Plant Nutrition for Sustainable Food Production and Environment: Proceedings of the XIII International Plant Nutrition Colloquium, 13–19 September 1997, Tokyo, Japan

Front Matter....Pages I-XXXIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Plant nutrition in the 20th and perspectives for the 21st century....Pages 3-14
Facing the challenge of food scarcity: Can we raise grain yields fast enough?....Pages 15-24
Application of microinjection techniques to plant nutrition....Pages 25-39
Regulation of mineral nitrogen uptake in plants....Pages 41-49
Physiological nitrogen efficiency in rice: Nitrogen utilization, photosynthesis, and yield potential....Pages 51-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Does boron play only a structural role in the growing tissues of higher plants?....Pages 63-67
Boron requirement for reproductive development in wheat....Pages 69-73
Significance of N source (urea vs. NH 4 NO 3 ) and Ni supply for growth, urease activity and nitrogen metabolism of zucchini ( Cucurbita pepo convar. giromontiina )....Pages 75-80
HPLC/ICP-MS study of metals bound to borate-rhamnogalacturonan-II from plant cell walls....Pages 81-82
Ameliorative effects of phosphate and silicate on aluminum toxicity in barley and rice plants....Pages 83-84
Effect of different concentrations of urea with or without nickel on spinach ( Spinacia oleracea L.) under hydroponic culture....Pages 85-86
Leaching from the leaf surface and its significance for apoplastic ion balance....Pages 87-88
A borate-rhamnogalacturonan II complex in germinating pollen tubes of lily ( Lilium longiflorum )....Pages 89-90
Relationships between cell wall composition and leaf development in low-P mashbean ( Vigna aconitifolia ) plants....Pages 91-92
Effect of potassium on EDTA-osmoticum, nitrate reductase activity and productivity of groundnut-sugarcane intercropping under water deficit conditions....Pages 93-94
Plant tolerance to nitrogen deficit and excess: Ion compartmentation in root cells....Pages 95-96
Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium concentrations and their balance of durum wheat plants during different growth stages....Pages 97-98
Calcium signalling in programmed cell death in plants....Pages 99-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Reevaluating the free-ion activity model of trace metal availability to higher plants....Pages 107-112
Plant uptake of Cd and Zn in chelator-buffered nutrient solution depends on ligand type....Pages 113-118
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
Possible role of root-ethylene in Fe(III)-phytometallophore uptake in Strategy II species....Pages 119-122
Compartmentation and flux analysis of Ca 2+ in citrus root using isotope exchange kinetics....Pages 123-124
Characterization of ferric chelate reductase in plasma membranes isolated from cucumber roots....Pages 125-126
Regulation of phosphate absorption by phosphorus nutritional status in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings....Pages 127-128
The toxicity of Cu on the seedlings of a mangrove ( Kandelia candel ) in the presence of NaCl....Pages 129-130
Simultaneous observation of nitrogen uptake, transport and assimilation by rice and wheat young plants fed 15 N-nitrate....Pages 131-132
Differences in growth and nutrition of legumes in varying soil temperature and phosphorus....Pages 133-134
Uptake and translocation of N and P in Leucaena leucocephala grown at different N, P and Al concentrations....Pages 135-136
A high affinity Na-dependent phosphate uptake induced by P starvation in Chara ....Pages 137-138
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Detection and characterization of nitrogen circulation through the sieve tubes and xylem vessels of rice plants....Pages 141-145
Isolation and patch clamp measurements of xylem contact cells for the study of their role in the exchange between apoplast and symplast of leaves....Pages 147-152
The mechanism of phloem mobility of boron....Pages 153-156
Characteristics of light-regulated iron transport system in barley chloroplasts....Pages 157-161
Inheritance of potassium, calcium and magnesium status in maize ( Zea mays L.) plants....Pages 163-164
Solute-pool enlargement in drought-sensitive or -tolerant grain legumes: Concentration effect or osmotic adjustment?....Pages 165-166
Efficiency of K utilization by soybean cultivars....Pages 167-168
Uptake and transport of positron-emitting tracer in irradiated plants....Pages 169-170
Seasonal changes in accumulation and retranslocation of nutrients in Casuarina glauca cladodes....Pages 171-172
Study on sugar accumulation of sweet sorghum....Pages 173-174
The effect of the level of nitrogen supply on the amino acid composition in phloem sap and in leaf extract of rice....Pages 175-176
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Net influx of calcium and efflux of potassium in groundnut pods grown in solution culture....Pages 177-178
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Genetic and physiological approaches toward understanding the mechanisms underlying the sulfur-regulated expression of β -conglycinin genes....Pages 181-185
High-affinity phosphate transporter genes of Arabidopsis thaliana ....Pages 187-190
The froh gene family from Arabidopsis thaliana : Putative iron-chelate reductases....Pages 191-194
Transfer of potassium channel genes into tobacco....Pages 195-196
Changes in the activities of ammonia assimilation enzymes during senescence of Brassica napus leaf protoplasts....Pages 197-198
Exogenous sucrose supresses a far-red light block of greening in Arabidopsis seedlings....Pages 199-200
Molecular aspects of potassium and water transport, and their bearing under salt stress....Pages 201-202
Uninfected cell specific enhancement of a nodulin-35 genomic gene expression in soybean nodules. Evidences by RT-PCR and chimeric promoter region: GUS reporter gene analysis using transgenic hairy root system of soybean....Pages 203-204
Expression in Escherichia coli and purification of a fusion protein containing a hydrophilic region from Oryza sativa plasma membrane H + -ATPase....Pages 205-206
Short root-hair mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana ....Pages 207-208
Isolation of an Arabidopsis thaliana Mutant in which the Soybean β -Conglycinin Gene Promoter does not Respond Normally to Sulfur Deficiency....Pages 209-210
Cloning of axil -like cDNA from soybean....Pages 211-212
Screening of Arabidopsis thaliana mutants sensitive to sulfur deficiency....Pages 213-214
Wounding inducibility of axil gene, which induces auxin independent cell division of tobacco protoplast....Pages 215-216
Pectic fragments prepared by irradiation and their phytoalexin elicitor activity....Pages 217-218
Transcription regulation of a Kunitz chymotrypsin inhibitor gene which is expressed abundantly in seeds and tuberous roots of winged bean....Pages 219-220
Modification of the nitrogen utilization in transgenic tobacco plants that have enhanced or repressed expression of a putative nitrite transporter in chloroplast envelope....Pages 221-222
Hydroponic culture of Arabidopsis thaliana to screen mutants defective in the absorption of manganese....Pages 223-224
PCR-assisted differential display of the expression of genes that are induced by manganese-deficiency in tomato roots....Pages 225-226
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Phenotypic characterization of tobacco mutant CF15–9, which overexpress the axi1 gene, under phosphate deficient condition....Pages 227-228
Characterization and cDNA cloning of the GPI-anchored phosphatase from Spirodela oligorrhiza ....Pages 229-230
Selection of mineral stress resistant lines in sugarcane through biotechnological methods....Pages 231-232
Structure and function of two higher plant sulfate transporters....Pages 233-234
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Role of rye chromosomes in improvement of zinc efficiency in wheat and triticale....Pages 237-241
Root exudation and microflora populations in rhizosphere of crop genotypes differing in tolerance to micronutrient deficiency....Pages 243-248
Reevaluation of the genes induced by iron deficiency in barley roots....Pages 249-254
Iron stress response in iron-efficient and iron-inefficient groundnut cultivars....Pages 255-256
Manganese deficiency and toxicity levels for Japanese mint....Pages 257-258
Dissolution of iron from soils by mugineic acid....Pages 259-260
Iron stress response in chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.): morphological changes and levels of H + -ATPase mRNA in root tips.....Pages 261-262
Zinc efficiency of dwarf Zea mays treated with a gibberellin-biosynthesis inhibitor....Pages 263-264
Characteristics of root Fe 3+ -reduction and root exudate secretion under Fe-deficient conditions in alfalfa....Pages 265-266
Seed manganese (Mn) content is more important than Mn fertilisation for wheat growth under Mn deficient conditions....Pages 267-268
Efficient Mn uptake in barley is a constitutive system....Pages 269-270
Prevention and correction of iron-deficiency chlorosis of groundnut in India....Pages 271-272
Tolerance of fababean genotypes to low zinc using carbonic anhydrase (CA) activity as a screening technique....Pages 273-274
Evidence that transplanted oilseed rape ( Brassica napus ) has a higher external zinc requirement than direct sown plants....Pages 275-276
Characterization of iron deficiency response system with riboflavin secretion in some dicotyledonous plants....Pages 277-278
Purification, characterization and DNA sequencing of nicotianamine aminotransferase (NAAT-III) expressed in Fe-deficient barley roots....Pages 279-280
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Possible involvement of Ids3 in the hydroxylation of deoxymugineic acid to mugineic acid in Fe-deficient barley roots....Pages 281-282
Effect of seed zinc content on grain yield and zinc concentration of wheat grown in zinc-deficient calcareous soils....Pages 283-284
Relationship between sulfur metabolism and biosynthesis of phytosiderophores in barley roots....Pages 285-286
Physical mapping of rye genes determining micronutritional efficiency in wheat....Pages 287-288
Genotypic variation for Mn efficiency in durum wheat ( Triticum turgidium L. var. durum )....Pages 289-290
Establishment of a screening system for “Fe(III)-phytosiderophore” transporter protein from Fe-deficient barley roots....Pages 291-292
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Properties of secretory acid phosphatase from lupin roots under phosphorus-deficient conditions....Pages 295-300
Phosphorus deficiency enhances root exudation of low-molecular weight organic acids and utilization of sparingly soluble inorganic phosphates by radish ( Raghanus satiuvs L.) and rape ( Brassica napus L.) plants....Pages 301-304
Comparison of the ability of different crop species to access poorly-available soil phosphorus....Pages 305-308
The role of cell wall components from groundnut roots in solubilizing sparingly soluble phosphorus in low fertility soils....Pages 309-314
Response of maize ( Zea mays L.) to soil stress and to P and K fertilization on strong K-fixing soil....Pages 315-316
Kinetic properties and “in situ” visualization of acid phosphatase secretion from cowpea roots under P-deficiency....Pages 317-318
Zinc response in clusterbean as influenced by genotypic variability....Pages 319-320
Potassium-deficiency stress tolerance and potassium utilization efficiency in wheat genotypes....Pages 321-322
Characteristics of aluminum phosphate utilizing cells: Alteration in enzyme activities in carbon metabolism....Pages 323-324
The exudation of organic acids by pigeonpea roots for solubilizing iron- and aluminum-bound phosphorus....Pages 325-326
Mechanisms for efficient utilization of phosphate by wheat and a new screening method for efficient genotypes....Pages 327-328
Adaptive strategies of maize genotypes in low P supply....Pages 329-330
Analysis of protein in low-phosphorus-adapted ruzigrass ( Brachiaria ruziziensis )....Pages 331-332
Front Matter....Pages 333-333
Critical values for sulfur in young plants of oilseed rape ( Brassica napus L.) determined with reference to dry weight, leaf area and specific leaf weight....Pages 335-339
Front Matter....Pages 333-333
Responses of secondary metabolism in plants to nutrient deficiency....Pages 341-345
Physiological changes during the development of potassium deficiency in cotton....Pages 347-351
Potassium quantity-intensity relationships of a hydrosequence of soils from the Cerrado region of Brazil....Pages 353-354
Stored nitrate for diagnosing N sufficiency in wheat crops....Pages 355-356
Extractants testing for determination of plant available manganese in soil....Pages 357-358
Prompt gamma ray analysis of boron in plants and soil....Pages 359-360
Soil fertility and productivity evaluation of selected Philippine soils....Pages 361-362
Potassium deficiency diagnosis in soybean ( Glycine max L. Merr.)....Pages 363-364
Comparison of methods for determination of phosphorus retention....Pages 365-366
Extractability of soil phosphorus by different methods and its critical limit for wheat....Pages 367-368
Diagnostic technique for nitrogen nutrition of cabbage to increase sugar concentration....Pages 369-370
Critical levels of available P in acid soils of Cameroon....Pages 371-372
Non-destructive measurement of plant growth and nitrogen status of pearl millet with low-altitude aerial photography....Pages 373-378
In situ measurement of soil nutrient supply in lowland rice fields....Pages 379-380
Sugarbeet nutritional diagnosis using remote sensing....Pages 381-382
Front Matter....Pages 383-383
Accumulation and transport of nickel in relation to organic acids in ryegrass and maize grown with different nickel levels....Pages 385-390
Genetic improvement of heavy metal tolerance in plants by transfer of the yeast metallothionein gene ( CUP1 )....Pages 391-395
Salt tolerance in two gramineae sp. Panicum maximum and Eleusine coracana : glycinebetaine accumulation and expression of betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase mRNA....Pages 397-400
Sulphydryl groups in two Brazilian corn cultivars as a function of cadmium in the nutrient solution....Pages 401-402
Ion uptake, metabolism and yield of rice ( Oryza sativa L.) at excess iron in the growth medium....Pages 403-404
Front Matter....Pages 383-383
Seasonal variations of amino acids and organic acids in the xylem sap of Quercus ilex L. growing on serpentine and sandy loam soils....Pages 405-406
Higher plant metallothionein genes confer Cu resistance to yeast....Pages 407-408
Increased susceptibility to photoinhibition in leaves of Japanese elm ( Ulmus davidiana var. japonica ) with high manganese concentrations....Pages 409-410
Characterization of phytochelatin synthase and relationship with Cd-tolerance of plant....Pages 411-412
Effect of temperature and zinc supply on early growth of Zn-efficient and Zn-inefficient genotypes of oilseed rape ( Brassica napus L.)....Pages 413-414
Effect of irrigation water salinity on the growth of trees for revegetation in the United Arab Emirates....Pages 415-416
Effect of salinity on seed germination and seedling growth of the species collected from the saline areas of Iran....Pages 417-418
Effect of soil salinity on the growth and nutritional status of crop plants and that of N and P application....Pages 419-420
Effects of soil salinity on the growth, nutritional status and salt-removing capacity of fodder beet....Pages 421-422
Crop cultivation and the change of salts in saline soil....Pages 423-424
Front Matter....Pages 425-425
Aluminum distribution and viability of plant root and cultured cells....Pages 427-431
Genetic and physiological analysis of doubled-haploid, aluminium-resistant lines of wheat provide evidence for the involvement of a 23 kD, root exudate polypeptide in mediating resistance....Pages 433-438
Early events induced by aluminum stress in elongating cells of wheat root....Pages 439-444
Excretion and metabolism of malic acid produced by dark carbon fixation in roots in relation to aluminium tolerance of wheat....Pages 445-446
Complexing ability of organic acids with aluminium in acidic soils....Pages 447-448
Secretion of citric acid as an aluminium-resistant mechanism in Cassia tora L.....Pages 449-450
An aluminum-tolerant cell line isolated from cultured tobacco cells....Pages 451-452
The inheritance of aluminium stress response in rye ( Secale cereale L.) inbred lines....Pages 453-454
Excretion of citrate as an aluminium-tolerance mechanism in tropical leguminous trees....Pages 455-456
Cellular distribution and chemical forms of aluminum in Scapania undulata ....Pages 457-458
Front Matter....Pages 425-425
Response of plants adapted in low pH soils to aluminum....Pages 459-460
Chemical characterization of two forests on the coastal plains of the Ilha do Mel, Paraná, Brazil....Pages 461-462
Aluminum distribution and its related mechanisms in roots and other parts of some Japanese tree species....Pages 463-464
Selection of aluminium-tolerant variants in Arabidopsis thaliana in solution culture....Pages 465-466
Al-binding capacity of plasma membrane of root-tip portion in relation to Al tolerance....Pages 467-468
Factors limiting tea pollen tube growth in soil solution from three acid soils....Pages 469-470
A new method for assessing pollen tube growth and its application to study alleviation of aluminium stress....Pages 471-472
Mechanisms of differential tolerance of crop plants to high aluminium and low phosphorus growth conditions....Pages 473-474
Front Matter....Pages 475-475
A new root box for developing whole root systems in water culture....Pages 477-482
Studies on nickel and manganese dynamic in the rhizosphere of wheat....Pages 483-486
The soil solution composition as a predictor for metal availability to spinach: a comparative study using 137 Cs, 85 Sr, 109 Cd, 65 Zn and 152 Eu....Pages 487-492
Phosphorus acquisition and cycling in crop and pasture systems in low fertility tropical soils....Pages 493-498
Modelling and measurement of the effects of K-fertiliser on yield, crop uptake and soil-K....Pages 499-500
Fractionation of soil copper and manganese in the rhizosphere of finger millet....Pages 501-502
Determination of low molecular weight organic acids in forest soils....Pages 503-504
Growth-promoting effect of root exudates of Fe-deficient alfalfa on Rhizobium meliloti ....Pages 505-506
The Earth Box™ — A containerized gradient oriented nutritional paradigm....Pages 507-508
Preferential use of organic nitrogen by upland rice compared to maize....Pages 509-510
Exploitation potential for nonexchangeable potassium of Lupinus albus L. and Triticum aestivum L.....Pages 511-512
Changes in phosphorus compounds around the rhizosphere of groundnut and pigeonpea grown in an Andosol with arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi....Pages 513-514
Front Matter....Pages 475-475
Phosphate distribution and movement in the rhizosphere of wheat....Pages 515-516
Distribution of denitrifying and enzyme activities across the rhizosphere of wheat....Pages 517-518
Front Matter....Pages 519-519
Nitrogen movement and water quality at a poorly-drained agricultural and riparian site in the Pacific Northwest....Pages 521-526
Zinc uptake by plants on amended polluted soils....Pages 527-532
Dieldrin uptake from a contaminated Haplustox by glasshouse-grown plants....Pages 533-535
Accumulation of gallium (Ga) in Azolla ....Pages 537-538
Nitrogen dynamics in paper-mulched paddy field fertilized with controlled-release coated urea by 15 N-method....Pages 539-540
Content of Be, Ga, Sb, Cs, Ba, La, Tl and Bi in wild plants: screening for accumulating plants....Pages 541-542
Prediction and measurement of nutrients leaching from a soil under fodder crops in the Indian semi-arid tropics....Pages 543-544
Effects of cadmium on sorghum plants ( Sorghum vulgare Pers.) cultivated on soiless culture....Pages 545-546
Relationship between soil acidification and nutrient cycling in a forest ecosystem on Volcanogenous Regosols in Hokkaido, northern Japan....Pages 547-548
Physiological responses of rice crop to cement dust....Pages 549-550
Influence of rainfall on mass loss and potassium dynamics of decomposing forest tree leaf litter....Pages 551-552
Background levels of heavy metals in kanagawa prefecture farm soils impacted by volcanic ash from Mt. Fuji....Pages 553-554
Emission of N 2 O from a clayey aquic soil cultivated with Onion plants....Pages 555-556
Restoring the productivity potential of Mt. Pinatubo-affected soils....Pages 557-558
Effect of organic materials and lime application on cadmium uptake by ryegrass ( Lolium multiflorum Lam.) in cadmium polluted acid soils....Pages 559-560
Salt tolerance in reed canarygrass ( Phalaris arundinacea L.) grown on soil perfused with cattle urine....Pages 561-562
Chromate sorption by acid and alkaline soils....Pages 563-564
Chemical composition of deciduous and coniferous vegetation, mosses and humus as environmental indicator in Slovakia....Pages 565-566
Front Matter....Pages 519-519
N 2 O and N 2 emissions from a soilless culture system as affected by greenhouse climate....Pages 567-568
Front Matter....Pages 569-569
Effect of alkaline stabilized sewage sludge solids on chemical speciation and plant availability of Cu and Zn in the rhizosphere soil solution....Pages 571-576
Ecological evaluation of long-term application of sewage sludges according to the legislative permissions....Pages 577-579
Recycling of municipal and industrial organic wastes in agriculture: benefits, limitations, and means of improvement....Pages 581-586
Residue recycling for restoring soil fertility and productivity in Japanese mint ( Mentha arvensis ) mustard ( Brassica sp. ) system....Pages 587-588
Alkaline stabilized sewage sludge cake as an organic fertiliser for spring barley....Pages 589-590
The effect of barnyard manure of different degradation levels on grass production....Pages 591-592
Effect of zeolite addition to chicken manure on nitrogen mineralization in the soil....Pages 593-594
Use as a fertilizer of effluent from a bio-gas generator processing animal manure....Pages 595-596
Decomposition characteristics of organic manure in soil and influence of manure application on extractable Fe and Zn....Pages 597-598
Effect of decomposition of city refuse compost on the behavior of organic compounds in the particle size fractions....Pages 599-600
Nutrients recycled from pruned fronds in mature oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis Jacq.)....Pages 601-602
Effective of long-term applications of sewage sludge on Zn and Cu retention in sludge-treated soil....Pages 603-604
Origin of selective inhibitors of legume-seed germination in sludge composts....Pages 605-606
Front Matter....Pages 607-607
Use of urease inhibitors to reduce ammonia loss from broadcast urea and increase grain yield of flooded rice in Thailand....Pages 609-612
Nitrogen management and biological nitrogen fixation in sorghum/pigeonpea intercropping on Alfisols of the semi-arid tropics....Pages 613-618
Effects of organic-acid treatment of phosphate rocks on the phosphorus availability to Italian ryegrass....Pages 619-624
Characteristics of P supply from polyolefin-coated P fertilizers in soil....Pages 625-630
Effect of Bacillus pumilus PJ 19 and UPMB 001 on the dissolution of gafsa phosphate rock in acid soils....Pages 631-632
Uptake and efficiency of split applications of nitrogen fertilizer in winter wheat....Pages 633-634
Front Matter....Pages 607-607
Effect of split nitrogen application on grain nitrogen, grain protein and nitrogen harvest of wheat ( T. aestivum L.) genotypes....Pages 635-636
Effect of shade and fertilizer application on dry matter yield of medicinal plants....Pages 637-638
Properties of a new slow-release nitrogen fertilizer “SUPER-IB”....Pages 639-640
A new fertilization system for rice cultivars susceptible to lodging....Pages 641-642
Improvement of nitrogen fertilizer availability by co-situs placement using polyolefin-coated fertilizers in corn production....Pages 643-644
A mechanism and an improved simulation of nitrogen release from resin-coated urea....Pages 645-646
Evaluation of dry matter production and nutrient-element accumulation of several summer-growing green manure crops....Pages 647-648
Calcium boron interaction studies in tomato grown in a calcareous soil....Pages 649-650
Resin-coated urea fertilizer use efficiency in direct seeding culture of paddy rice....Pages 651-652
Effects of no-tillage system on silage-corn yields and soil characteristics in Andisol....Pages 653-654
Effects of polyolefin-coated fertilizer containing NPK and micro-elements on copper deficiency in barley and wheat in acid high humic Andisol....Pages 655-656
Effects of zinc fertilization and irrigation on grain yield and zinc concentration of various cereals grown in zinc-deficient calcareous soils....Pages 657-658
Determination of uptake efficiencies and leaching properties of nitrogen fertilizers in tomatoes using lysimeters....Pages 659-660
Front Matter....Pages 661-661
Nitrate-uptake capacity of different root zones of Zea mays (L.) in vitro and in situ....Pages 663-668
A root-shoot interaction hypothesis for high productivity of field crops....Pages 669-674
Gibberellin, cytokinins, nitrate content and rate of water transport in the stem in response to root temperature....Pages 675-680
Estimation of mucilage on maize roots with ruthenium red....Pages 681-682
Measurement of root length and width using image analysis system....Pages 683-684
Grain yield and root activity in upland crops grown continuously or in rotation plots with different depths of topsoil....Pages 685-686
The effects of soil compaction on the growth and nutrient status of rice grown under flooded conditions....Pages 687-688
Front Matter....Pages 661-661
Nitrogen fertilizer management in pigeonpea/sorghum intercropping on an Alfisol in the semi-arid tropics....Pages 689-690
Front Matter....Pages 691-691
Changes in concentration of leghemoglobin components in hypernodulation mutants of soybean....Pages 693-698
Physiological aspects of nitrogen fixation response to copper nutrition in several grain legume species....Pages 699-702
Fine structure of Frankia in root nodules and isolation of Frankia from nodules of actinorhizal plants growing in Japan....Pages 703-706
A nodulation type with increased number of nodules and nitrate intolerance in soybean....Pages 707-708
Effect of fertilization on soybean yield and quality on poor soil....Pages 709-710
Polyamine as a negative regulatory substance in defense responses of soybean against the infection and nitrogen fixation by Bradyrhizobium japonicum ....Pages 711-712
Genomic diversity of Bradyrhizobium strains compatible with soybean ( Glycine max L. Merr.) harboring various Rj -genes....Pages 713-714
Proliferative response of Rhizobium etli strains to the mixture of common bean exudate and the soil extract....Pages 715-716
Physiochemical mechanism of nitrate nitrogen stress on root nodulation in common bean and soybean seedlings....Pages 717-718
Influence of native root microflora on wheat growth....Pages 719-720
Effect of Ca Levels and some fertilizer application formulas on yield and biological nitrogen fixation by peanut in Vietnam....Pages 721-722
Assimilation of biological and mineral nitrogen of pea plants in symbiosis with nodule bacteria....Pages 723-724
Front Matter....Pages 725-725
The effect of two arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi on growth and phosphorus nutrition of Populus nigra seedlings....Pages 727-732
Growth stimulatory substances for vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Bahia grass ( Paspalum notatum Flügge.) roots....Pages 733-736
Transport processes at the plant-fungus interface in mycorrhizal associations: physiological studies....Pages 737-742
Root colonization and iron nutritional status of a Pseudomonas fluorescens in different plant species....Pages 743-748
Phosphorus transfer via vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal hyphal link between roots of red clover....Pages 749-750
Relationship of crop yield to microbial biomass in highly-weathered soils of China....Pages 751-752
Detection of amo gene of chemolithotrophic ammonia-oxidizers in soil by nested PCR....Pages 753-754
Front Matter....Pages 725-725
Effects of strontium treatment on bacterial wilt development and the concentration of strontium in inoculated tomato seedlings....Pages 755-756
Effect of fertilization on suppression of common scab of potato....Pages 757-758
Role of plant nutrition on alleviating nematode parasitism....Pages 759-760
Effects of previous crops on the arbuscular mycorrhizal formation of maize plants under different soil moisture conditions....Pages 761-762
Nitrogen transformations to carbon mineralization in soil....Pages 763-764
The effect of various plant residues on microbial activity and N mineralization in Kurupelit soil....Pages 765-766
Suppressive effect of Geranium pratense L. on potato common scab and identification of the effective compound....Pages 767-768
Effects of different plant species on soil microbial biomass carbon in a grassland soil....Pages 769-770
Responses of phosphorus uptake and growth of Allium fistulosum L. cultivars to arbuscular mycorrhizal colonisation....Pages 771-772
A rapid method for determining bacterial biomass on the root surface....Pages 773-774
Arbuscular mycorrhizal infection decreases the free amino acid contents in the host plant....Pages 775-776
Effects of added organic matter on microbial biomass nitrogen dynamics and plant uptake in paddy soils....Pages 777-778
Bases of physiological and biochemical interactions between plants and microorganisms in agrocenoses....Pages 779-780
Front Matter....Pages 781-781
Nutritional physiology of the rice plant and productivity decline of irrigated rice systems in the tropics....Pages 783-788
Molecular markers linked to genes underlying seedling tolerance for ferrous iron toxicity....Pages 789-792
Applications of a simple rice-nitrogen model....Pages 793-798
Possibility of copper deficiency and impediment in ripening in rice from application of crop residues in submerged soil....Pages 799-800
Rice seedling establishment as affected by soil type and redox potential....Pages 801-802
Effects of Indonesian electric furnace slag on rice yield and chemical properties of soils....Pages 803-804
The use of an anti-lodging agent for rice fertilized with controlled-release urea....Pages 805-806
Front Matter....Pages 781-781
Photosynthesized carbon distribution in relation to nitrogen and phosphorus status of rice leaves....Pages 807-808
Isolation of genomic DNA fragment of rice phloem thioredoxin h....Pages 809-810
Increase of PEPC activity in developing rice seeds with nitrogen application at flowering stage....Pages 811-812
Sulfur status of rice and lowland soils in West Africa....Pages 813-814
Fertilizer management and nitrogen use efficiency for irrigated rice grown on calcareous-alkaline soils....Pages 815-816
Behavior of nitrogen in soil and uptake by the rice plant....Pages 817-818
Front Matter....Pages 819-819
Comparison of contents for cytosolic-glutamine synthetase and NADH-dependent glutamate synthase proteins in leaves of japonica, indica, and javanica rice plants....Pages 821-826
Ammonia exchange between plants and the atmosphere: Effects of ammonium supply to the roots, dark-induced senescence and reduced GS activity....Pages 827-831
Effects of exogenous ABA application on sulfate and OAS concentrations, and on composition of seed storage proteins in in vitro cultured soybean immature cotyledons....Pages 833-837
 Agrobacterium -mediated transformation of Sasanishiki, a leading cultivar of rice ( Oryza sativa L.) in northern Japan....Pages 839-840
The effect of nitrogen nutrition on the resistance of tobacco to light stress....Pages 841-842
Nitrogen and sulphur nutrition of oilseed rape and crop quality....Pages 843-844
Peanut glutamate dehydrogenase: A target site of herbicide action....Pages 845-850
Effects of amides on the expression of NADH and NAD(P)H nitrate reductase genes in barley seedlings....Pages 851-852
Depression of β -subunit accumulation in nitrogen deficient soybean seeds....Pages 853-854
Purification and characterization of adenosine 5′-phosphosulfate sulfotransferase of radish seedlings....Pages 855-856
Effects of seleno-methionine on accumulation of seed storage proteins of soybean....Pages 857-858
Seed derived nitrogen in bean plant organs during early growth stages....Pages 859-860
Regulation of nitrate reduction by sink activity in soybean ( Glycine max L.)....Pages 861-862
The effects of nitrate on sprouting of grapevine buds and changes in amino acid concentration....Pages 863-864
Front Matter....Pages 865-865
Cotton responses to nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and temperature interactions....Pages 867-872
Growth, grain yield and quality of rice ( Oryza sativa L.) in response to elevated CO 2 and phosphorus nutrition....Pages 873-878
Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (Rubisco) content and nitrogen allocation in rice leaves under CO 2 enrichment: Optimization of Rubisco content by ‘antisense’ rbc S....Pages 879-884
Critical stage of nitrogen requirement for citrus fruit development....Pages 885-886
Effects of high CO 2 on nodule formation in roots of Japanese mountain alder seedlings grown under two nutrient levels....Pages 887-888
Effect of potassium nutrition on translocation of photosynthesized 14 C and carbon-nitrogen metabolism in leaves of various crop plants....Pages 889-890
How do nutrients drive growth?....Pages 891-895
The role of molecular oxygen in the photosynthetic electron transport of higher plants....Pages 897-898
No biochemical evidence for separating respiration into growth and maintenance....Pages 899-900
Nutritional characteristics of sago palm ( Metroxylon sagus )....Pages 901-902
Effect of brassinolide on growth and parameters of photoautotrophically cultured green tobacco cells....Pages 903-904
Aluminum and calcium effects on photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence in taro....Pages 905-906
Factors controlling leaf area development in husk leaf of flint corn ( Zea mays L.)....Pages 907-908
Effect of CO 2 enrichment on stem and fruit diameters, and fruit growth in Japanese pear ( Pyrus serotina Reheder)....Pages 909-910
Physiological characteristics of husk leaves and its contribution to grain production in maize ( Zea mays L.)....Pages 911-912
Different mechanisms of carbon-nitrogen interaction in cereal and legume crops....Pages 913-914
Front Matter....Pages 915-915
Sulphur nutrition: An important factor for the quality of wheat and rapeseed....Pages 917-922
Influence of late nitrogen application on nitrogen translocation and protein fractions of wheat genotypes differing in protein content....Pages 923-926
 13 CO 2 feeding studies on the metabolism of carbohydrates, ascorbate and oxalate in spinach ( Spinacia oleracea L.)....Pages 927-931
A strategy for breeding staple-food crops with high micronutrient density....Pages 933-937
Front Matter....Pages 915-915
Response of sugar beet to foliar fertilization with Epsom salt (MgSO 4 .7H 2 O)....Pages 939-940
Effects of sulfate application and shading on myrosinase activity and S-methyl-L-cysteine sulfoxide content in radish ( Raphanus sativus L.) roots....Pages 941-942
Changes in soybean quality resulting from applications of lime and potassium fertilizer....Pages 943-944
Improvement of phosphorus uptake of forage legumes by rock phosphate fertilization and vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhiza inoculation....Pages 945-946
Genetic analysis of nitrogen contents in four wheat cultivars and their hybrids....Pages 947-948
Sugar beet yield and quality as affected by N fertilization and crop planting density....Pages 949-950
Effects of zinc and copper application on timothy ( Phleum pratense L.) growth on andisol grasslands in Konsen district....Pages 951-952
Effect of nitrogen fertilization and post-maturity rainfall on wheat grain quality....Pages 953-954
The role of winter wheat chromosomes 5D and 5A in nitrogen accumulation and grain protein content....Pages 955-956
Effect of ammonium-nitrogen supply on oxalic acid content in spinach grown in hydroponics and fields....Pages 957-958
A low cost ridge hammering tillage system for high quality production of sweet potato....Pages 959-960
Effects of nitrogen application on the yield and quality of F1-hybrid tomato seeds....Pages 961-962
Effects of replacing of nitrate with urea or chloride on the growth and nitrate accumulation in pak-choi in the hydroponics....Pages 963-964
Organic top dressing to improve yield and quality of paddy rice....Pages 965-966
Relationships between the mineralized-N levels in rice field soil and the total N levels in brown rice....Pages 967-968
Effect of NH 4 -N levels and K/Ca ratios in the nutrient solution on incidence of blossom-end rot and gold specks on tomato fruits grown in rockwool....Pages 969-970
Ascorbic acid and reducing sugars contained in two kinds of tomato fruits watered by different methods....Pages 971-972
Improving ascorbic acid content of tomato fruits by the oxidized yeast extract....Pages 973-974
Improvement of pineapple fruit quality by molybdenum....Pages 975-976
Back Matter....Pages 977-985