Plant nutrition and soil fertility manual
The text begins with an introduction to the basic principles of plant nutrition. Chapters 2 and 3 describe the roles of the major elements and micronutrients. The last two chapters describe techniques for determining the nutrient element status of growing plants through plant analysis and tissue tes...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Boca Raton, FL :
CRC Press,
2012.
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| Edition | 2nd ed. |
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781439816103 1439816107 1306535085 9781306535083 9781439816097 1439816093 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Soil fertility principles
- Plant nutrition principles
- The plant root
- How to be a diagnostician
- Soil taxonomy, horizontal characteristics, and clay minerals
- Physical properties of soils
- Physiochemical properties of soil
- Soil pH. Its determination and interpretation
- Soil organic matter
- Major essential plant elements
- Micronutrients considered essential to plants
- Elements considered beneficial to plants
- Elements considered toxic to plants
- Trace elements found in plants
- Soil testing
- Plant analysis and tissue testing
- Lime and liming materials
- Inorganic chemical fertilizers and their properties
- Organic fertilizers and their properties
- Fertilizer placement
- Soil water, irrigation, and water quality
- Hydroponics
- Soilless rooting and/or growing media
- Organic farming/gardening
- Weather and climatic conditions
- Best management practices (BMPs).