Nitrogen Assimilation by Plants: Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Aspects

Nitrate Assimilation: Historical ResumeASSIMILATION OF NITRATE AND AMMONIUM: Sources of Nitrogen, Nitrogen Cycle, Root Structure, and Nitrogen Assimilation; Transport of Nitrate by Roots; Nitrate Assimilation: Nitrate and Nitrite Reductases; Ammoniacal Nutrition of Plants; Ammonium Assimilation; Integration of Nitrate Uptake in the Whole PlantSYMBIOTIC ASSIMILATION OF NITROGEN: Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation; Symbiotic Signals in Rhizobium; Nitrogenase: Biochemical, Molecular, and Genetic Aspects; Nitrogen Assimilation by Ectomycorrhizal Symbiosis; Plant Growth Enhancement by Rhizobacteria; Rice Field Cyanobacteria: Ecology Contribution to Soil Fertility and Practical UtilizationSYNTHESIS AND TRANSPORT OF AMINO ACIDS AND CARBON/NITROGEN RELATIONSHIPS: Synthesis of Amino Acids; Transport of Amino Acids in Plants; Co-ordination between Nitrogen Photosynthetic and Respiratory Metabolism; Nitrogen (NO3) Nutrition and Distribution of Carbon in the PlantDISTRIBUTION OF NITROGEN DURING PLANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT: 15N Methodology; Mobilization of Nitrogen Reserve in the Herbaceous Plants; Management of Nitrogen in Ligneous Species; Protein Synthesis in Grains and Seeds; Proteolysis in Higher Plants: Nature, Function, and RegulationNITROGEN:ECOPHYSIOLOGY AND AGRONOMY: Nitrogen Nutrition and Growth of Cultivated Swards; Nitrogen: Crops Production and Environment; Nodular Diagnosis: Agronomic Basis for an Integrated Improvement of Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation and the N2-dependent Yield of Grain-legumes; Nitrogen and Pollution