Baraniecka P, Kopriva S (2014) Macronutrient use efficiency – sulfur in Arabidopsis thaliana. In:
Hawkesford MJ et al (eds) Nutrient use efficiency in plants, Plant ecophysiology, vol 10.
Springer, Cham, pp 51–92
Bari R, Pant BD, Stitt M, Scheible WR (2006) PHO2, microRNA399, and PHR1 define a
phosphate-signaling pathway in plants. Plant Physiol 141:988–999
Baxter I, Muthukumar B, Park HC, Buchner P, Lahner B, Danku J, Zhao K, Lee J, Hawkesford MJ,
Guerinot ML, Salt DE (2008) Variation in molybdenum content across broadly distributed
populations of Arabidopsis thaliana is controlled by a mitochondrial molybdenum transporter
(MOT1). PLoS Genet 4:e1000004
Bayle V, Arrighi JF, Creff A, Nespoulous C, Vialaret J, Rossignol M, Nussaume L (2011)
Arabidopsis thaliana high-affinity phosphate transporters exhibit multiple levels of posttranslational regulation. Plant Cell 23:1523–1535
Bernard SM, Habash DZ (2009) The importance of cytosolic glutamine synthetase in nitrogen
assimilation and recycling. New Phytol 182:608–620
Bieleski RL (1973) Phosphate pools, phosphate transport, and phosphate availability. Annu Rev
Plant Physiol 24:225–252
Bittner F (2014) Molybdenum metabolism in plants and crosstalk to iron. Front Plant Sci 5:28
Bonser AM, Lynch J, Snapp S (1996) Effect of phosphorus deficiency on growth angle of basal
roots in Phaseolus vulgaris. New Phytol 132:281–288
Borlaug NE (1972) The green revolution, peace, and humanity. Speech delivered upon receipt of
the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize CIMMYT reprint and translation series No 3 Centro Internacional
de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo, El Batan, Mexico
Brady NC, Weil RR (1999) The nature and properties of soils, 12th edn. Prentice-Hall, Upper
Saddle River, NJ
Bucher M (2007) Functional biology of plant phosphate uptake at root and mycorrhiza interfaces.
New Phytol 173:11–26
Buchner P, Prosser IM, Hawkesford MJ (2004a) Phylogeny and expression of paralogous and
orthologous sulphate transporter genes in diploid and hexaploid wheats. Genome 47:526–534
Buchner P, Stuiver CEE, Westerman S, Wirtz M, Hell R, Hawkesford MJ, De Kok LJ (2004b)
Regulation of sulfate uptake and expression of sulfate transporter genes in Brassica oleracea as
affected by atmospheric H 2 S and pedospheric sulfate nutrition. Plant Physiol 136:3396–3408
Buchner P, Parmar S, Kriegel A, Carpentier M, Hawkesford MJ (2010) The sulfate transporter
family in wheat: tissue-specific gene expression in relation to nutrition. Mol Plant 3:374–389
Buljovcic Z, Engels C (2001) Nitrate uptake ability by maize roots during and after drought stress.
Plant Soil 229:125–135
Bustos R, Castrillo G, Linhares F, Puga MI, Rubio V, Pérez-Pérez J, Paz-Ares J (2010) A central
regulatory system largely controls transcriptional activation and repression responses to phosphate starvation in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genet 6(9):e1001102
Cai C, Wang JY, Zhu YG, Shen QR, Li B, Tong YP, Li ZS (2008) Gene structure and expression of
the high-affinity nitrate transport system in rice roots. J Integr Plant Biol 50:443–451
Camacho-Cristóbal JJ, Rexach J, Conéjéro G, Al-Ghazi Y, Nacry P, Doumas P (2008) PRD, an
Arabidopsis AINTEGUMENTA-like gene, is involved in root architectural changes in response
to phosphate starvation. Planta 228:511–522
Casieri L, Gallardo K, Wipf D (2012) Transcriptional response of Medicago truncatula sulphate
transporters to arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis with and without sulphur stress. Planta
235:1431–1447
Cellier F, Conéjéro G, Ricaud L, Luu DT, Lepetit M, Gosti F, Casse F (2004) Characterization of
AtCHX17, a member of the cation/H+ exchangers, CHX family, from Arabidopsis thaliana
suggests a role in K+ homeostasis. Plant J 39(6):834–846
Chao DY, Dilkes B, Luo H, Douglas A, Yakubova E, Lahner B, Salt DE (2013) Polyploids exhibit
higher potassium uptake and salinity tolerance in Arabidopsis. Science 341:658–659
5 Plant Roots and Mineral Nutrition: An Overview of Molecular Basis of Uptake and. . . 169
Hawkesford MJ et al (eds) Nutrient use efficiency in plants, Plant ecophysiology, vol 10.
Springer, Cham, pp 51–92
Bari R, Pant BD, Stitt M, Scheible WR (2006) PHO2, microRNA399, and PHR1 define a
phosphate-signaling pathway in plants. Plant Physiol 141:988–999
Baxter I, Muthukumar B, Park HC, Buchner P, Lahner B, Danku J, Zhao K, Lee J, Hawkesford MJ,
Guerinot ML, Salt DE (2008) Variation in molybdenum content across broadly distributed
populations of Arabidopsis thaliana is controlled by a mitochondrial molybdenum transporter
(MOT1). PLoS Genet 4:e1000004
Bayle V, Arrighi JF, Creff A, Nespoulous C, Vialaret J, Rossignol M, Nussaume L (2011)
Arabidopsis thaliana high-affinity phosphate transporters exhibit multiple levels of posttranslational regulation. Plant Cell 23:1523–1535
Bernard SM, Habash DZ (2009) The importance of cytosolic glutamine synthetase in nitrogen
assimilation and recycling. New Phytol 182:608–620
Bieleski RL (1973) Phosphate pools, phosphate transport, and phosphate availability. Annu Rev
Plant Physiol 24:225–252
Bittner F (2014) Molybdenum metabolism in plants and crosstalk to iron. Front Plant Sci 5:28
Bonser AM, Lynch J, Snapp S (1996) Effect of phosphorus deficiency on growth angle of basal
roots in Phaseolus vulgaris. New Phytol 132:281–288
Borlaug NE (1972) The green revolution, peace, and humanity. Speech delivered upon receipt of
the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize CIMMYT reprint and translation series No 3 Centro Internacional
de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo, El Batan, Mexico
Brady NC, Weil RR (1999) The nature and properties of soils, 12th edn. Prentice-Hall, Upper
Saddle River, NJ
Bucher M (2007) Functional biology of plant phosphate uptake at root and mycorrhiza interfaces.
New Phytol 173:11–26
Buchner P, Prosser IM, Hawkesford MJ (2004a) Phylogeny and expression of paralogous and
orthologous sulphate transporter genes in diploid and hexaploid wheats. Genome 47:526–534
Buchner P, Stuiver CEE, Westerman S, Wirtz M, Hell R, Hawkesford MJ, De Kok LJ (2004b)
Regulation of sulfate uptake and expression of sulfate transporter genes in Brassica oleracea as
affected by atmospheric H 2 S and pedospheric sulfate nutrition. Plant Physiol 136:3396–3408
Buchner P, Parmar S, Kriegel A, Carpentier M, Hawkesford MJ (2010) The sulfate transporter
family in wheat: tissue-specific gene expression in relation to nutrition. Mol Plant 3:374–389
Buljovcic Z, Engels C (2001) Nitrate uptake ability by maize roots during and after drought stress.
Plant Soil 229:125–135
Bustos R, Castrillo G, Linhares F, Puga MI, Rubio V, Pérez-Pérez J, Paz-Ares J (2010) A central
regulatory system largely controls transcriptional activation and repression responses to phosphate starvation in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genet 6(9):e1001102
Cai C, Wang JY, Zhu YG, Shen QR, Li B, Tong YP, Li ZS (2008) Gene structure and expression of
the high-affinity nitrate transport system in rice roots. J Integr Plant Biol 50:443–451
Camacho-Cristóbal JJ, Rexach J, Conéjéro G, Al-Ghazi Y, Nacry P, Doumas P (2008) PRD, an
Arabidopsis AINTEGUMENTA-like gene, is involved in root architectural changes in response
to phosphate starvation. Planta 228:511–522
Casieri L, Gallardo K, Wipf D (2012) Transcriptional response of Medicago truncatula sulphate
transporters to arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis with and without sulphur stress. Planta
235:1431–1447
Cellier F, Conéjéro G, Ricaud L, Luu DT, Lepetit M, Gosti F, Casse F (2004) Characterization of
AtCHX17, a member of the cation/H+ exchangers, CHX family, from Arabidopsis thaliana
suggests a role in K+ homeostasis. Plant J 39(6):834–846
Chao DY, Dilkes B, Luo H, Douglas A, Yakubova E, Lahner B, Salt DE (2013) Polyploids exhibit
higher potassium uptake and salinity tolerance in Arabidopsis. Science 341:658–659
5 Plant Roots and Mineral Nutrition: An Overview of Molecular Basis of Uptake and. . . 169