ABSTRACT

This publication contains the most important information acquired over the last twenty years in the area of nitrogen metabolism and envisages new strategies to improve plant species of agronomic value by devising new techniques for growing them.

part |4 pages

PART I: ASSIMILATION OF NITRATE AND AMMONIUM

part |6 pages

PART II: SYMBIOTIC ASSIMILATION OF NITROGEN

part |4 pages

PART III: SYNTHESIS AND TRANSPORT OF AMINO ACIDS AND CARBON/NITROGEN RELATIONSHIPS

part |4 pages

PART IV: DISTRIBUTION OF NITROGEN DURING PLANT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

chapter 17|16 pages

15N Methodologyy

chapter 19|12 pages

Management of Nitrogen in Ligneous Species

chapter 20|18 pages

Protein Synthesis in Grains and Seeds

part |4 pages

PART V: NITROGEN: ECOPHYSIOLOGY AND AGRONOMY