Iron Chelation in Plants and Soil Microorganisms

Focuses on the mechanisms of uptake and metabolism of iron in plants and plant-associated microbial systems. Blending general knowledge with comprehensive methods sections, the book serves as a reference for researchers and graduate students in plant physiology, soil microbiology and microbial ecology. It addresses the biochemical activities of iron as an essential nutrient for plants and micro-organisms associated with plants. Among the topics discussed in this book are: the evaluation of iron in soil samples; Mossbauer spectroscopy; siderophore and phytosiderophore systems; physiological activities of iron, including uptake of iron in non-siderophore systems; in vivo systems including plant and microbial ferritins, plus iron in nitrogenases, ferrochelatases and related enzymes; biological control, including the roles of iron in fungal phytopathogens and bacterial-plant pathogens; and a case study of soybeans - iron efficiency and evaluation.