Handbook of Plant Nutrition

The Handbook of Plant Nutrition provides a readily accessible source of current information on the nutritional requirements of significant crops. The editors provide an overview of plant nutrients and beneficial elements, explaining the diagnostic criteria and research approaches currently being applied by investigators. What then follows are twenty chapters, each one dedicated to an essential nutrient, or beneficial element. Written by eminent researchers, each chapter offers historical information on the specific nutrient, explains how a plant's appearance and composition can be used to assess nutritional status, discusses the value of soil tests, and recommends remedial fertilizers.