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This book uses an interdisciplinary approach to provide a comprehensive review on the status of iron nutrition in plants. International scientists discuss research on acquisition of iron by strategy I and strategy II plants. These reviews summarize a variety of plant species and include both laboratory and field observations. Topics covered in this book include: plants as a source of iron for animals and humans, iron translocation in the plants, iron-stimulated activities that influence crop yield and fruit tree productivity, iron uptake by plants as influenced by microorganisms (i.e. free living soil microorganisms, symbiotic nitrogen-fixing and pathogenic bacteria), the role of plant hormones in iron transport, iron-metal competition in phytoremediation, root zone activities involving interactions between minerals and organic matter, the role of microbial siderophores in rhizospheric iron cycling, iron storage as phytoferritin, proteomic and metabolic studies associated with iron stress response, methods for studying iron metabolism including stable isotopes, and the correction of iron deficiency through the use of synthetic or natural chelates. Additionally, chapters summarize the use of Arabidopsis to enhance our understanding of the complex activities associated with iron metabolism in plants. This book should serve to stimulate continued exploration of iron activities in plant biology and rhizospheric environments.

Iron --- Microbial metabolism. --- Plants --- Metabolism. --- Plant metabolism --- Metabolism --- Plant physiology --- Bacterial metabolism --- Metabolism, Bacterial --- Microorganisms --- Iron metabolism --- Iron in the body --- Effect of anaerobiosis on --- Physiology --- Plant Ecology. --- Life sciences. --- Botany. --- Biochemistry. --- Cytology. --- Trees. --- Life Sciences, general. --- Plant Sciences. --- Plant Biochemistry. --- Cell Biology. --- Tree Biology. --- Botany --- Ecology --- Dendrology --- Nursery stock --- Woody plants --- Arboriculture --- Forests and forestry --- Timber --- Cell biology --- Cellular biology --- Biology --- Cells --- Cytologists --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Chemistry --- Medical sciences --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Natural history --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Composition --- Phytoecology --- Vegetation ecology --- Plant ecology. --- Plant science. --- Plant biochemistry. --- Cell biology. --- Phytochemistry --- Plant biochemistry --- Plant chemistry --- Biochemistry --- Phytochemicals --- Plant biochemical genetics --- Floristic botany --- Floristic ecology