Marschner's mineral nutrition of higher plants /
Mineral nutrition of higher plants
edited by Petra Marschner.
- 3rd ed.
- London ; Waltham, MA : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2012.
- xv, 651 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Previous ed. 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 483-643) and index.
Part I. Nutritional Physiology -- 1. Introduction, definition and classification of nutrients -- 2. Ion uptake mechanisms of individual cells and roots: short-distance transport -- 3. Long distance transport in the xylem and phloem -- 4. Uptake and release by leaves and other aerial plant parts -- 5. Mineral nutrition, yield and source-sink relationships -- 6. Functions of macronutrients -- 7. Function of nutrients : micronutrients -- 8. Beneficial elements -- 9. Nutrition and quality -- 10. Relationship between nutrition, plant diseases and pests -- 11. Diagnosis of deficiency and toxicity of nutrients -- Part II. Plant-Soil Relationships. 12. Nutrient availability in soils -- 13. Effect of internal and external factors on root growth and development -- 14. Rhizosphere Chemistry in relation to plant nutrition -- 15. Rhizosphere Biology -- 16. Nitrogen Fixation -- 17. Adaptation of plants to adverse chemical soil conditions -- 18. Nutrient and carbon fluxes in terrestrial agro-ecosystems.
9780123849052 (hbk.)
Plants--Nutrition. Plants--Effect of minerals on. Plant-soil relationships. Crops--Nutrition. Crops and soils. Soil mineralogy.