Marschner's Mineral Nutrition of Plants

Marschner's Mineral Nutrition of Plants

An understanding of the mineral nutrition of plants is of fundamental importance in both basic and applied plant sciences. The fourth edition of this book retains the aim of the first in presenting the principles of mineral nutrition in the light of current advances.

Marschner's Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants, 4th Edition, is divided into two parts: Nutritional Physiology and Plant-Soil Relationships. In Part I, emphasis is given on uptake and transport of nutrients in plants, root-shoot interactions, role of mineral nutrition in yield formation, stress physiology, water relations, functions of mineral nutrients and contribution of plant nutrition to nutritional quality, disease tolerance, and global nutritional security of human populations. In view of the increasing interest in plant-soil interactions. Part II focuses on the effects of external and internal factors on root growth, rhizosphere chemistry and biology, soil-borne ion toxicities, and nutrient cycling.

Now with color figures throughout, this book continues to be a valuable reference for plant and soil scientists and undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of plant nutrition, nutritional physiology, and soil fertility.

Table of Contents

Part I. Nutritional Physiology
1. Introduction, definition and classification of nutrients
2. Ion uptake mechanisms of individual cells and roots
3. Long-distance transport in the xylem and phloem
4. Uptake and release of elements 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. Crop nutrition and climate change
19. Nutrient and carbon fluxes in terrestrial agro-ecosystems