Plant Micronutrients

Plants require essential nutrients (macronutrients and micronutrients) for normal functioning. Sufficiency range is the levels of nutrients necessary to meet the plant's needs for optimal growth. This range depends on individual plant species and the particular nutrient. Nutrient levels outside of a plant's sufficiency range cause overall crop growth and health to decline, due either to deficiency or toxicity from over-accumulation. Apart from micronutrients (B, Cl, Mn, Fe, Zn, Cu and Mo), Aluminum (Al), cerium (Ce), cobalt (Co), iodine (I), lanthanum (La), sodium (Na), selenium (Se), silicon (Si), titanium (Ti), and vanadium (V) are emerging as novel biostimulants that may enhance crop productivity and nutritional quality. These beneficial elements are not "essential" but when supplied at low dosages, they augment plant growth, development, and yield by stimulating specific molecular, biochemical, and physiological pathways in responses to challenging environments. The book is the first reference volume that approaches plant micronutrient management with the latest biotechnological and omics tools. Expertly curated chapters highlight working solutions as well as open problems and future challenges in plant micronutrient deficiency or toxicity. We believe this book will introduce readers to state-of-the-art developments and research trends in this field.

Autorentext
Dr. Tariq Aftab received his Ph.D. from the Department of Botany at Aligarh Muslim University, India. He is the recipient of a prestigious Leibniz-DAAD fellowship from Germany, Raman Fellowship from the Government of India, and Young Scientist Awards from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh (India) and Government of India. He has worked as Visiting Scientist at IPK, Gaterleben, Germany, and in the Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, USA. He is also a member of various scientific associations from India and abroad. He has published research articles in multiple peer-reviewed national and international journals and is the lead editor of the book Artemisia annua: Pharmacology and Biotechnology. His research interests include physiological, proteomic, and molecular studies on medicinal and aromatic plants.

Dr. Khalid Rehman Hakeem is a Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He has completed his Ph.D. (Botany) from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India in 2011. Dr. Hakeem has worked as Post Doctorate Fellow in 2012 and Fellow Researcher (Associate Prof.) from 2013-2016 at Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia. His specialty is Plant Eco-Physiology, Molecular biology, Plant-Microbe-soil interactions, Medicinal plant research and Environmental Sciences and so far has edited and authored more than 25 books with Springer International, Academic Press (Elsevier) etc. He has also to his credit more than 110 research publications in peer reviewed international journals, including 40 book chapters in edited volumes with international publishers. Dr Hakeem is the recipient of many national and international awards and fellowships.

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§ Accumulation, partitioning, and bioavailability of micronutrients in plants

Monika A. Wimmer

Institute of Crop Sciences and Resource Conservation Department of Plant Nutrition, University of Bonn, Karlrobert-Kreiten-Strasse 13, 53115 Bonn, Germany

Email: m.wimmer@uni_bonn.de

§ Optimal use efficiency of micronutrients

Samia Oueslati

Franciszek Gorski Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow

Email: oueslati-samia@yahoo.fr

§ Effects of micronutrient fertilization on the overall quality of the crops

Tariq Aftab

Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Email: tarik.alig@gmail.com

§ Abiotic and biotic stress induced alterations in micronutrients status of plants

Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah

Department of Plant Production, Faculty of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Email: eabdallah@ksu.edu.sa

§ Biotechnological approaches for increasing micronutrients use efficiency

Raheem Haddad

Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Islamic Republic of Iran

Email: raheemhaddad@yahoo.co.uk

§ Micronutrients movement and signalling in plants

Jozef Kovacik

Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska, Brno, Czech Republic

Email: jozkovacik@yahoo.com

§ Effects of micronutrients on secondary metabolite production

Sheng Qin

The key Laboratory of Biotechnology for Medicinal Plant of Jiangsu Province, School of Life Sciences, Jiangsu Normal University

Email: shengqin@jsnu.edu.cn

§ Hyperaccumulation of potentially toxic elements by plants

Jozef Kovacik

Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Agronomy, Mendel University in Brno, Zemedelska, Brno, Czech Republic

Email: jozkovacik@yahoo.com

§ Biofortification technologies used in agriculture in relation to micronutrients

Leon V. Kochian

US Plant, Soil and Nutrition Laboratory, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA

Email: LVK1@cornell.edu

§ Spectroscopy and other studies for determination of micronutrients in plants

Doga Selin Kahiyan

Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Gebze Technical University, Kocaeli, Turkey

Email: dgumusel@gtu.edu.tr

§ Cycling of micronutrients in the ecosystem

M. Alberdi

Centre of Plant-Soil Interaction and Natural Resources Biotechnology-Scientific and Technological Bioresources Nucleus (BIOREN), University of La Frontera, Casilla, Chile.

Email: malberdi@ufro.cl

§ Application of Nano-carriers for plant micronutrients

Altaf Ahmad

Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India

Email: ahmadaltaf72@gmail.com

§ Micronutrients use efficiency in plants

Mei Yang

Microelement Research Center, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China

Email: yangmei815815@webmail.hzau.edu.cn

§ Proteomic studies of micronutrient deficiency and toxicity

Dan Wang Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of T...