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