Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Plant Micronutrient Use Efficiency: Molecular and Genomic Perspectives in Crop Plants presents information on the complex mechanisms regulating micronutrient use efficiency in plants. Understanding this science is essential for the development of new varieties of crop plants that are more resilient to micronutrient stress, as well as plants with increased bioavailable concentrations of essential micronutrients. This book explores the discovery of novel genes and key metabolic pathways associated with micronutrient use efficiency in plants, gives an analyses of the gene expression patterns in plants in response to low and/or high nutrient levels, and investigates the potential functions of these genes and their products. Strategies to enhance micronutrient use efficiency and stress tolerance, to develop bio-fortified crop, and to improve the sustainable utilization of natural resources are critically evaluated. The book contains both fundamental and advanced information as well as critical commentaries that are useful for those involved in the various fields that make up the plant sciences. Presents in-depth information on mineral nutrition, including coverage of all the major micronutrients. Explores the molecular and genetic aspects of micronutrient use efficiency in crop plants. Provides information and critical discussion of the latest developments in the micronutrient biofortification of crop plants with an aim to prevent micronutrient deficiencies in humans. Includes contributions from experts in plant micronutrient use efficiency and crop biofortification.

Plants --- Crops --- Trace elements. --- Nutrition.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Water quality --- Nutrient pollution of water --- Trace elements in water --- Nutrient pollution of water. --- Trace elements in water. --- Measurement. --- United States

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

" This guide is intended for use by industry stakeholders, decision-makers and digester operators in navigating the topic of trace element (TE) supplementation as a management tool for anaerobic digester operation.The subject is the application of TE, and supplementation regimes in anaerobic waste-conversion biotechnologies, such as biogas digesters. TE is a term used to include a wide range of micronutrients essential for the microbial community underpinning AD. TE mostly includes elements from the metal groups (e.g. cobalt, nickel, zinc and tungsten) but also other elemental groups, such as metalloids (e.g. selenium). TE are dosed to anaerobic digesters to boost biological activity and to increase biogas production rates. Little is understood about the concentrations and dosing strategies best suited to sustained supplementation and stable performance in anaerobic biotechnologies.A range of companies offer proprietary blends of trace elements for supplementation of anaerobic digesters. Very little joined-up information is available on the concentrations of individual TE best suited to improved digester performance. Moreover, typically no attention whatsoever is paid to the bioavailability of TE dosed to digesters i.e. despite high concentrations, TE may not be available for uptake by the microorganisms underpinning the digestion process.Based on extensive engagement with a range of stakeholders throughout the course of the recent EU COST Action on ‘The ecological roles of trace metals in anaerobic biotechnologies’, and particularly on feedback from industrial partners, it is clear that such a guide is needed by industry stakeholders, decision-makers and operators of anaerobic digesters."

Water supply & treatment --- anaerobic digester --- wastewater --- trace elements --- water --- Bioavailability --- Biogas --- Cobalt --- Copper --- Iron --- Microorganism --- Mineral (nutrient) --- Nickel --- Zinc

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This book describes the role of trace elements in health and longevity, pursuing a biogerontological approach. It offers essential information on the impact of trace elements on molecular and physiological processes of aging, and on their impact on health in connection with aging. The major topics covered in its 11 chapters, each dedicated to a specific trace element or mineral, are: a) Role of the element in species longevity, b) Recommended intake for longevity in animal species and in the elderly, c) Deficiency and age-related disease, d) Excess/toxicity and age-related disease, and e) Interactions with drugs prescribed in the elderly. Clinical, animal and other laboratory models of interest in aging are included, which enable a more in-depth analysis to be made. The respective chapters are a mixture of overviews and more in-depth reviews in which the mechanisms of aging are described from the point of view of their specific interactions with trace elements and minerals .

Trace elements in nutrition. --- Aging --- Nutritional aspects. --- Nutrition --- Micronutrients --- Trace element deficiency diseases --- Medicine. --- Cell physiology. --- Geriatrics. --- Developmental biology. --- Biomedicine general. --- Cell Physiology. --- Geriatrics/Gerontology. --- Developmental Biology. --- Development (Biology) --- Biology --- Growth --- Ontogeny --- Medicine --- Gerontology --- Older people --- Cell function --- Cytology --- Physiology --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Diseases --- Health and hygiene --- Health Workforce --- Biomedicine, general. --- Cytology. --- Biomedical Research. --- Cell Biology. --- Developmental Biology and Stem Cells. --- Research. --- Cell biology --- Cellular biology --- Cells --- Biological research --- Biomedical research