Growth and mineral nutrition of field crops

"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 update, the edition provides comprehensive coverage of on topice such as genetics, physiological and agr...

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Main Authors: Fageria, N. K. , 1942- (Author), Baligar, Virupax C. (Author), Jones, C. Allan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, Florida : CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group , c2011
Edition:3rd ed
Series:Books in soils, plants, and the environment
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100 1 |a Fageria, N. K. ,   |d 1942- ,   |e author 
245 1 0 |a Growth and mineral nutrition of field crops   |c Nand Kumar Fageria, Virupax C. Bagligar, Charles Allan Jones 
250 |a 3rd ed 
260 |a Boca Raton, Florida :   |b CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group ,   |c c2011 
300 |a xxi, 560 p. :   |b ill. (some col.) ;   |c 26 cm. 
490 0 |a Books in soils, plants, and the environment 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 |a 1. Field crops and mineral nutrition -- 2. Factors affecting production of field crops -- 3. Nutrient flux in soil-plant system -- 4. Diagnostic techniques for nutritional disorders -- 5. Nutrient management of degraded soils -- 6. Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soils -- 7. The effects of essential nutrients on plant diseases -- 8. Wheat and barley -- 9. Rice -- 10. Corn -- 11. Sorghum -- 12. Soybean -- 13. Common bean and cowpea -- 14. Peanut -- 15. Sugarcane -- 16. Cassava and potato -- 17. Cotton -- 18. Forage -- 19. Cover crops 
520 |a "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 update, the edition provides comprehensive coverage of on topice such as genetics, physiological and agronomic bases of crop growth.It covers soil-plant-climatic relationship that govern the growth and mineral nutrition of crops in temperature and tropical region. 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" 
650 0 |a Field crops   |x Growth 
650 0 |a Field crops   |x Nutrition 
700 1 |a Baligar, Virupax C. ,   |e author 
700 1 |a Jones, C. Allan ,   |e author 
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