Ethylene's Role in Plant Mineral Nutrition

• Main Author: Francisco Javier Romera (auth)
• Other Authors: Aaron P. Smith (auth), Rafael Perez-Vicente (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Botany & plant sciences; Boron; heavy metals; Phosphate; Iron; nodulation; Nitrogen; Sulfur; ethylene; Potassium; Salinity
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Terrestrial plants are sessile organisms that, differently from animals, can not move in searching of the nutrients and water they need. Instead, they have to change continuously their physiology and morphology to adapt to the environmental changes. When plants suffer from a nutrient deficiency, the...