Contains information acquired over the last 20 years in the area of nitrogen metabolism, with new strategies presented to improve plant species of agronomic value by devising new techniques for growing them. Contributors, consisting primarily of French plant physiologists, biotechnologists, microbiologists, agronomists, and others, present 25 contributions addressing assimilation of nitrate and ammonium; symbiotic assimilation of nitrogen; synthesis and transport of amino acids and carbon-nitrogen relationships; distribution of nitrogen during plant growth and development; and the ecophysiology and agronomy of nitrogen. A translated edition of a volume published in Paris, France in 1997 by INRA. This edition includes several new chapters, with some text updates. Distributed by Enfield. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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.
