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Journal of Experimental Botany 2007 58(9):iv; doi:10.1093/jxb/erm158
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Published by Oxford University Press [2007] on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology

Preface

The nine review articles presented in this issue are invited contributions from scientists who presented papers at the International Symposium Nitrogen 2007 held at Lancaster University, UK, from 27–31 July 2007. The Symposium was held under the auspices of the European Nitrate and Ammonium Assimilation Group (ENAAG) and the Nitrate Assimilation: Molecular and Genetic Aspects Group (NAMGA). Both groups have organized successful meetings for many years, but this was the first time they had come together for a joint conference. The most recent meetings of the two groups were in Wageningen (2004) and Cordoba (2002), respectively.

The Symposium covered six main themes related to nitrogen nutrition: Nitrate transport and assimilation; Ammonium and amino acid transport; Ammonium assimilation; Nitrogen signalling; Regulation of nitrogen transport and assimilation in fungi and bacteria; and Ecological and agronomic aspects.

These review articles are intended to provide an overview of the latest information on the subject of inorganic nitrogen assimilation in plants, whilst at the same time allowing for the personal opinions of the authors.

We are very grateful to the authors for submitting their manuscripts on schedule so that the Focus issue would be available in hard copy in time for the Symposium. We did feel somewhat guilty when we realized that the last two manuscripts to be completed were written by the editors. The help and guidance of the staff of the Editorial Office of the Journal of Experimental Botany, in particular, Raquel González Cuesta, Diana Hudspith, and Mary Traynor are also gratefully acknowledged.

Finally we are indebted to our current sponsors, The Gatsby Charitable Foundation, Journal of Experimental Botany, Leica, and Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., The Lancaster Environment Centre, Blackwell Publishing and Plant Methods for financial support of the Symposium.

Brian Forde, Peter Lea and Hanma Zhang

Organising Committee, Nitrogen 2007 Symposium


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