2029

3rd ed

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.

Marschner, Horst. , Marschner, Petra.