Together, these reviews provide an insight into
how plants sense, uptake and assimilate nitrogen into the organic
compounds required for growth, co-ordinate nitrogen and carbon
metabolism and regulate growth and development according to nitrogen
availability. The transcription factors that act to integrate
environmental nutrient (nitrogen) signals to co-ordinate primary and
secondary metabolism are discussed, together with new concepts of
cross-talk, transport and signalling, and how such molecular networks
influence nitrogen and carbon cycling processes in the environment.
Annual Plant Reviews, Volume 42: Nitrogen Metabolism in Plants in the
Post-genomic Era is an essential purchase for advanced students,
researchers and professionals in plant sciences, biochemistry,
physiology, molecular biology, genetics and agricultural sciences,
working in the academic and industrial sectors. Libraries in all
universities and research establishments where these subjects are
studied and taught will need copies of this excellent volume on their
shelves.
