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Handbook of Plant Nutrition, Second Edition
Handbook of Plant Nutrition, Second Edition

The book demonstrates how the appearance and composition of plants can be used to assess nutritional status and the value of soil tests for assessing nutrition status.

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In 2007, the first edition of Handbook of Plant Nutrition presented a compendium of information on the mineral nutrition of plants available at that time—and became a bestseller and trusted resource. Updated to reflect recent advances in knowledge of plant nutrition, the second edition continues this tradition. With chapters written by a new team of experts, each element is covered in a different manner, providing a fresh look and new understanding of the material. The chapters extensively explore the relationship between plant genetics and the accumulation and use of nutrients by plants, adding to the coverage available in the first edition.

The second edition features a chapter on lanthanides, which have gained importance in plant nutrition since the publication of the first edition, and contains chapters on the different mineral elements. It follows the general pattern of a description of the determination of essentiality or beneficial effects of the element, uptake and assimilation, physiological responses of plants to the element, genetics of its acquisition by plants, concentrations of the element and its derivatives and metabolites in plants, interaction of the element with uptake of other elements, diagnosis of concentrations of the element in plants, forms and concentrations of the element in soils and its availability to plants, soil tests and fertilizers used to supply the element.

The book demonstrates how the appearance and composition of plants can be used to assess nutritional status and the value of soil tests for assessing nutrition status. It also includes recommendations of fertilizers that can be applied to remedy nutritional deficiencies. These features and more make Handbook of Plant Nutrition, Second Edition a practical, easy-to-use reference for determining, monitoring, and improving the nutritional profiles of plants worldwide.

Handbook of Plant Nutrition, Second Edition


Introduction


Introduction

Allen V. Barker and David J. Pilbeam


Essential Elements: Macronutrients


Nitrogen

David J. Pilbeam


Phosphorus

Bryan G. Hopkins


Potassium

Nand Kumar Fageria


Calcium

Philip J. White


Magnesium

Witold Grzebisz


Sulfur

Cynthia Grant and Malcolm J. Hawkesford


Essential Elements: Micronutrients


Boron

Monika A. Wimmer, Sabine Goldberg, and Umesh C. Gupta


Chlorine

David E. Kopsell and Dean A. Kopsell


Copper

Inmaculada Yruela


Iron

Allen V. Barker and Margie L. Stratton


Manganese

Touria E. Eaton


Molybdenum

Dean A. Kopsell, David E. Kopsell, and Russell L. Hamlin


Nickel

Bruce W. Wood


Zinc

Allen V. Barker and Touria E. Eaton


Beneficial Elements


Aluminum

F. Pax C. Blamey, Peter M. Kopittke, J. Bernhard Wehr, and Neal W. Menzies


Cobalt

Aurelia Pérez-Espinosa, Raúl Moral Herrero, María Dolores Pérez-Murcia, Concepción Paredes Gil, and María De Los Ángeles Bustamante Muñoz


Lanthanides

Silvia H. Haneklaus, Ewald Schnug, Bernd G. Lottermoser, and Zhengyi Hu


Selenium

David J. Pilbeam, Henry M.R. Greathead, and Khaled Drihem


Silicon

Jian Feng Ma


Sodium

Sven Schubert


Vanadium

David J. Pilbeam


Conclusion


Conclusion

Allen V. Barker and David J. Pilbeam


Index
Publish Date: 2015
Format: 7" x 10" hardcover
Pages: 743
Publication Weight: 4 lbs

Edited by Allen V. Barker and David J. Pilbeam

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