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
IndexPublish 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
Edited by William F. Bennett