Table of Contents

1 The global sulphur cycle and its links to plant environment.- 2 Food production and plant nutrient sulphur.- 3 Managing sulphur in agroecosystems.- 4 Sulphate uptake and transport.- 5 Sulphate assimilation: a pathway which likes to surprise.- 6 Sulphur distribution and redistribution in vegetative and generative plants.- 7 Sulphur amino acids: biosynthesis of cysteine and methionine.- 8 Glucosinolates: biosynthesis and metabolism.- 9 Metallothioneins and phytochelatins: ecophysiological aspects.- 10 Metallothioneins and phytochelatins: molecular aspects.- 11 Sulphoquinovosyl diacylglycerol (SQDG) — the sulpholipid of higher plants.- 12 The role of thiols in plant adaptation to environmental stress.- 13 Genetic engineering of oxidative stress resistance in plants.- 14 Hydrogen sulphide: emission and utilization by plants.- 15 Plant responses to atmospheric sulphur.- 16 Sulphur nutrition and legume seed quality.- 17 Effect of sulphur nutrition on agronomic and quality attributes of wheat.- 18 Sulphur nutrition and oilseed quality.- 19 Crop responses to sulphur nutrition.- 20 Sulphur interaction with other nutrients.- 21 Biologically active sulphur compounds of plant origin.