Minerals, nutrition

The role of water in the life of plants is well known. In terms of its major effects this role consists in transporting the mineral nutrition, maintenance of intracellular pressure responsible for the vertical growth of plants and, finally, participation in photosynthesis which provide the biomass growth, or plainly speaking, the crop production. 

Chapin, F.S. (1980). The mineral nutrition of wild plants. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 11, 233-60. 

H. Marschner, Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants. 2nd Edition, Academic Press. New York, 1995. 

D. T. Clarkson and U. Liittge, Mineral nutrition Inducible and repressible nutrient transport systems. Progress in Botany Vol. 52 (H.-D. Behnke et al., eds.), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1991, p. 61. 

S. E. Smith, G. Rosewarne, S. M. Ayling, S. Dickson, D. P. Schachtman, S. J. Barker, and F. A. Smith, Mycorrhizal involvement in plant mineral nutrition a molecular and cell biology perspective. Plant Nutrition—Molecular Biology and Genetics (G. Gissel-Nielsen, and A. Jensen, eds.), Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, 1999. 

L. Eltrop, Role of ectomycorrhiza in the mineral nutrition of Norway spruce (Picea ahies L.). Ph.D. thesis. University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany (1993). 

H. Marschner, W. J. Horst, P. Martin, and V. Romheld, Root-induced changes in the rhiz-ospherc Importance for the mineral nutrition of plants. Z PJIanzenernaehr. Rodenk. 749 441 (1986). 

M. C. Drew, Root function, development, growth and mineral nutrition. The Rhizo-spbere (J. M. Lynch, ed.), John Wiley, Chichester, 1990, p. 35. 

E. Sle.sak, Elecirophysiology of Plant Mineral Nutrition, Wroclaw University Press, Wroclaw, 1992. 

Marschner H. Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants, Academic Press, London, 1995. S. A. Barber and J. H. Cushman, Nitrogen uptake model for agricultural crops, Moiieling Waste Water Renovation—Land Treatment (I. Iskander, ed.), Wiley In-terScience, New York, 1981. pp. 382-404. 

P. R. Darrah. Interactions between root exudates, mineral nutrition and plant growth. Inherent Variation in Plant Growth Physiological Mechanisms and Ecological Consequences (H. Lambers, H. Poorter and M. M. I. van Vuuren, eds.), Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, 1998, p. 159. 

E. Epstein, Mineral Nutrition of Plants Principles and Perspectives. Wiley, New York, 1972. 

Growth and Mineral Nutrition of Field Crops, N. K. Fageria, V. C. Baligar, and Charles Allan Jones... 

Ghnaya, T., Nouairi, I., Slama, I., Messedi, D., Grignon, C., Abdelly, C., and Ghorbel, M.H., Cadmium effects on growth and mineral nutrition of two halophytes Sesuvium portulacastrum and Mesembry-anthemum crystallinum, Journal of Plant Physiology, 162 (10), 1133-1140, 2005. 

Underwood E J and Suttle N F (1999), The Mineral Nutrition of Livestock, CABI Publishing Wallingford, UK. 

The level of plant mineral nutrients available to trees is known to affect fruit quality, but its relative effect is often overestimated compared to other factors such as fruit load and light (and associated assimilate supply to fruit) (see sections above) (for review see Neilsen and Neilsen, 2003). The mineral nutrition of trees and fruits is complex. Uptake of the macronutrients nitrogen... 

Grattan, S., Grieve, C., Poss, J., Robinson, P., Suarez, D., Benes, S. Evaluation of salt-tolerant forages for sequential water reuse systems III. Potential implications for ruminant mineral nutrition. Agric. Water Manag. 70(2), 137-150 (2004)... 

Cayton MT, Reyes ED, Neue HU. 1985. Effect of zinc fertilization on the mineral nutrition of rices differing in tolerance to zinc deficiency. Plant and Soil 87 319-327. 

A Relationship between net photosynthesis, foliage age, and foliage retention B Effect ofplant moisture stress on net photosynthesis C Relationship between mineral uptake and net photosynthesis D Relationship between net photosynthesis and carbohydrate storage E Relationship between water uptake and mineral nutrition F Relationship between carbohydrate storage and bark characteristics G Relationship between carbohydrate storage and wood H Relationship between carbohydrate storage and cone production... 

Effect of pathogens on tree carbohydrate concentration and relationship of carbohydrate concentrations to pathogen attack 24b Effect of path< ns on water uptake and transpiration 24c Relation ip between stem and root characteristics and pathogen attack 2Sa Effect of soil moisture and temperature on water uptake and transpiration 2Sb Effect of soil mineral concentration and temperature on mineral nutrition of... 

General mineral nutrition status improvement for the host plant has been studied frequently to understand the roles of endophytic fungi. Iron nutrition, however, has been studied only occasionally. P. fortinii strains obtained from Pinus sylvestris, Abies alba, Picea abies, and Carex curvula (the last a monocotyledonous plant) were found to produce the cyclic hexapeptide siderophores ferricrocin (73), ferrirubin (74) and ferrichrome C (75). The concentration and pattern of siderophore production was dependent on ferric ion concentration, pH of the medium, and the strain of endophyte. 

Adriano, D.C., Paulsen, G.M. and Murphy, L.S. (1971) Phosphorus-iron and phosphorus-zinc relationships in corn (Zea mays L.) seedlings as affected by mineral nutrition. Agronomy Journal 63(1), 36. 

Epstein, E. (1972). Mineral nutrition of plants principles and pesrspectives. John Wiley Sons, New York. 

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