Growth and mineral nutrition of field crops [electronic resource] / Nand Kumar Fageria, Virupax C. Baligar, Charles Allan Jones.

By: Fageria, N. K, 1942-Contributor(s): Baligar, V. C | Jones, C. AllanMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Books in soils, plants, and the environmentPublication details: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2011. Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxi, 560 p. : illISBN: 9781439816967 (ebook : PDF)Subject(s): Field crops -- Growth | Field crops -- NutritionGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources: Click here to access online Also available in print edition.

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ch. 1. Field crops and mineral nutrition -- ch. 2. Factors affecting production of field crops -- ch. 3. Nutrient flux in soil-plant system -- ch. 4. Diagnostic techniques for nutritional disorders -- ch. 5. Nutrient management of degraded soils -- ch. 6. Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soils -- ch. 7. The effects of essential nutrients on plant diseases -- ch. 8. Wheat and barley -- ch. 9. Rice -- ch. 10. Corn -- ch. 11. Sorghum -- ch. 12. Soybean -- ch. 13. Common bean and cowpea -- ch. 14. Peanut -- ch. 15. Sugarcane -- ch. 16. Cassava and potato -- ch. 17. Cotton -- ch. 18. Forage -- ch. 19. Cover crops.

Summary: "This new edition of a bestseller examines plant nutrition's role as one of the most important limiting factors that must be overcome to optimize food production. Extensively revised and updated, the new edition provides comprehensive coverage of on topics such as genetic, physiological, and agronomic bases of crop growth. It covers soil-plant-climatic relationships that govern the growth and mineral nutrition of crops in temperate and tropical regions. The book contains two new chapters covering remediation of heavy metal contaminated soils and cover crops as well as several new figures, references, and tables"-- Provided by publisher.

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"This new edition of a bestseller examines plant nutrition's role as one of the most important limiting factors that must be overcome to optimize food production. Extensively revised and updated, the new edition provides comprehensive coverage of on topics such as genetic, physiological, and agronomic bases of crop growth. It covers soil-plant-climatic relationships that govern the growth and mineral nutrition of crops in temperate and tropical regions. The book contains two new chapters covering remediation of heavy metal contaminated soils and cover crops as well as several new figures, references, and tables"-- Provided by publisher.

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