SUBJECT

Title

General and special aspects of plant mineral nutrition and the nutrient stress

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

Doctoral

Faculty

Faculty of Science

Part of degree program

Doctoral School of Environmental Sciences

Credits

Recommended in

Semesters 1-4

Typically offered in

Autumn/Spring semester

Course description

Interactions between plants and soils. Universal physiological aspects of mineral nutrition, mineral deficiency, toxicity. Uptake of essential and toxic elements from the soil, deficiency and toxicity syndromes. Special strategies for mineral uptake. Nutrient uptake in algae, mosses and ferns, non-woody and woody plants. Life strategies based on mineral nutrition. Heavy metal accumulation. Excluder, indicator and accumulator plants. Phytoremediation.

Readings

Marshner H. (2012) Marschner's mineral nutrition of higher plants. (Marshner P. ed). Academic Press
McGrath, S. P., Zhao, F. J., and Lombi, E. 2002. Phytoremediation of metals, metalloids and radionuclides. Adv. Agron. 75: 1-56.
Sattelmacher B. (2001) The apoplast and its significance for plant mineral nutrition. New Phytologist 149: 167–192.
Taiz, L., Zeiger E. (2010) Plant Physiology. Sinauer