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 updated, the new edition provides comprehensive coverage of on topics such as genetic, physiological, a...

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Main Author: Fageria, N. K., 1942-
Other Authors: Baligar, V. C., Jones, C. Allan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2011]
Edition:Third edition.
Series:Books in soils, plants, and the environment.
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Summary:"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 of 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"--
Physical Description:xxi, 560 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 27 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781439816950 (hardback)
1439816956 (hardback)