This book discusses the role of essential nutrients in relation to nearly two dozen crops. Use the book's 307 color photographs to diagnose disorders in the field. The accompanying text explains symptoms in detail, with information provided by 31 crop experts.

Covers the following crops/crop groups: peanuts, corn, rice, sorghum, wheat and other small grains, sugarcane, sugar beet, soybeans, cotton, cucurbits, onions, tomato, common bean, potato, apples and pears, citrus, peaches and nectarines, grapes, and turfgrass.

Nutrient Deficiencies and Toxicities in Crop Plants

Plant Nutrient Utilization and Diagnostic Plant Symptoms

William F. Bennett

Part 1: Grain Crops

Corn

Regis D. Voss

Rice

B. R. Wells, B. A. Huey, R. J. Norman, and R. S. Helms

Sorghum

R. B. Clark

Wheat and Other Small Grains

M. V. Wiese

Part 2: Sugar and Oilseed Crops

Sugarcane

Gary J. Gascho, David L. Anderson, and John E. Bowen

Color Plates

Sugar Beet

Albert Ulrich, J. T. Moraghan, and E. D. Whitney

Soybeans

J. B. Sinclair

Peanuts

D. H. Smith, M. A. Wells, D. M. Porter

Cotton

K. G. Cassman

Part 3: Vegetable Crops

Cucurbits: Cucumber, Muskmelon, and Watermelon

Salvadore J. Locascio

Onions

David A. Bender

Tomato

Gerald E. Wilcox

Common Bean

R. Hall and H. F. Schwartz

Potato

Albert Ulrich

Part 4: Fruit Crops

Apples and Pears

Eric Hanson

Citrus

Heinz K. Wutsher and Paul F. Smith

Stone Fruit: Peaches and Nectarines

R. Scott Johnson

Grapes

Wilhelm Gärtel

Part 5: Turfgrass

Turfgrass

Thomas R. Turner

Related Publications
Index

Publish Date: 1993
Format: 8.5" x 11" hardcover
ISBN: 978-0-89054-151-7
Pages: 202
Images: 307 color images; 18 black and white images
Publication Weight: 3 lbs