Inositol phosphates: linking agriculture and the environment

Nomenclature and terminology for the inositol phosphates, S B Shears, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, North Carolina, USA and B L Turner Identification of inositol phosphates by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: unraveling structural diversity, P P N Murthy, Michigan Technological University, USA High-performance chromatographic separations of inositol phosphates and their detection by mass spectrometry, W T Cooper, M Heerboth, and V J M Salters, all at Florida State University, USA Origins and biochemical transformations of inositol stereoisomers and their phosphorylated derivatives in soil, M F L'Annunziata, The Montague Group, California, USA Isolation and assessment of microorganisms that utilize phytate, J E Hill, Yale University, Connecticut and A E Richardson Phytate-degrading enzymes: regulation of synthesis in microorganisms and plants, R Greiner, Federal Research Centre for Nutrition and Food, Centre for Molecular Biology, Germany Phytases: attributes, catalytic mechanisms and applications, E J Mullaney and A H J Ullah, USDA, New Orleans, USA Seed phosphorus and the development of low-phytate crops, V Raboy, USDA-ARS, Idaho, USA Phytase and inositol phosphates in animal nutrition: dietary manipulation and phosphorus excretion by animals, X G Lei, Cornell University, New York, USA and J M Porres, Universidad de Granada, Spain Environmental implications of inositol phosphates in animal manures, A B Leytem, USDA-ARS, Idaho, USA and R O Maguire, North Carolina State University, USA Ligand effects on inositol phosphate solubility and bioavailability in animal manures, T H Dao, USDA-ARS, Maryland, USA Inositol phosphates in soil: amounts, forms, and significance of the phosphorylated inositol stereoisomers, B L Turner Abiotic reactions of inositol phosphates in soils, L Celi and E Barberis, both at University of Turin, Italy Interactions between phytase and soil constituents: implications for the hydrolysis of inositol phosphates, T S George, R J Simpson and A E Richardson, all at CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia and H Quiquampoix, INRA-ENSAM, Montpellier, France Plant utilization of inositol phosphates, A E Richardson, T S George, I Jakobsen, Riso National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark and R J Simpson, CSIRO Plant Industry, Australia Inositol phosphates in aquatic systems, I McKelvie, Monash University, Victoria, Australia.