Marschner's mineral nutrition of higher plants / [edited by] Petra Marschner.

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Edition:3rd ed.
Published: London ; Waltham, MA : Academic Press, c2012.
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Format: Book
Table of Contents:
  • 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.