Mineral Nutrition and Plant Disease

Mineral Nutrition and Plant Disease

Author: Lawrence E. Datnoff, Wade H. Elmer, Don M. Huber
ISBN: 9780890543467
Pages: 278
Format: 22 X 29
Binding: Hardback
Pub. Year: 2007

This comprehensive book examines how mineral nutrition affects plant disease. Minerals improve the overall quality and health of plants. Knowing how each individual mineral affects a plant is beneficial for efficiency in production and sustaining the ecosystem. From a plant pathology perspective, Mineral Nutrition and Plant Disease brings the discussion of plant disease diagnosis and management to a new level. Mineral nutrients are important in production agriculture and horticulture because they can often be the first line of defense against plant diseases. It is an area of knowledge that can be misunderstood or overlooked in the study of diseases and their diagnosis. This reference succeeds in organizing what we know and explaining the interactions at work. Mineral Nutrition and Plant Disease is the first book to successfully combine two important plant science disciplines, nutrition and pathology, to provide current information on theoretical aspects of nutrition in disease physiology while contributing a wealth of basic practical information for obtaining immediate disease suppression with specific fertilizers.

Special Features:

* Provides a holistic overview of how minerals are made available in soil and their basic function in plants
* Helps you understand the interacting affects of minerals on all types of diseases � Abiotic as well as biotic
* Identifies mineral nutrient forms, physiological functions, and interactions with numerous diseases
* Provides valuable tables showing nutrient-disease interactions that facilitate the use of nutrients to manage diseases
* Tabulates extensive literature reviews with tables to help you perform quick searches for any host/disease system

The book is peer-reviewed and multi-authored by scientists with expertise relating to each specific mineral element. A user-friendly benefit of this book is that each chapter focuses on one specific mineral element and explains the relationship between the nutrient and its affect on plant diseases. Each chapter describes the critical levels of each element involved in plant disease interactions, the effects of these elements on pathogens and plants, and the known mechanisms of how these elements suppress plant diseases. Benefits of specific mineral nutrients in each chapter recognize their interdependent interaction with each other and all aspects of the plant physiology, genetics, and the environment. These mineral nutrient chapters are preceded by two helpful chapters on the �Chemistry of Plant Nutrients in Soil� and �The Physiological Role of Minerals in the Plant.�

The purpose of this important treatise is to outline the current knowledge of mineral nutrition and plant diseases. Readers will gain practical information for immediate disease management and understand the physiological role of each element in the plant and how it contributes to disease. Editors Datnoff, Elmer, and Huber, have done a commendable job in collaboration with their expert contributors. This book is pertinent to plant scientists worldwide including agronomists, plant physiologists, horticulturists, extension scientists, soil scientists, plant pathologists, and librarians who serve them. It will also be useful as a fundamental text to use for introductory courses in these disciplines.
Contents
Chapter 1: Chemistry of Plant Nutrients in Soil
Samira H. Daroub and George H. Snyder
University of Florida-IFAS, Everglades Research and Education Center, Belle Glade, Florida


Chapter 2: The Physiological Role of Minerals in the Plant
Ronald W. Rice
University of Florida-IFAS, Everglades Research and Education Center, Belle Glade, Florida


Chapter 3: Nitrogen and Plant Disease
Don M. Huber and Ian A. Thompson
Department of Biology and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana


Chapter 4: Phosphorus and Plant Disease
Anne S. Prahbu, Nand K. Fageria, and Rodrigo F. Berni
National Rice and Bean Research Center of EMBRAPA, Santo Antτnio de Goiαs, Goiαs, Brazil

Fabrνcio Α. Rodrigues
Department of Plant Pathology, Federal University of Viηosa, Viηosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil


Chapter 5: Potassium and Plant Disease
Anne S. Prabhu and Nand K. Fageria
National Rice and Bean Research Center of EMBRAPA, Santo Antτnio de Goiαs, Goiαs, Brazil

Don M. Huber
Department of Biology and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

Fabrνcio Α. Rodrigues
Department of Plant Pathology, Federal University of Viηosa, Viηosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil


Chapter 6: Calcium and Plant Disease
M. Rahman and Z. K. Punja
Biological Science Department, Environmental Biology Center, Simon Fraser University,
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada


Chapter 7: Magnesium and Plant Disease
Jeff B. Jones
Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida-IFAS, Gainesville, Florida

Don M. Huber
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana


Chapter 8: Sulfur and Plant Disease
Silvia Haneklaus, Elke Bloem, and Ewald Schnug
Institute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, Braunschweig, Germany


Chapter 9: Iron and Plant Disease
Dominique Expert
Laboratoire Interactions Plantes-Pathogθnes, INRA, Paris, France


Chapter 10: Manganese and Plant Disease
Ian A. Thompson and Don M. Huber
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana


Chapter 11: Zinc and Plant Disease
Brion Duffy
Agroscope Changins-Wδdenswil, National Competence Center for Fire Blight, Wδdenswil, Switzerland


Chapter 12: Copper and Plant Disease
Ieuan Evans and Elston Solberg
Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Don Huber
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana


Chapter 13: Chlorine and Plant Disease
Wade H. Elmer
The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Connecticut


Chapter 14: Molybdenum and Plant Disease
Robin D. Graham and James C. R. Stangoulis
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, Waite Campus, University of Adelaide,
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia


Chapter 15: Boron and Plant Disease
James C. R. Stangoulis and Robin D. Graham
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, Waite Campus, University of Adelaide,
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia


Chapter 16: Nickel and Plant Disease
Bruce W. Wood and Charles C. Reilly
USDA-ARS, Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Laboratory, Byron, Georgia


Chapter 17: Silicon and Plant Disease
Lawrence E. Datnoff
Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida, IFAS, Gainesville, Florida

Fabrνcio Α. Rodrigues
Department of Plant Pathology, Federal University of Viηosa, Viηosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Kenneth W. Seebold
Department of Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky


Chapter 18: Aluminum and Plant Disease
H. D. Shew, E. J. Fichtner, and D. M. Benson
Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina


Index


Thank you to the sponsors of Mineral Nutrition and Plant Disease.
Calcium Silicate Corporation
Excell Minerals
International Potash Institute
Mosiac Crop Nutrition, LLC
Potash and Phosphate Institute
Salt Institute
The Scotts Company
Simplot Partners