Plenary topic tracks:
Plant nutrition research: Priorities to meet human needs for food in sustainable ways Ismail Cakmak
Access and excess problems in plant nutrition Meine van Noordwijk, Georg Cadisch
- Genetics and molecular biology of plant nutrition
Molecular mechanisms of potassium and sodium uptake in plants Pascal Mäser, Markus Gierth, Julian I. Schroeder
- Nutrient functions
A proposed role for copper ions in cell wall loosening Stephen C. Fry, Janice G. Miller, Jo C. Dumville
- The role of the apoplast in plant mineral nutrition
The functions of cell wall polysaccharides in composition and architecture revealed through mutations Nicholas C. Carpita, Maureen C. McCann
- Mineral nutrition: plant quality and plant health
The impact of mineral nutrients in food crops on global human health Ross. M. Welch
- Salinity and plant-soil-water relations
Avenues for increasing salt tolerance of crops, and the role of physiologically based selection traits Rana Munns, Shazia Husain, Anna Rita Rivelli, Richard A. James, A. G. Tony Condon, Megan P. Lindsay et al.
- Mineral element toxicity and resistance
Mechanisms of metal resistance in plants: aluminum and heavy metals Leon V. Kochian, Nicole S. Pence, Deborah L. D. Letham, Miguel A. Pineros, Jurandir V. Magalhaes, Owen A. Hoekenga et al
- Nutrient acquisition: mechanisms and modelling
Use of modelling to understand nutrient acquisition by plants G. J. D. Kirk
- Soil organisms/plant interactions
Malate plays a central role in plant nutrition J. Schulze, M. Tesfaye, R. H. M. G. Litjens, B. Bucciarelli, G. Trepp, S. Miller et al.
- Fertilizer use with regard to optimum yield and environment
Precision agriculture: a challenge for crop nutrition management P. C. Robert
- Plant nutrition and sustainable development
Plant nutrient management for enhanced productivity in intensive grain production systems of the United States and Asia A. Dobermann, K. G. Cassman
- Nutrient dynamics in natural and agricultural ecosystems — Processes and modelling
Nitrogen saturation in temperate forest ecosystems: current theory, remaining questions and recent advances John D. Aber