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Nutrient Use Efficiency in Plants: Concepts and Approaches

By Malcolm J. Hawkesford , Luit J. De Kok (eds.) , Stanislav Kopriva

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2014
ISBN
978-3-319-10634-2, 978-3-319-10635-9
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-10635-9
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5029977 bytes)
Series
Plant Ecophysiology 10
Edition
1
Pages
279\287
Time added
2015-02-17 02:00:00
Plant Ecology; Plant Physiology; Soil Science & Co

Description

Nutrient Use Efficiency in Plants: Concepts and Approaches is the ninth volume in the Plant Ecophysiology series. It presents a broad overview of topics related to improvement of nutrient use efficiency of crops. Nutrient use efficiency (NUE) is a measure of how well plants use the available mineral nutrients. It can be defined as yield (biomass) per unit input (fertilizer, nutrient content). NUE is a complex trait: it depends on the ability to take up the nutrients from the soil, but also on transport, storage, mobilization, usage within the plant, and even on the environment. NUE is of particular interest as a major target for crop improvement. Improvement of NUE is an essential pre-requisite for expansion of crop production into marginal lands with low nutrient availability but also a way to reduce use of inorganic fertilizer.

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