Preface |
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Chapter 2 Nitrogen Nutrition |
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7 | (1) |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (2) |
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11 | (1) |
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2.5 Critical Concentration |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (4) |
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17 | (1) |
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17 | (6) |
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2.9 Method and Timing of Nitrogen Application |
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23 | (8) |
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26 | (5) |
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Chapter 3 Nitrate Reduction |
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31 | (22) |
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31 | (1) |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (3) |
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3.6 Nitrate Reductase and Stress |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (2) |
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3.8 Factors Affecting Nitrate Reductase |
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43 | (1) |
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3.9 Grain Yield and Nitrate Reductase Activity |
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44 | (1) |
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3.10 Influence of Abiotic Stress |
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45 | (3) |
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3.11 Mechanism of Regulation of Nitrate Reducelose Activity |
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48 | (5) |
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49 | (4) |
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Chapter 4 Nitrite Reduction |
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53 | (10) |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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4.3 Nitrogen Assimilation |
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54 | (1) |
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4.4 Induction of Nitrite Reductase |
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55 | (1) |
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4.5 Regulation of Nitrite Reductase |
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56 | (1) |
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4.6 Variations in Genotypes |
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56 | (2) |
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4.7 Nitrite in Cell Regeneration |
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58 | (1) |
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4.8 Nitrite Reductase and Stress |
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59 | (1) |
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59 | (4) |
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61 | (2) |
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Chapter 5 Ammonia Assimilation |
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63 | (22) |
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5.1 Synthesis of Glutamine |
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64 | (4) |
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5.2 Glutamine Synthetase in Rice Genotypes |
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68 | (2) |
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70 | (2) |
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72 | (1) |
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73 | (3) |
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5.6 Glutamate Synthase in Rice |
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76 | (9) |
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82 | (3) |
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85 | (28) |
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6.1 Estimation of Polyamines |
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86 | (1) |
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6.2 Biological Importance of Polyamines |
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87 | (1) |
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87 | (2) |
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89 | (7) |
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6.5 Transport and Localization of Polyamines |
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96 | (2) |
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6.6 Engineering Polyamine Biosynthesis |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (1) |
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6.8 Spermidine and Plant Growth |
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99 | (1) |
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6.9 Spermine in Stress Response |
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100 | (2) |
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102 | (1) |
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6.11 Polyamines in Translation |
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103 | (1) |
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6.12 Polyamines Oxidation |
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104 | (9) |
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106 | (7) |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (9) |
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125 | (1) |
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125 | (1) |
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126 | (2) |
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128 | (1) |
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7.8 Proline Accumulation in Plants |
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129 | (1) |
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7.9 Compartmentalization of Proline Metabolism in Plants |
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130 | (3) |
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133 | (2) |
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7.11 Lysine Catabolism in Plants |
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135 | (1) |
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7.12 Purification and Characterization of LOR and SDH Enzymes |
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135 | (2) |
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7.13 Regulation of LOR and SDH Enzymes in Plants |
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137 | (2) |
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139 | (2) |
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7.15 Expression and Characteristics of LOR and SDH Genes |
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141 | (1) |
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7.16 Biochemical Mutants and Transgenic Plants for Lysine |
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142 | (3) |
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7.17 Arginine and Ornithine |
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145 | (1) |
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7.18 Ornithine Cycle and Arginine Synthesis |
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146 | (10) |
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7.19 Methionine Biosynthesis and Metabolism in Plants |
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156 | (3) |
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7.20 Branched Chain Amino Acids |
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159 | (16) |
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164 | (11) |
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8.1 Chlorophyll Biosynthesis |
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176 | (4) |
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8.2 Influence of Nitrogen |
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180 | (1) |
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8.3 Chlorophyll Extraction |
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181 | (3) |
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8.4 Photosynthetic Characteristics |
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184 | (2) |
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186 | (4) |
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8.6 Mechanism Associated with Chlorophyll |
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190 | (11) |
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193 | (8) |
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201 | (38) |
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205 | (2) |
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207 | (1) |
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9.3 Classification of Protein Functions |
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208 | (1) |
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9.4 Bioinformatics Analysis of Identified Proteins |
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208 | (4) |
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212 | (4) |
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216 | (7) |
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223 | (1) |
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9.7 Changes in Callus Formation |
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223 | (1) |
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223 | (2) |
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9.9 Changes in Embryogenesis |
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225 | (1) |
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9.10 Changes in Grain Development |
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226 | (4) |
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9.11 Changes in Heterosis |
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230 | (1) |
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9.12 Changes in Biotic Stress |
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231 | (8) |
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233 | (6) |
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239 | (17) |
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10.1 Secondary Structure of DNA |
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240 | (1) |
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241 | (1) |
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241 | (2) |
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243 | (2) |
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10.5 Changes in Seedlings |
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245 | (2) |
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247 | (1) |
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248 | (1) |
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10.8 Changes in Reproductive Development |
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249 | (5) |
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10.9 Changes in Abiotic Stress |
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254 | (2) |
References |
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256 | (5) |
Index |
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