Abstract: A comprehensive reference text explores the nature of chelating agents and the underlying reasons for their metal-binding properties and discusses the mechanisms of absorption for various metals and the possible role of chelating agents in influencing the utilization o…
This book provides a synthesis of plant-soil-plant interactions from the plot to landscape scale. It focuses on the process level, which is relevant to many types of multispecies agroecosystems (agroforestry, intercropping and others). It also links basic research to practical a…
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Efforts to increase efficient nutrient use by crops are of growing importance as the global demand for food, fibre and fuel increases and competition for resources intensifies. This book provides both a summary of the latest advances in the field as well as anticipating directio…
Introduction to Plant Physiology became the best-selling first edition plant physiology text of the 1990's! Now, we're building on the success of prior editions to provide an even more effective fourth edition. Plant Physiology has been praised for its excellent balance of tradi…
Written by a recognized expert, and based on his experience in teaching the subject to students with a variety of educational backgrounds, "The Science of Grapevines: Anatomy and Physiology" is the only book to comprehensively explore the physiology of the grapevine as it occurs…
This book provides an up-to-date review of research on sugarbeet nutrition, including topics not covered in a similar work published in the early 1970s, such as soil and plant analyses, organic farming, sustainability, satellite mapping and remote sensing. Chapter 1 provides an …
"Research on the uptake, acquisition and assimilation of nitrogen, as well as the synthesis and storage of reserve and defence N-compounds is essential. The third volume in the Plant Ecophysiology series integrates functional and molecular physiology with ecophysiological and su…
Plant nutrition. The soil as a plant nutrient medium. Nutrient uptake and assimilation. Plant water relationships. Nutrition and plant growth. Fertilizer application. Fertilizers: nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, zinc, copper, molybd…
Organic phosphorus is involved in almost every biological process and is essential for life. However, the role of organic phosphorus and mechanisms for its dynamics has been poorly understood.
