Sulphur in Plants

by Abrol, Y. P.; Ahmad, Altaf

• ISBN13: 9781402012471
• ISBN10: 1402012470
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Contributors	xi
Abbreviations	xvii
Chapter 1 The global sulphur cycle and its links to plant environment
S HANEKLAUS, E BLOEM AND B SCHNUG	1	(28)
Chapter 2 Food production and plant nutrient sulphur
NS PASRICHA AND YP ABROL	29	(16)
Chapter 3 Managing sulphur in agroecosystems
O OENEMA AND R POSTMA	45	(26)
Chapter 4 Sulphate uptake and transport
MJ HAWKESFORD, P BUCHNER, L HOPKINS AND JR HOWARTH	71	(16)
Chapter 5 Sulphate assimilation: a pathway which likes to surprise
S KOPRIVA AND A KOPRIVOVA	87	(26)
Chapter 6 Sulphur distribution and redistribution in vegetative and generative plants
JW ANDERSON AND MA FITZGERALD	113	(22)
Chapter 7 Sulphur amino acids: biosynthesis of cysteine and methionine
M NOJI AND K SAITO	135	(10)
Chapter 8 Glucosinolates: biosynthesis and metabolism
B GLAWISCHNIG, MD MIKKELSEN AND BA HALKIER	145	(18)
Chapter 9 Metallothioneins and phytochelatins: ecophysiological aspects
JAC VERKLEIJ, FEC SNELLER AND H SCHAT	163	(14)
Chapter 10 Metallothioneins and phytochelatins: molecular aspects
CS COBBETT	177	(12)
Chapter 11 Sulphoquinovosyl diacylglycerol (SQD{)-the sulpholipid of higher plants
JL HARWOOD AND AA OKANENKO	189	(32)
Chapter 12 The role of thiols in plant adaptation to environmental stress
M TAUSZ, G GULLNER, T KÖMIVES AND D GRILL	221	(24)
Chapter 13 Genetic engineering of oxidative stress resistance in plants
A SIRKO, A BLASZCZYK, F LISZEWSKA, K KAZIMIERCZUK AND D GAGANIDZE	245	(20)
Chapter 14 Hydrogen sulphide: emission and utilization by plants
KC LAKKINENI, A AHMAD AND YP ABROL	265	(14)
Chapter 15 Plant responses to atmospheric sulphur
M AGRAWAL	279	(16)
Chapter 16 Sulphur nutrition and legume seed quality
J IMSANDE	295	(10)
Chapter 17 Effect of sulphur nutrition on agronomic and quality attributes of wheat
HA NAEEM AND F MACRITCHIE	305	(18)
Chapter 18 Sulphur nutrition and oilseed quality
KC WALKER AND EJ BOOTH	323	(18)
Chapter 19 Crop responses to sulphur nutrition
MS AULAKH	341	(18)
Chapter 20 Sulphur interaction with other nutrients
MZ ABDIN, A AHMAD, N KHAN, I KHAN, A JAMAL AND M IQBAL	359	(16)
Chapter 21 Biologically active sulphur compounds of plant origin
K HAQ AND M ALI	375	(12)
SUBJECT INDEX	387