Sulphur in plants /

作者：  edited by Yash P. Abrol and Altaf Ahmad.

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简介：Summary: Publisher Summary 1 Twenty-one contributions written by researchers in biotechnology, botany, phytochemistry, plant physiology, soil science, agronomy, and other fields addressing the pivotal role played by sulfur (S) in various plant growth and development processes. Topics include the global sulphur cycle and its links to plant environment; molecular aspects of metallothioneins and phytochelatins; genetic engineering of oxidative stress resistance in plants; sulfur nutrition and legume seed quality; and crop responses to sulphur nutrition. Suitable for graduate and post-graduate students and researchers in agronomy, plant physiology, plant molecular biology, and plant biochemistry, as well as for environment and fertilizer industries and associations. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)   Publisher Summary 2 This book contains an account of the present status of knowledge and a detailed analysis of all aspects of sulphur, viz., the global S cycle; the present and future scenario of fertilizer demand and supply; management strategies of soil sulphur; uptake, assimilation and redistribution of sulphur in plants; biosynthesis and functions of various sulphur metabolites (glucosinolates, phytochelatins, metallothionine, sulpholipids, thiols) involved in defense systems of plants against the stresses of their environment; the role of sulphur in improving the quality of legume, cereals and oilseeds; interaction of sulphur with other nutrients, and the use of biologically active sulphur compounds of plant origin in medicine. It is an authoritative review of the present status of knowledge of sulphur and its availability for the improvement of crop production and quality, written by experts from all parts of the world, which will help to identify those research areas that need further exploration.