Genetic Aspects of Plant Nutrition: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Genetic Aspects of Plant Nutrition, Organized by the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Belgrade, August 30–September 4, 1982

Front Matter....Pages I-IX
Theoretical and practical approaches to the genetic specificity of mineral nutrition of plants....Pages 1-14
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Light and electron microscopic investigations of the reactions of various genotypes to nutritional disorders....Pages 17-31
Genetically determined adaptations in roots to nutritional stress: correlation of structure and function....Pages 33-39
Ultrastructure of the root cells of two pea genotypes depending on Se in the growth medium....Pages 41-46
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Plant genotype differences in the uptake, translocation, accumulation, and use of mineral elements required for plant growth....Pages 49-70
Cation fluxes in excised and intact roots in relation to specific and varietal differences....Pages 71-86
Genotypic differences in calcium and magnesium nutrition in sunflower....Pages 87-91
A study of the electrophysiological organization in roots of two Plantago species: direct measurement of ion transport to the xylem using excised roots....Pages 93-100
Concentration of critical nutrients in tolerant and susceptible sorghum lines for use in screening under acid soil field conditions....Pages 101-104
The effect of selenium on ion uptake at two nutrient levels....Pages 105-109
Differences in sulphate and phosphate uptake and utilization within Zea mays L. species....Pages 111-116
Factors responsible for genotypic manganese tolerance in cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata )....Pages 117-122
Efficiency of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium use by corn, sunflower, and sugarbeet for the synthesis of organic matter....Pages 123-127
Differences in phosphate absorption in various barley genotypes....Pages 129-131
Free-space binding and uptake of ions by excised roots of grapevines....Pages 133-137
The accumulation of phosphate in roots of different genotypes of maize....Pages 139-143
Efficiency and kinetics of phosphorus uptake from soil by various barley genotypes....Pages 145-150
Variation among species and varieties in uptake and utilization of potassium....Pages 151-157
Application of root zone feeding for evaluation of ion uptake and efflux in soybean genotypes....Pages 159-163
Effect of genotype and iron, applied to soil, on the chemical composition and yield of corn plants....Pages 165-169
Front Matter....Pages 171-171
Varietal differences in physiological and biochemical responses to changes in the ionic environment....Pages 173-187
Genotypic differences in the mineral metabolism of plants adapted to extreme habitats....Pages 189-201
NaCl—induced modifications of nitrogen absorption and assimilation in salt tolerant and salt resistant millet ecotypes ( Pennisetum typhoideum L. Rich.)....Pages 203-207
Soil preference of populations of genotypes of Asplenium trichomanes L. and Polypodium vulgare L. in Belgium as related to cation exchange capacity....Pages 209-216
Adaptation of selected trees and grasses to low availability of phosphorus....Pages 217-221
Comparison of K + — Na + selectivity mechanisms in roots of Fagopyrum and Triticum....Pages 223-228
Genetic differentiation in Taraxacum and its relation to mineral nutrition....Pages 229-235
The effect of nitrogen on the activity of some enzymes of nitrogen metabolism during ontogenesis of maize kernel hybrids....Pages 237-242
Changes in ion composition and hexitol content of different Plantago species under the influence of salt stress....Pages 243-250
Influence of chlorate ions on some characteristics of maize seedlings with different protein content....Pages 251-254
Efficiency of nitrogen utilization and photosynthetic rate in C 3 and C 4 plants....Pages 255-260
Genetic differentiation of various physiological parameters of Plantago major and their role in strategies of adaptation to different levels of mineral nutrition....Pages 261-267
Genotypic differences in growth and photosynthesis of young barley plants....Pages 269-277
The effects of mineral nutrition on the photosynthetic and respiratory activity of leaves of winter wheat and maize varieties....Pages 279-283
Nutritional differentiation within the species Dittrichia viscosa W. Greuter, between a population from a calcareous habitat and another from an acidic habitat....Pages 285-291
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Responses of various crop species and cultivars to fertilizer application....Pages 295-309
Genetic specificity of nitrogen nutrition in leguminous plants....Pages 311-324
Changes in contents of N, P and K in maize hybrids at different nutrient regimes....Pages 325-330
A triaxial ratio diagram and its use in comparative plant nutrition....Pages 331-338
Tolerance of barley and other cereals to manganese-deficient calcareous soils of South Australia....Pages 339-345
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Bacterial disease and the iron status of plants....Pages 347-357
Fertilizers and nutrient relations in some genotypes of cereals....Pages 359-363
Nitrogen fixation in soybean depending on variety and R. japonicum strain....Pages 365-370
Characteristics of sugar beet varieties on chernozem semigley in Baranja....Pages 371-376
Front Matter....Pages 377-377
The search for and interpretation of genetic controls that enhance plant growth under deficiency levels of a macronutrient....Pages 379-394
Rationale of selection for specific nutritional characters in crop improvement with Phaseolus vulgaris L. as a case study....Pages 395-408
Low input varieties: definition, ecological requirements and selection....Pages 409-421
Biomass and harvest index as indicators of nitrogen uptake and translocation to the grain in sorghum genotypes....Pages 423-427
Genetic basis of mineral nutrition in Triticum aestivum ....Pages 429-433
Genetic variability of the efficiency of nutrient utilization by maize ( Zea mais L.)....Pages 435-439
Genetic differences in phosphorus absorption among white clover populations....Pages 441-445
Genetic variation in nitrogen nutrition of grasses and cereals: possibilities of selection....Pages 447-452
Variability and genetic control of aluminium tolerance in sorghum genotypes....Pages 453-461
Genetic basis of N-utilization in wheat....Pages 463-469
The ear-leaf percentage of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in maize ( Zea mays L.) inbred lines and their diallel progeny....Pages 471-475
Genotypic variation and inheritance of mineral element content in winter wheat....Pages 477-481
Genetical differences in the cation accumulation capacity of mitochondria....Pages 483-486
Genetic variability in the systems of absorption and utilization of mineral elements....Pages 487-495