Plant Micro-Nutrient Use Efficiency

Plant Micronutrient Use Efficiency improves understanding of the complex mechanisms regulating micro NUE, enabling the development of new modern varieties that are more resilient to nutrient stress, as well as presenting ways to increase the bioavailable concentrations of essential micro-nutrients in plant based foods. Identification of novel genes responsible for NUE and nutrient stress tolerance in crop plants. Contributing to the understanding of the molecular mechanisms associated with how crop plants respond to nutrient stress, the book explores discovery of novel genes and pathways, the analyses of their expression patterns in response to low nutrient stress in plants, and determination of the potential functions of these genes and their products in stress adaptation and provides the basis of effective engineering strategies to enhance crop stress tolerance, to develop bio-fortified crops as well as sustainable utilization of natural resources. The physiological importance of micro-nutrients and micro-nutrient stress on plant growth and development is well known, but the molecular and genetic bases of micro NUE and micro-nutrient deficiency stress responses and tolerance, as well as the desire bio-fortification strategies, are not well understood. Importantly, complete elucidation of the physiological, molecular and genetic mechanisms controlling micro NUE and nutrient stress perception, transduction, tolerance and efficient bio-fortification strategies is still a challenge. The book addresses these important topics as well as nutrient sensing and signaling, and molecular and genomic issues covering micronutrient uptake and utilization by plants, and biofortification of crops. This edited volume is an excellent, all-inclusive reference source of knowledge with both foundational and translational insights and is useful for those in all fields of plant science research.