Contents
Preface........................................................................................................................ix
Editor............................................................................................................................xi
Contributors.............................................................................................................xiii
List of Abbreviations...............................................................................................xvii
PART 1 Nitrate in Soils
Chapter 1 Biogeochemistry of Nitrate in Soils......................................................3
Roberto Garcia- Ruiz, Milagros Torrus- Castillo,
Pablo Domouso de Agar, Roberto Garcia- Peran,
Gustavo Ruiz- Catedra, and Julio Calero
Chapter 2 Nitrate in Agricultural Soils................................................................25
Melida Gutierrez, Maria Teresa Alarcon- Herrera,
Esperanza Y. Calleros- Rincon, and Melissa Bledsoe
Chapter 3 Nitrate Transport in Agricultural Systems...........................................45
Sara Vero and Matthew Ascott
PART 2 Nitrate in Plants
Chapter 4 Nitrate in Plant Physiology.................................................................73
Jitu Chauhan, Simran Chachad, Zoya Shaikh,
Johra Khan, and Ahmad Ali
Chapter 5 Nitrate in Plant Nutrition.....................................................................91
Ya- Yun Wang
Chapter 6 Nitrogen Fertilizers and the Environment.........................................103
Eric Walling and Celine Vaneeckhaute
Chapter 7 Nitrate Management by Using Innovative Techniques.....................137
Eleftherios Evangelou and Christos Tsadilas
Chapter 8 Estimation of Nitrogen Status in Plants............................................163
Miguel Garcia- Servin, Luis Miguel Contreras- Medina,
Irineo Torres- Pacheco, and Ramon Gerardo Guevara- Gonzalez
PART 3 Nitrate in Water
Chapter 9 Nitrate in Fresh Waters......................................................................185
Daniel F. Gomez Isaza and Essie M. Rodgers
Chapter 10 Inorganic Nitrogen Ions of Surface and Ground Waters
of Sterea Hellas, Central Greece: A Case Study...............................209
Christos D. Tsadilas, Miltiadis Tziouvalekas,
Eleftherios Evangelou, Alexandros Tsitouras,
Christos Petsoulas, and Antonios Peppas
Chapter 11 Determination of Nitrate in Waters...................................................235
Md Eshrat E. Alahi, Fahmida Wazed Tina, and
Subhas Mukhopadhyay
PART 4 Nitrate in the Food Chain
Chapter 12 Nitrate in Plant and Animal Foods....................................................265
Malgorzata Karwowska
Chapter 13 Nitrate as Food Additives..................................................................281
Teresa D'Amore, Aurelia Di Taranto, Giovanna Berardi,
Valeria Vita, and Marco Iammarino
PART 5 Nitrate in Human Body
Chapter 14 Nitrate and Human Health: An Overview.........................................303
Keith R. Martin and Richard J. Bloomer
Chapter 15 Nitrate and Methemoglobinemia.......................................................347
Sarah Fossen Johnson
Chapter 16 Inorganic Nitrate and Nitrite: Dietary Nutrients or Poisons?............357
Nathan S. Bryan
Chapter 17 Nitrate and Cardiovascular Systems..................................................375
Andrew Xanthopoulos, Apostolos Dimos, Alexandros Zagouras,
Nikolaos Iakovis, John Skoularigis, and Filippos Triposkiadis
PART 6 Regulations
Chapter 18 Regulations on Nitrate Use and Management...................................405
Faycal Bouraoui, Panos Panagos, Anna Malago,
Alberto Pistocchi, and Christophe Didion
Index.......................................................................................................................425