Plant membrane and vacuolar transporters /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008.
• Subjects: Plant translocation.; Plant cell membranes.; Plant Composition.; Plant Physiology and Biochemistry.; Plant Nutrition.; Industrial Wastes and Effluents.; Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Amino acids.; Ammonium.; Biochemical transport.; Biochemical transporters.; Calcium.; Cell membranes.; Chemical composition.; Crop quality.; Heavy metals.; Ion transport.; Ion uptake.; Iron.; Manganese.; Nitrate.; Nutrient transport.; Nutrient uptake.; Phosphate.; Plant composition.; Polyols.; Potassium.; Productivity.; Proteomics.; Secondary metabolites.; Silicon.; Sugars.; Sulfate.; Uptake mechanisms.; Vacuoles.; Electronic books.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 384 pages) : illustrations, charts; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book contains 14 chapters that evaluate the current knowledge, state of art and future prospects of plant membrane and vacuolar transporters in relation to plant productivity and quality improvement. The role of transporters, the mechanisms of uptake, accumulation or transport of potassium, calcium, nitrate, ammonium, sulfate, phosphate, iron, manganese, silicon, heavy metals, sugars, polyols, amino acids and secondary metabolites, the proteomic analysis of vacuolar membrane, and the elemental biofortification of crop plants are emphasized. The book is intended for scientists, researchers, students, planners and industrialists working in the area of biotechnology, plant agriculture, agronomy, horticulture, plant physiology, molecular biology, nutritional biology, plant sciences and environmental sciences.