Growth and mineral nutrition of field crops

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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 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"-- Read more... Content: Chapter 1 Field Crops and Mineral Nutrition 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Field Crops 1.3 Mineral Nutrition 1.4 Summary Chapter 2 Factors Affecting Production of Field Crops 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Environmental Factors 2.3 Summary Chapter 3 Nutrient Flux in Soil-Plant System 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Nutrient Supply to Plant Roots 3.3 Ion Absorption by Plants 3.4 Summary Appendix 3.A 3.A.1 Preparation of FeEDDHA Solution 3.A.2 Preparation of FeHEDTA Solution 3.A.3 Preparation of FeEDTA Solution Chapter 4 Diagnostic Techniques for Nutritional Disorders 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Soil Testing 4.3 Plant Analysis 4.4 Visual Symptoms 4.5 Crop Growth Response 4.6 Correction of Nutrient Disorder 4.7 Summary Chapter 5 Nutrient Management of Degraded Soils 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Definitions of Soil Degradation and Sustainable Soil Management 5.3 Processes and/or Factors of Soil Degradation 5.4 Summary Chapter 6 Remediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Soils 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Adequate and Toxic Levels of Essential and Nonessential Heavy Metals in Soil and Plant Tissues of Principal Food Crops 6.3 Tolerable Levels of Heavy Metals in Soil, Water, and Food Crops for Human and Animal Consumption 6.4 Heavy Metals Remediation Techniques 6.5 Summary Chapter 7 The Effects of Essential Nutrients on Plant Diseases 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Nitrogen 7.3 Phosphorus 7.4 Potassium 7.5 Calcium, Magnesium, and Sulfur 7.6 Micronutrients 7.7 Summary Chapter 8 Wheat and Barley 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Climate and Soil Requirements 8.3 Growth and Development 8.4 Nutrient Requirements 8.5 Summary Chapter 9 Rice 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Climate and Soil Requirements 9.3 Growth and Development 9.4 Yield and Potential Yield 9.5 Yield Component Analysis 9.6 Grain Harvest Index 9.7 Nutrient Requirements 9.8 Lowland Rice 9.9 Management of Phosphorus in Lowland Rice 9.10 Management of Potassium in Lowland Rice 9.11 Calcium, Magnesium, and Sulfur 9.12 Management of Micronutrients in Lowland Rice 9.13 Nutrient Concentration and Uptake 9.14 Iron Deficiency and Toxicity in Lowland Rice 9.15 Salinity 9.16 Summary Chapter 10 Corn 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Climate and Soil Requirements 10.3 Growth and Development 10.4 Yield and Yield Components 10.5 Nutrient Requirements 10.6 Summary Chapter 11 Sorghum 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Climate and Soil Requirements 11.3 Growth and Development 11.4 Yield and Yield Components 11.5 Nutrient Requirements 11.6 Summary Chapter 12 Soybean 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Climate and Soil Requirements 12.3 Growth and Development 12.4 Yield Components 12.5 Major Yield-Determining Physiological Parameters 12.6 Nutrient Requirements 12.7 Summary Chapter 13 Common Bean and Cowpea 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Common Bean 13.3 Cowpea 13.4 Summary Chapter 14 Peanut 14.1 Introduction 14.2 Climate and Soil Requirements 14.3 Growth and Development 14.4 Yield Components 14.5 Nutrient Requirements 14.6 Summary Chapter 15 Sugarcane 15.1 Introduction 15.2 Climate and Soil Requirements 15.3 Growth and Development 15.4 Crop Culture 15.5 Summary Chapter 16 Cassava and Potato 16.1 Introduction 16.2 Cassava 16.3 Potato 16.4 Summary Chapter 17 Cotton 17.1 Introduction 17.2 Climate and Soil Requirements 17.3 Growth and Development 17.4 Yield and Yield Components 17.5 Nutrient Requirements 17.6 Summary Chapter 18 Forage 18.1 Introduction 18.2 Growth and Development 18.3 Grass-Legume Mixtures 18.4 Nutritive Value 18.5 Nitrogen Fixation 18.6 Nutrient Requirements 18.7 Summary Chapter 19 Cover Crops 19.1 Introduction 19.2 Climate and Soil Requirements 19.3 Response to Abiotic and Biotic Factors 19.4 Beneficial Effects of Cover Crops 19.5 Strengths and Limitations 19.6 Management and Fertilizer Requirements 19.7 Strategies for Success in Cover Crop Establishment Abstract: "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 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"