Handbook of Plant Nutrition
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The burgeoning demand on the world food supply, coupled with concern over the use of chemical fertilizers, has led to an accelerated interest in the practice of precision agriculture. This practice involves the careful control and monitoring of plant nutrition to maximize the rate of growth and yield of crops, as well as their nutritional value.
The Handbook of Plant Nutrition provides a readily accessible source of highly current and reliable information on the nutritional requirements of the most significant crops being cultivated worldwide. With their introduction, the editors provide an overview of plant nutrients and beneficial elements, distinguishing the difference between the two, and explaining research approaches and diagnostic criteria currently being applied.
What then follows are twenty chapters, each one dedicated to an essential macro or micronutrient or beneficial element. Written by eminent researchers from across the world, each of the chapters-
Those chapters that cover beneficial elements discuss the history of the elements with regard to growth and yield, and provide current information concerning their impact on growth stimulation and plant metabolism for particular plant species.
Of great value to growers, agricultural consultants, agronomists, and plant scientists, this handbook provides a practical easy-to-use reference for determining, monitoring, and improving the nutritional needs of plants. The graphical presentations of plant interactions with nutrients and beneficial elements, and the straight-forward explanations of how nutrient deficiencies arise are especially useful to those seeking knowledge of plant nutrition.
Table of Contents
Introduction, Allen V. Barker and David J. Pilbeam
Essential Elements-Macronutrients
Nitrogen, Allen V. Barker and Gretchen M. Bryson
Phosphorus, Charles A. Sanchez
Potassium, Konrad Mengel
Calcium, David J. Pilbeam and Philip S. Morley
Magnesium, Donald J. Merhaut
Sulfur, Silvia Haneklaus, Elke Bloem, Ewald Schnug, Luit J. de Kok and Ineke Stulen
Essential Elements-Micronutrients
Boron, Umesh C. Gupta
Chlorine, Joseph R. Heckman
Copper, David E. Kopsel and Dean A. Kopsell
Iron, Volker Römheld and Miroslav Nikolic
Manganese, Julia M. Humphries, James C.R. Stangoulis, and Robin D. Graham
Molybdenum, Russell L. Hamlin
Nickel, Patrick H. Brown
Zinc, J. Benton Storey
Beneficial Elements
Aluminum, Susan C. Miyasaka, N.V. Hue, and Michael A. Dunn
Cobalt, Geeta Talukder and Archana Sharmaz
Selenium, Dean A. Kopsell and David E. Kopsell
Silicon, George H. Snyder, Vladimir V. Matichenkov and Lawrence E. Datnoff
Sodium, John Gorham
Vanadium, David J Pilbeam and K Drihem
Conclusion, Allen V. Barker and David J Pilbeam
Editorial Reviews
"With contributions from over 30 authors worldwide (the majority outside the US), this book provides, in 22 chapters, extensive coverage of 20 essential macronutrients, micronutrients, and beneficial elements . . . This is a resource that likely will be useful over the long term. Summing Up: Recommended."
– L. C. Davis, Kansas State University, in Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries, September 2007, Vol. 45, No. 1
